The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
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The Cavaliers are a World Class (formerly Division I) drum and bugle corps
Drum and bugle corps (modern)
A drum and bugle corps, also known as a drum corps, is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and color guard. Typically operating as independent non-profit organizations, drum corps perform in competitions, parades, festivals, and other civic functions...

 based in Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...

 and founded in 1948 by Donald Warren, and are a member corps of Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International , formed in 1972, is the non-profit governing body operating the North American drum and bugle corps circuit for junior corps, whose members are between the ages of 14 and 21. It is the counterpart of Drum Corps Associates which governs senior or all-age drum corps...

, marching music's major league. The Cavaliers are currently under the direction of Adolph DeGrauwe. Known to fans as the "Cavies" and the "Green Machine", the Cavaliers are one of only two all-male corps in the activity, the other being the Madison Scouts
Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps
The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps is a summer youth drum corps based in Madison, Wisconsin that competes in the Drum Corps International circuit. Founded in 1938, it is the third oldest corps in the DCI circuit, after the Cadets, and the Racine Scouts, founded in 1934 and 1927, respectively....

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History

The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, one of two all male corps, was founded in 1948 by Don Warren. He was the corps president for the Cavaliers for 60 years. Don is also one of the inaugural members of the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame. When the group was created, it was known as "Boy Scout Troop 111 Drum and Bugle Corps". Today the Cavaliers are sponsored by the village of Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...

 and Adolph DeGrauwe presently serves as corps president. The corps songs of the Cavaliers are "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

" (since 1951) and "The Corps Song", set to the tune of "Semper Paratus
Semper paratus
Semper Paratus is the motto of a number of different organizations:-Canada:* The Windsor Regiment , an armoured regiment* The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry , an infantry regiment...

" ("Always Ready," the Coast Guard
Coast guard
A coast guard or coastguard is a national organization responsible for various services at sea. However the term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to being a volunteer organization tasked with...

 Hymn). The corps cheer or battle cry is "Splooie"; the meaning of the word is known only to members who have been initiated into the Cavalier brotherhood, a process taking two years to achieve; the only one year marchers to know the meaning of "Splooie" are "rook-outs" (a member joining at the age of 21, thus only having one year to march). The Cavaliers were the first marching unit to use and standardize pitched (tonal) bass drum tuning.

The corps has a long history of success in the competitive ranks of Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International , formed in 1972, is the non-profit governing body operating the North American drum and bugle corps circuit for junior corps, whose members are between the ages of 14 and 21. It is the counterpart of Drum Corps Associates which governs senior or all-age drum corps...

 (DCI) as well as the earlier VFW and American Legion Championship years in the 1950s–1970s. The Cavaliers have won more championships (Drum Corps International, VFW, American Legion, and Winter Guard International championships included) and contests than any other drum and bugle corps in the history of the activity. They are the only junior drum and bugle corps, besides the Blue Devils (1982, 1994, 2009, and 2010) to experience two undefeated seasons — 1961 and 2002. The Cavaliers also hold the record for the most consecutive victories of any drum and bugle corps with 63 first place finishes in a row over three seasons, breaking the previous record of 51 wins in a row held by the Blue Devils; the Cavaliers' streak was broken by the Blue Devils on July 26, 2003. Under the talents and direction of Steve Brubaker, the Cavaliers also achieved a three-peat in the winter colorguard activities, winning the Winter Guard International
Winter Guard International
Spawning from the organization Drum Corps International , Winter Guard International was founded in 1977. WGI is a visual performing arts organization that hosts regional and national competitions for color guard and indoor percussion ensembles. Contests are held in the U.S...

 Championships in 1981, 1982 (West Side Story: Jets), and 1983 (James Bond). They have played for four Presidents of the United States (Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

, and Lyndon Johnson). The Cavaliers were additionally honored to play for Robert Kennedy, in Chicago, two weeks before his death in California. Also, select members of the corps were chosen in 2005 to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....

 to portray a college marching band. Sadly, the Cavaliers and the DCI community lost a friend and innovator in 1991, as Steve Brubaker passed on. Along with Steve's revolutionary approach to drill design, their marching designs and fundamental marching technique revolutionized the marching band and drum corps idiom through the late 1980s, the entire decade of the 1990s, and still to this day.

