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Chorales and Exercises for Marching Band

Scores that add depth to the musical experience of pageantry. 

These chorales are intended to be used to develop ensemble sonority and tuning (and, hopefully, they make warm-ups more musical and fun). 

All arrangements below are based on works which are in the Public Domain in the United States, but they may not be Public Domain (and therefore not available for free use) in other countries. Most works are licensed under Creative Commons




Salvation is Created

Pavel Chesnokov

Arr. by Cooper ottum



14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, No. 4

Béla Bartók

Arr. by Cooper Ottum

See the original score (IMSLP)


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Jesu, meine Freude
(from BWV 227)

J.S. Bach

Arr. by Cooper Ottum

See the original score (IMSLP)


O magnum mysterium

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Arr. by Cooper Ottum

See the original score (IMSLP)