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Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.927169 Composed by Arthur Willard Pryor. Arranged by George Willson. Contemporary,Traditional. Score and parts. 106 pages. George Willson #4409911. Published by George Willson (A0.927169). Trombone Solo with Concert BandArthur Pryor's Thoughts Of Love/Love Thoughts Waltz is a work that has gone through many iterative changes before it settled into the beloved trombone solo known and played the world over today. Thoughts of Love was first performed by Pryor himself in 1893 which cemented him in the John Phillip Sousa's band as a formidable soloist, but based on old recordings, it was considerably shorter than it is now. In 1898, an arrangement was played by Sousa's band as a waltz having been retitled to Love Thoughts Waltz with additional material. Sometime later, elements of that band version along with other changes created the solo as it now exists. When the solo has been arranged for band, it generally follows the piano accompaniment, but for this edition, the 1898 band version was used as a source with the piano accompaniment only filling in gaps and counter melodies that did not exist in the Love Thoughts band version. While no modern orchestrations were used as a reference for this arrangement, I did listen to an early version of the solo work performed (and probably orchestrated) by Arthur Pryor himself as inspiration for some arrangement decisions. In addition, the cadenza near the end has been revised to include parts of the traditional version of the solo, an excised melody from a section of the band version, and inspiration from Arthur Pryor's own performance.  George Willson is a trombone player and has been an performer, composer, and conductor for thirty years in various mediums and ensembles.Mp3 provided is a midi extracted from the composition program. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).