The Cavaliers continue to be an annual selection for the DCI Classic Countdown, a fan picked repertoire of all drum corps shows from the past. Representing the Cavaliers for 2007 was the 2006 DCI World Champion Production "Machine," with the fourth most votes overall. Other Cavalier shows that received votes but were not chosen for the 2007 countdown were 2004, 2002, 2000, and 1995.

On January 9th, 2008, Jeff Fiedler announced his retirement after 17 years as corps director and 35 consecutive years with the Cavaliers, which included positions as a marching member (both in the Cadet and A corps), drum major, guard/visual instructor, program coordinator, personnel manager, assistant director, visual caption head, and director. Under Fiedler's tenure as director, the Cavaliers captured all seven of their Drum Corps International World Championship titles, as well as two silver medals and three bronze. Fiedler was named to the DCI Hall of Fame in 2005. As of 2008, Jeff Fiedler was named CEO of the Santa Clara Vanguard.

Mission statement

"The mission of the Cavaliers is to provide the members with life changing experiences, educationally and socially, which help each individual member gain realworld life skills, musical training and performance experiences. Through the development of the character traits of dedication, discipline and teamwork, each member of this close knit, all male fraternity learns what is required to be successful on and off the performance field. Participation in the Cavaliers instills confidence, quality of character and a strong work ethic that cannot be taught in any college or university and is desirable in the real world workplace." http://www.Cavaliers.org

Traditions and rituals

The Cavaliers, as a registered fraternity, have introduced a variety of traditions and rituals within their membership ranks over the course of their existence. Many of the traditions and rituals are well known within the drum and bugle corps community. They include:
  • The entire corps sings to themselves the corps songs "Over the Rainbow" and "The Corps Song", set to the tune of "Semper Paratus" (the Coast Guard Hymn), before entering the field of competition or for special occasions and celebrations.
  • The entire corps yells the corps cheer, or battle cry, "Splooie!" before entering the field for competition or for special occasions and celebrations.
  • The corps bass drum line march the corps off of the competition field while playing their unique bass drum-only cadence entitled "Iowa".
  • Members greet each other or saying farewell to each other with "The Corps Handshake".
  • Members earn the right to purchase the corps' custom designed member jacket upon participating in their first competition.
  • Members wear small plastic machine gears on necklaces. The gears symbolize and pay homage to the corps' "Green Machine" nickname. Members are issued a single gear for each year they march and for completing the corps' fraternal initiation process.
  • The corps initiates 2nd year members and 1st year members marching in their last season of eligibility per the DCI participation age limit. Upon completion of the initiation, the member officially becomes a "A Cavalier", learns the meaning of the corps battle cry, "Splooie!", and receives a small, white plastic machine gear to wear on a necklace.
  • The corps members vote and elect, from within their ranks, a "Cavalier of The Year" and a "Rookie of the Year".
  • The corps management annually award "Honorary Cavalier" titles to non-marching corps staff, volunteers or benefactors who have provided exceptional assistance to the corps over a significant period of time.
  • The corps hosts an annual awards banquet for members, staff, volunteers and supporters and their guests.

1992

Performing Revolution and Triumph, the Gavorkna Fanfare
Gavorkna Fanfare
Jack Stamp wrote his piece Gavorkna Fanfare in the early 1990’s. This signature piece, written for wind ensemble, aided in creating a name for Stamp in wind band composition. First performed by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania wind ensemble, The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps performed it...

 by Jack Stamp, and Sir Malcolm Arnold's fourth movement of "Cornish Dances", fourth movement of "English Dances", and the "Peterloo Overture", the Cavaliers claimed their first Drum Corps International title with a score of 97.50.

1995

To the music of Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst
Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....

's The Planets, specifically Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter, the Cavaliers took home a second championship title with a score of 98.30. The show included the impressive visual maneuver recreating a double helix with the effect of rotation. Two lines of corps members formed waves that moved through each other in synchronization, creating a "rotating" helix.

