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01. Rule Britannia :: Patriotic :: Thomas Arne (1710-78)

  
Andante

             
     
mf
     
      
     
                        
dim. mp
     
  
                    
f

02. God save the Queen


Thesaurus Musicus, 1743
 Andante
 
        
        

mp
f
 
               
       

03. Jerusalem
Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)

     
Adagio

               
 
f mf mf

                    
  mp
dim. p poco cresc.

  
                 
     
f

              
   
ff mf
  
      
    
 

dim. p cresc.


     
        
ff

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04. I vow to thee, my country
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
 
Adagio

  
               
mf mp


   
 
  
   
cresc. f
 allargando

             
 
05. Hen Wlad Fy Nnadau (Land of my Fathers)
James James
Andante

        
      
mf

        
     

    
        
f

    
      
06. The Star-Spangled Banner John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)
Moderato

            

  
 
f

       
     
mf

   
        
f

 allargando

        
   
ff
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07. La Marseillaise

 Allegro
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760 - 1836)
maestoso

               
      

ff

     
 
              
    

           
   
mp
 marcato
              
  

ff

     

             

08. Waltzing Matilda


Christina MacPherson

Andante

         
           
mf

        
     
       
    
   
          

09. March from Scipio :: Ceremonial ::


Handel (1685-1759)
 
Andante

   
             

f / mp
 
     
                 
mf
 
 
    

         
   
p

               
f

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10. Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
Allegro con molto fuoco Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

  
                              
ff    

                        
    

         
mf
  
            
            
   
  
                      

          
          
            
  
ff
       
                   
      

Poco allargando

   
Largamente

 
              
 
   
dim. p
             
  
                 
 
  
               
           
    
    
                  
    
        
            
         
mf
        
   
  
    
 
 
 
 
 

           
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       


    
       
 

       
   
f

  
poco rit.
                 
 
cresc.

      
A tempo

     
Allegro

          
ff

 
        
        
11. Prince of Denmark's March
Jeremiah Clarke (1659 - 1707)


Allegro moderato

    
           
    
mf


          
     
mp


        
       
mf


 
                   


            
       
mp mf


     
          
f


                 
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12. Three Fanfares for an Occasion


#1

Adagio

     
    
     
ff f mp ff
Adagio #2
      
     
ff
   
f
meno mosso

     
            
ff
Adagio
#3 rall.

       
 
  

         
  
ff 
  f mp f ff

13. Trumpet Voluntary


John Stanley (1713-86)
Moderato e maestoso

             
    
f

              
            
              
     
mf
      
          
   
mp

              
   
mp mf cresc.

            
 
       
            
f

     
    


          
  
mf
      
        
cresc. f
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14. Triumphal March from Aïda

 
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Andante

                           
  
  
mf

                      
     

              
                     
   

              
               
  
mp
   
                           
  
  
mf
              
          
  
                     
   
f
    
                      
    
      
                     
  
     
                       
   
mp
  
              
                 
   

                          
  
 
mf

                    
     
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:: Celebrations ::
15. For he's a jolly good fellow Traditional song

 
Allegro moderato
 
                   


                      

  

                 

16. Auld Lang Syne Traditional Scottish melody


Andante
                
 
mf

   
            

       
         
17. Joy to the World
Lowell Mason (1792-1872)

       
Moderato
      
           
f mf

   
                  
       
mp f
18. Ode to Joy
Beethoven (1770-1827)

Moderato

          
        
f

            
   
mp


               
       
f
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19. Londonderry Air :: Traditional ::


Traditional Irish melody
Adagio

   
                
mp

    
          
mf

poco rit. A tempo rall.

      
        
f mp
20. Amazing Grace
Adagio Traditional American song

             
mp cresc.

rall.

         
 
f mp dim. p morendo
21. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

 Adagio
Negro Spiritual

         
          
mp mf

 
           

p mp


      
         
f p


rall.

         
    

    dim. pp

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22. Greensleeves Traditional English song
Allegro e legato

         
mp
        

      
         
f

   
        

23. Cwm Rhondda :: Hymns ::


John Hughes (1873-1932)

 
Andante

   
              
mf

   

     
              

cresc.

