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Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed composer / arranger

date of birth: 25.01.1921
date of death: 16.09.2005

With over 200 published works in all media, many of which have been on required performance lists for over 25 years, Dr. Reed is one of the nation's most prolific and frequently performed composers. In addition to winning the Luria Prize in 1959, he has been awarded over 60 commissions. His work as a guest conductor has taken him to 49 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan, Australia and South America. He was the first "foreign" conductor to be invited to contuct and record with the world famous Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, and is today the most frequently performed foreign composer in Japan.

Composer, arranger, conductor and editor, Alfred Reed’s life was intertwined with music almost from birth in New York City on January 25th, 1921. His parents loved good music and made it part of their daily lives; as a result he was well acquainted with most of the standard symphonic and operatic repertoire while Mr. Reed was still in elementary school.

Beginning formal music training at the age of ten as a trumpet player, he was already playing professionally while still in high school, and shortly thereafter began the serious study of harmony and counterpoint as a prelude to composition, which had come to exercise a stronger hold on his interest and ambition than playing. After three years at the Radio Workshop in New York, he spent the next three in service during World War II, where, as a member of an Air Force Band, he became deeply interested in the concert band and its music. Following his release, he enrolled at the Juilliard School of Music to study under Vittorio Giannini, and from there, in 1948, became a staff composer and arranger with NBC and subsequently, with ABC, where he wrote and arranged music for radio, television, record albums and films.

In 1953, Alfred Reed resumed his academic work (which had been interrupted by his leaving Juilliard for NBC) and became conductor of the Baylor Symphony Orchestra while at Baylor University in Texas. His Masters thesis was the RHAPSODY FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA, which was to win the Luria Prize. Two years later, in 1955, he accepted the post of editor in a major music publishing firm, and for the next 11 years became deeply concerned with the problems of educational music at all levels of performance. In 1966 he left this position to join the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Miami, where he developed the first four-year Music Industry program, and in 1980, following the retirement of his old friend and colleague, Dr. Frederick Fennell, was appointed music director and conductor of the University of Miami Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Dr. Reed left New York for Miami, Florida, in 1960, where he made his home until his death on September 16, 2005.

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Curtain Up! - Alfred Reed

Curtain Up!

Alfred Reed

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11,99 €
The Hounds of Spring - Alfred Reed / Arr. Robert Longfield

The Hounds of Spring

Alfred Reed / Arr. Robert Longfield

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Rahoon (Clarinet Solo) - Alfred Reed

Rahoon (Clarinet Solo)

Alfred Reed
Originale Literatur

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La Procession de Rocio - Joaquin Turnia / Arr. Alfred Reed

La Procession de Rocio

Joaquin Turnia / Arr. Alfred Reed
MusicWorks -> Grade 5

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119,99 €
Our Father Who Art in Heaven - Alfred Reed / Arr. Vleugel Fa

Our Father Who Art in Heaven

Alfred Reed / Arr. Vleugel Fa

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97,36 €
Sakura - Alfred Reed / Arr. Geert Schrijvers

Sakura

Alfred Reed / Arr. Geert Schrijvers

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114,39 €
Salutations! - Alfred Reed / Arr. Geert Schrijvers

Salutations!

Alfred Reed / Arr. Geert Schrijvers

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114,39 €
My Fair Lady - Frederick Loewe / Arr. Alfred Reed

My Fair Lady

Frederick Loewe / Arr. Alfred Reed

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129,16 €
Concerto for trumpet and wind orchestra - Alfred Reed

Concerto for trumpet and wind orchestra

Alfred Reed
solo + Klavier

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49,95 €
SONG  AND  SAMBA  FROM CONCERTO FOR - Alfred Reed

SONG AND SAMBA FROM CONCERTO FOR

Alfred Reed
Blasorchester / Concert Band

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82,83 €
SLOW BLUES  AND  JAZZ WALTZ FROM - Alfred Reed

SLOW BLUES AND JAZZ WALTZ FROM

Alfred Reed
Blasorchester / Concert Band

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69,02 €
SONATA  FROM CONCERTO FOR TRUMPET - Alfred Reed

SONATA FROM CONCERTO FOR TRUMPET

Alfred Reed
Blasorchester / Concert Band

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82,83 €
SYMPHONY NO.4 : FOR CONCERT BAND - Alfred Reed

SYMPHONY NO.4 : FOR CONCERT BAND

Alfred Reed
Blasorchester / Concert Band

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388,00 €
FIFTH SYMPHONY (1994): FOR BAND - Alfred Reed

FIFTH SYMPHONY (1994): FOR BAND

Alfred Reed
Blasorchester / Concert Band

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48,06 €
Golden Eagle : for band, harmonie - Alfred Reed

Golden Eagle : for band, harmonie

Alfred Reed
Blasorchester / Concert Band

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95,90 €
EVOLUTIONS : FOR BAND - Alfred Reed

EVOLUTIONS : FOR BAND

Alfred Reed
Blasorchester / Concert Band

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216,50 €
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