2000

After falling to a seventh place finish at the 1997 DCI Championships, the Cavaliers came back in 2000 to tie for the title with The Cadets
The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps
The Cadets are a Drum Corps International World Class drum and bugle corps based in Allentown, Pennsylvania...

, this time becoming champions with Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty
Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. Influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism, Daugherty is one of the most colorful and widely performed American concert music composers of his generation...

's Niagara Falls and an original composition by Richard Saucedo. A score of 97.65 secured another Cavalier title and the start of the second three-peat in DCI history. This was another visually impressive performance, with the famous "diamond cutter", with a square diamond form that groups of four members spun in, culminating with the entire diamond spinning in synchronization which had first been used by the corps in 1999 with tremendous success.

2001

Four Corners was the Cavaliers' show for 2001. With frantic tempos sending members sprinting across the field, the Cavaliers won for the second year in a row with a score of 98.35. This was the first "all-original" show to win the DCI World Championship, with Richard Saucedo composing the brass score, Bret Kuhn and Erik Johnson writing for the percussion, and Bruno Zuccala as color guard caption head. Adam Sage, Keith Potter, and others were responsible for the equipment book for the color guard.

2002

Perhaps the most famous Cavaliers show to date, Frameworks was in many ways a record-breaking show for the Drum Corps International circuit. It constituted the second three-peat in DCI history, making the highest score to date of 99.15 (which has been tied only once by The Cadets in 2005). It was also the third year in a row the Cavaliers had won on shows with original music (the second year with entirely original music), this time composed by Erik Johnson, Bret Kuhn, and Richard Saucedo. The Cavaliers again reinforced their position as DCI's visual powerhouse, with such maneuvers as full-corps jumps, a giant framed circle sliding across the field while rotating, and the famous "Fight Club" sequence where corps members engaged in a frenetic dance and choreographed martial arts breakdown. In 2005, Frameworks was voted as one of the shows to appear in the DCI Classic Countdown, a movie theater showing of the top twelve shows of all time, with one show for each corps.

2004

After placing second to the Blue Devils in 2003, the Cavaliers claimed their sixth DCI world championship title with 007, the music of James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 as composed by David Arnold. The Cavaliers performed selections from GoldenEye, "Hovercraft Theme" and "Welcome to Cuba" from Die Another Day, and "Tomorrow Never Dies". Perhaps the most memorable form of the night was a maneuver now known as the "Floating Circle of Percussion," in which the horns were arranged in a moving field of lines. The drumline, in a circle, rotated through the horns, gaining horn members into their circle, and then replacing them in the positions once the circle maneuvered its way beyond their position. Their score at finals was a 98.7, edging out the surging Blue Devils by .175.

2006

The Cavaliers won their fifth title in seven years with a show entitled MACHINE. Scoring a 97.200 at Finals at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, it featured, among other things, crowd surfing
Crowd surfing
Crowd surfing is the process in which a person is passed overhead from person to person during a concert, transferring the person from one part of the venue to another...

 and robotic dancing. In caption awards, The Cavaliers won the Jim Ott Trophy for best brass for just the second time in the corps' history (the other from 2002), as well as Best Effect and Best Visual Performance. The Cavaliers were also awarded the Spirit of Disney Award for Innovation, which marks the first time that a corps has won both the DCI Championship and the Spirit of Disney Award in the same year. The summer of 2006 also brought about a new personality to an already very well respected percussion section with the addition of Jim Casella (arranger) and Jim Ancona (caption head). "The Jims" (as they were affectionately known) assumed command after the tenure of Bret Kuhn and Erik Johnson and brought a new philosophy and approach to the percussion section while maintaining the section's status as one of the best in the world. The 2006 program also won the DCI Classic Countdown in 2008.

Winning decade

After winning the 2006 DCI World Championships, The Cavaliers tied the most DCI World Championship Titles in a single decade with four championships. The Cavaliers obtained their fourth title since the beginning of the decade, with wins in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006. The Cadets, in the 1980s, and The Blue Devils, in the 1990s, have also obtained this feat.

2010 & Beyond...

At the 2011 DCI finals, the Cavaliers drum line ended the "XtraordinarY" season on a high note, and received the Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Trophy. This top honor was last achieved for the corps in 2000, the year of the tie.