       
          
 

24. Be Thou my Vision


Traditional Irish melody
Adagio

            

p
    
cresc.


 
                     
mf p

25. Abide with me


Andante W.H. Monk (1823-1889)

        
      
mp

     
      
     
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26. Thine be the Glory
Handel (1685-1759)

Andante

        
     
    
f

              

mf


            
  
f

         
      

27. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind


Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
Andante

     
      
   
mp cresc.

          
  
dim.

28. Jingle Bells :: Christmas :: Traditional American song

Presto
   
                             
     
mf p
     
                               
   
   
                                
     
sf f
  
                             
      
sf
   
1. 2.

                          


      

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29. We wish you a Merry Christmas

 Presto
Traditional West Country carol

              
      
mf

   
 

    
 


     
30. O come, all ye Faithful
J.F. Wade (1711-1786)

 
Andante

          
 
f
       
          
 
 
mf

        
     
f
 
31. Hark the herald angels sing Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

 
Andante

   
                 

mf

            
  
   f
   
             


                
ff

32. Away in a Manger
W.J. Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)

Andante

              
 

     
         
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33. Silent Night
Andante Franz Grüber (1787-1863)

       
pp  


        
p p

 
       
 
f pp
dim.

:: Classical Favourites ::
34. Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

 
Andante

                  
     
mp

       
                    
 

 
             
    
dim. p

 
             
    
mp mf

 
          
        
f


                  
mp f mp pp
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35. Largo (From the New World Symphony)
Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)

   
Largo

            
p mf

   
        
mp p

meno mosso 
        
    
f p

36. Nimrod (from the Enigma Variations)


Adagio Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

           
     
ppp cresc. dim.


       
            
pp mp


               
    
dim. p pp


     

             
 f
p cresc. poco a poco mf


     
        
rf

  
             
ffz

cresc. ff dim pp
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37. Nessun Dorma (from Turandot)


Adagio Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

   
            

p


poco rit. A tempo

              
mp

  
     
       
mf p


     

 
       
f ff

38. Adagio
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750)
Adagio

               
                    
p

  
     
       
   
   
  
mp

 
     
  
    
       


        
          
 
 
 
  
mf p


rall.

                    
               
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:: Weddings ::
39. Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)

Richard Wagner (1813-83)
Andante
     
           
mf

    
   
          


           
mp
    
mf


     
          

     
      
        
mf

            
 
 


f

40. Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)



Allegro Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)


          
f
   

    
          
f

       
        

      
    

mf

 
 
      
     
f
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          
      
mp

                  
  

        
        
 

           
     

        





 
   
   
poco rit.

 
                                  

A tempo rall.

              
ff      

:: Fun and Games ::


41. The Can-Can Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)


Allegro

                  
 
mp

  
       
   
           
f p


                     
f p f

  
              


   
 
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42. The Entertainer
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

 Andante

   
                 
 
  
f

  
 mp

      
          
       
  
 

     
   
f mp f

     

           
   
 
 
 
  
   
mp f

 1. 2.

  
 

 
   
 
       
   
             

   

                        
  


                        
       
mp cresc. poco a poco
ff
43. William Tell Overture

           
Allegro Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

                       
      
mp

        
    
  
      
  
  
  
     
  f
    

            
    
    

 
      
mf

          
                        
  
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                        
            

                
     
   
       
mp

                
       
              
f

       
                      
      

44. Entry of the Gladiators

  
Julius Fucik (1872-1916)
Allegro

        
             
ff 
    
                             
     
mp

      
                            
mf
1.
    
2.
                              
 

                        
        
 
mp

        
         
   
 
 mf

        
              
   

 f

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45. Liberty Bell
John Philip Sousa (1854-1933)
Allegro

                  
            
ff
   mp

   
                          
   
mp

   
                            
 
mp

 
1.
  2.
   
     
           
     
  
  
ff
ff

            

             
       
       mf

         
1.

                  
      
ff

    
                  
2.

     

   

p mf

          

                      
    

p mf

    
1.

                               
mp

   
2.

                  
     

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   
                       
ff

    
    
                
  

    
                       

         
  
                    
 

   
                            
      
f

  
                          
  


                          
 

 
                          
     
ff

          

                      
    

    
                         


1. 2.

                
       
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