Shows by year (DCI era)

Year Theme/Name Repertoire Score Place
1972 "Chasing Rainbows" "March of the Toreadors", "One Hand, One Heart
One Hand, One Heart
"One Hand, One Heart" is the third single from the 1990 album Anything Is Possible by American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson...

", "Les Preludes", "Casey Jones
Casey Jones
John Luther Jones was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee, who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad...

", "Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby
"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...

", "Salute to the Green", "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

", "Americans We", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" is a popular song. The music is credited to Harry Carroll, although the melody is actually adapted from Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin. The lyrics were written by Joseph McCarthy, and the song was published in 1917 and introduced in the Broadway show Oh, Look!...

", "Look for the Rainbow"
79.450 9
1973 "Tommy" "Tradition
Tradition (song)
"Tradition" is the opening number for the acclaimed Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof. In the song, the main character, Tevye, explains the roles of each social class in the village of Anatevka, and how the traditional roles of people like the matchmaker and the rabbi contribute to the village...

", "Sabbath Prayer", "Pinball Wizard
Pinball Wizard
"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S...

", "All for the Best", "We Beseech Thee"
74.650 ?
1974 "Tommy II" "March of the Toreadors", "Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. The music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, was re-recorded and sold as record albums...

", "Tommy", "All for the Best", "Once Upon a Time", "Somewhere
Somewhere (song)
"Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the...

", "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

"
79.550 8
1975 "Russian Christmas" "Russian Christmas Music
Russian Christmas Music
Russian Christmas Music is a musical piece for symphonic band, written by Alfred Reed in 1944. It is one of the most popular and frequently performed pieces of concert band literature....

", "Time Odyssey 7534", "Love in Them Thar Hills", "Entrance to Reality", "Once Upon a Time", "Somewhere
Somewhere (song)
"Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the...

", "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

"
82.950 8
1976 "New Uniforms" "Russian Sailor's Dance", "Chump Change", "Give It One", "Summertime
Summertime (song)
"Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP....

", "Bess, You is My Woman", "Firebird Suite"
84.300 7
1977 "Don Quixote" "Man of LaMancha", "Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward...

"
83.000 7
1978 "Start of a New Era" "Russian Sailor's Dance", "Pineapple Rag (drumline feature)", "Do You Wanna Get Funky? (Peter Brown)", "Weird Song No. 1/Run Back to Mama (Bill Chase)", "Fifth Symphony" 78.300 16
1979 "Santa Esmeralda" "Santa Esmeralda Suite", "Fantasy
Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"Fantasy" is a single by Earth, Wind & Fire from their album All 'N All, released as a single in 1978. The selection was written and composed by Maurice White, Verdine White, and Eddie del Barrio, and it reached #32 on the pop chart and #12 on the R&B singles chart in the United States, and #14 on...

, "Cuban Fire Suite", "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

", "Children of Sanchez"
78.500 11
1980 "Esmeralda II" "Santa Esmeralda Suite", "Suncatchers", "Sing, Sing, Sing
Sing, Sing, Sing
"Sing, Sing, Sing " is a 1936 song, written by Louis Prima and first recorded by him with the New Orleans Gang and released in March 1936 as a 78 as Brunswick 7628 . It is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras. It was covered by Fletcher Henderson and most famously Benny Goodman...

", "Sambandrea Swing", "Softly As I Leave You
Softly, as I Leave You (song)
"Softly, as I Leave You" is a popular song composed by Hal Shaper, Antonio De Vita , with original Italian lyrics by Giorgio Calabrese....

"
77.400 9
1981 "Picasso" "Picasso Suite", "Sing, Sing, Sing
Sing, Sing, Sing
"Sing, Sing, Sing " is a 1936 song, written by Louis Prima and first recorded by him with the New Orleans Gang and released in March 1936 as a 78 as Brunswick 7628 . It is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras. It was covered by Fletcher Henderson and most famously Benny Goodman...

", "Sambandrea Swing", "Softly as I Leave You
Softly, as I Leave You (song)
"Softly, as I Leave You" is a popular song composed by Hal Shaper, Antonio De Vita , with original Italian lyrics by Giorgio Calabrese....

"
82.800 10
1982 "Pines" "The Pines of Rome", "Heliopolis
Morning Dance
Morning Dance is Spyro Gyra's most commercially successful album, released in the summer of 1979. The title cut became a major hit also in the summer of 1979.-Track listing and personnel:...

", "City", "I've Had Enough
I've Had Enough
"I've Had Enough" is a Wings' single from their 1978 album London Town. The song was written and sung by Paul McCartney and was recorded on board the boat Fair Carol in the Virgin Islands prior to the halt of recording for Linda's pregnancy...

", "Ai No Corrida (song)
Ai No Corrida (song)
"Ai No Corrida" is a song written by Chaz Jankel and Kenny Young, first recorded in 1980 and featuring on Chaz Jankel's self-titled debut album for A&M Records.- Interpretation :...

", "Softly As I Leave You
Softly, as I Leave You (song)
"Softly, as I Leave You" is a popular song composed by Hal Shaper, Antonio De Vita , with original Italian lyrics by Giorgio Calabrese....

"
81.950 11
1983 "35th Anniversary" "Jade", "Celebration Suite", "Rendevouz", "Pines of Rome" 88.550 9
1984 "Don Juan/Pines III" "Don Juan
Don Juan
Don Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...

", "Summer Sketches", "Ozark", "Pines of Rome"
89.700 8
1985 "2001/Planets" "Also Sprach Zarathustra", "Mars
Mars (song)
-Critical reception:Mother Jones ranked "Mars" at #5 on The Best Singles of 2008.-Chart performance:"Mars" became Fake Blood's first single to chart on the Belgian Dance Chart. It peaked at #3 and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart. The single also became Fake Blood's first single on the...

", "Mercury
Mercury (song)
"Mercury" is a song by Bloc Party. It was produced by Jacknife Lee. Like "Flux", the band's previous single, the song uses mostly electronic instruments. The song was first played on Zane Lowe's show on Radio 1 on 7 July 2008 and was uploaded to the Radio 1 website about fifteen minutes later. The...

", "Uranus", "Jupiter"
94.100 5
1986 "Variations" "Canzona
Canzona
In the 16th century an instrumental chanson; later, a piece for ensemble in several sections or tempos...

", "Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Variations on a Korean Folk Song is a major musical piece written for concert band by John Barnes Chance in 1965. As the name implies, Variations consists of a set of variations on the Korean folk song Arirang, which the composer heard while in Korea with the U.S. Army in the late 1950s...

", "Mars
Mars (song)
-Critical reception:Mother Jones ranked "Mars" at #5 on The Best Singles of 2008.-Chart performance:"Mars" became Fake Blood's first single to chart on the Belgian Dance Chart. It peaked at #3 and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart. The single also became Fake Blood's first single on the...

"
95.700 3
1987 "Festival" "Festival Variations", "Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Variations on a Korean Folk Song is a major musical piece written for concert band by John Barnes Chance in 1965. As the name implies, Variations consists of a set of variations on the Korean folk song Arirang, which the composer heard while in Korea with the U.S. Army in the late 1950s...

", "Liturgical Dances"
94.700 3
1988 "The Firebird Suite" "Firebird Suite" 95.100 5
1989 "Gloria" "Gloria - Andante and Allegro Vivace", "Images Diabolique", "Gloria - Vivace E Ritmico" 97.200 3
1990 "Cavalier Anthems" "Homage to Machaut", "Variations on a Hymn", "All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful is an Anglican hymn, also popular with other Christian denominations.The piece can be sung to several melodies, in particular the 17th-century English melody "Royal Oak", adapted by Martin Shaw, and "Bright and Beautiful" by William Henry Monk...

", "O, Clap Your Hands", "Gloria"
96.900 2
1991 "Cavalier Anthems: An Advent Collection" "Variations on an Advent Hymn", "Te Deum
Te Deum
The Te Deum is an early Christian hymn of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, Te Deum laudamus, rendered literally as "Thee, O God, we praise"....

", "Die Natale", "Men of Goodwill", "The Bridegroom
The Bridegroom
The Bridegroom is a short piece of fiction by Angela Carter. It does not appear in the volume of Carter's collected short fictions Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories. It can be found in the anthology Lands of Never . and the periodical "Bananas"-References:...

", "O Be Joyful in the Lord"
96.300 2
1992 "Revolution and Triumph" "Gavorkna Fanfare
Gavorkna Fanfare
Jack Stamp wrote his piece Gavorkna Fanfare in the early 1990’s. This signature piece, written for wind ensemble, aided in creating a name for Stamp in wind band composition. First performed by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania wind ensemble, The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps performed it...

", "Cornish Dances", "English Dances
English Dances
English Dances for Orchestra, Opp. 27 and 33, are two sets of light music pieces, composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1950 and 1951 . Each set consists of four dances inspired by, although not based upon, country folk tunes and dances...

", "Peterloo Overture"
97.500 1
1993 "Heroes, A Symphonic Trilogy" "The Symphonic Cantata", "Heroes, Lost and Fallen", "Morning Alleluias" 94.000 5
1994 "Rituals" "Sensemayá
Sensemayá
Sensemayá is a poem by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, adapted as an orchestral work by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas. It is one of Revueltas's most famous compositions....

", "Ivan the Terrible", "Humming Chorus", "War Dance", "Church Windows", "Symphonic Metamorphosis"
95.700 4
1995 "The Planets" "Mars
Mars (song)
-Critical reception:Mother Jones ranked "Mars" at #5 on The Best Singles of 2008.-Chart performance:"Mars" became Fake Blood's first single to chart on the Belgian Dance Chart. It peaked at #3 and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart. The single also became Fake Blood's first single on the...

", "Venus", "Mercury
Mercury (song)
"Mercury" is a song by Bloc Party. It was produced by Jacknife Lee. Like "Flux", the band's previous single, the song uses mostly electronic instruments. The song was first played on Zane Lowe's show on Radio 1 on 7 July 2008 and was uploaded to the Radio 1 website about fifteen minutes later. The...

", "Jupiter"
98.300 1
1996 "Pan American Sketches" "Pavana", "Mexican Landscape", "Xylophone", "Piano Sonata No. 1", "Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 3 (Copland)
Symphony No. 3 was Aaron Copland's third and final symphony, its premiere performance taking place on October 18, 1946, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitsky.It was written at the end of World War II...

"
93.800 4
1997 "Firebird Redux" "Introduction to Rite of Spring", "Berceuse
Berceuse
A berceuse is "a musical composition usually in 6/8 time that resembles a lullaby". Otherwise it is typically in triple meter. Tonally most berceuses are simple, often merely alternating tonic and dominant harmonies; since the intended effect is to put a baby to sleep, wild chromaticism would be...

", "Carrilon", "Retinue
Retinue
A retinue is a body of persons "retained" in the service of a noble or royal personage, a suite of "retainers".-Etymology:...

", "Infernal Dance", "Finale"
92.800 7
1998 "Traditions for a New Era" "The Path Between the Mountains", "Molto Vivo", "Lento
Lento
Lento is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.It shares the canton of Alto-di-Casaconi with Monte, Volpajola, Campile, Olmo, Prunelli-di-Casacconi, Campitello, Ortiporio, Canavaggia, Bigorno, Scolca, Crocicchia and Penta-Acquatella.-Population:-References:*...

", "Machine "
96.200 4
1999 "Classical Innovations" "Fantasia in G", "Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn" 97.000 3
2000 "Niagara Falls" Niagara Falls 97.650 1 (Tie)
2001 "Four Corners" Four Corners 98.350 1
2002 "Frameworks" Melody/Harmony/Rhythm 99.150 1
2003 "Spin Cycle" Propulsion/Resonance/Terminal Velocity/Centrifugal Force 97.250 2
2004 "007" "James Bond Theme
James Bond Theme
The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since Dr. No. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film....

", "GoldenEye
GoldenEye (song)
"GoldenEye" is a hit James Bond theme performed by Tina Turner used for the 1995 film, GoldenEye. The song was written especially for Turner by Bono and The Edge of U2 when they learned that she had been offered to sing the theme to the upcoming Bond movie, and the track was produced and mixed by...

", "For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton song)
"For Your Eyes Only" is the theme tune to the 12th James Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only, written by Bill Conti and Mick Leeson, and performed by Scottish singer Sheena Easton...

", "Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die (song)
"Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and was performed by Paul McCartney & Wings for the movie soundtrack and appears on the soundtrack album. The song was one of Wings' most successful singles, and the most successful Bond theme to that point...

", "Hovercraft Chase", "Welcome to Cuba", "Paris and Bond"
98.700 1
2005 "My Kind of Town" "Chicago", "The Magnificent Mile", "Jig
Jig
The Jig is a form of lively folk dance, as well as the accompanying dance tune, originating in England in the 16th century and today most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music...

", "The Great Fire of 1871", "Chicago Blues
Chicago blues
The Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois, by taking the basic acoustic guitar and harmonica-based Delta blues, making the harmonica louder with a microphone and an instrument amplifier, and adding electrically amplified guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums,...

"
97.625 2
2006 "Machine" Genesis/Wired/Premonition/The Machine Age 97.200 1
2007 "And So It Goes" "The Stranger
The Stranger (song)
"The Stranger" is a song by rock artist Billy Joel from his 1977 album of the same name, The Stranger. The song was released as a single in Japan where it became very popular and peaked at #2 on the Oricon chart...

", "Angry Young Man
Prelude/Angry Young Man
"Prelude/Angry Young Man" is a song written by Billy Joel which appeared as the sixth song on the album Turnstiles in 1976. Live versions have been released as the second track of KOHЦEPT, the 11th track of the first disc of 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert, and the opening track on the first...

", "And So It Goes
And So It Goes
"And So It Goes" is a ballad written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it wasn't released until six years later. It appeared as the tenth and final track of his megahit album Storm Front. The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box set My Lives. Joel wrote the song about a doomed relationship...

", "Invention in C Minor", "Pressure
Pressure (Billy Joel song)
"Pressure" is a synthesizer-driven song from 1982 by Billy Joel about difficulty dealing with the stress of daily living. The song was a single from the album The Nylon Curtain.-Themes:...

", "I Loved These Days", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger.Although never released as a single, it has become one of Joel's most celebrated compositions among fans, appearing on most of his compilation albums. The song is effectively a medley of three individual songs...

"
96.350 3
2008 "Samurai" Bushido- The Way of the Warrior/Ronin- Masterless Samurai/Ken-Jutsu- The Art of the Sword/Fumeiyo Yori Shi Wo- Death Before Dishonor 97.325 3
2009 "The Great Divide" "Extreme Make-over
Johan de Meij
Johannes Abraham de Meij is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1, nicknamed "The Lord of the Rings" symphony.- Biography :...

", "Pampeana No. 3 - Impetuosamente
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...

", "The Engulfed Cathedral
La cathédrale engloutie
La cathédrale engloutie is a prelude written by the French composer Claude Debussy for solo piano. It was published in 1910 as the tenth prelude in Debussy’s first of two volumes of twelve piano preludes each...

", "On the Great Divide"
96.150 4
2010 "Mad World" "Mad World
Mad World
"Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both "Mad World" and its B-side, "Ideas As Opiates", would turn up...

", "Harrison's Dream", "Dismantling Utopia
Quartet (Pat Metheny album)
Quartet is an album by the Pat Metheny Group.On Quartet Pat Metheny combines his guitar with bassist Steve Rodby, drummer Paul Wertico, and the writing abilities and keyboarding of Lyle Mays. The slow and relaxed sounds are largely improvisations, as the tracks were loosely written or completely...

", "Smile
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...

"
97.750 2
2011 "XtraordinarY" "Footprints", "Jungle Tango
Jazz Mandolin Project
The Jazz Mandolin Project is led by mandolinist Jamie Masefield with a rotating cast of other musicians. Although not really a “jazz” band they are influenced by a variety of styles. Formed in 1993, the Burlington Vermont based, improvisational ensemble’s self-titled first album was released which...

", "Nature Boy
Nature Boy
Nature Boy is a song written by eden ahbez and later popularised by Nat King Cole. It may also refer to:In music:* "Nature Boy", a song by Primus from their album 'Pork Soda'...

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96.850 3
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