日本早在十九世紀末期由英、法、美等國家引進管樂，並於廿世紀初期推廣至各個中學。第二次世界大戰之前，雖然當時大多數學校的硬體設備 ( 樂器 ) 都不是很完善，但全日本就擁有超過 1300 支的學校樂隊 ( School Band ) 。

第二次世界大戰之後，日本第一個職業管樂團 - 大阪市管樂團 ( Osaka City Concert Band ) 成立，但日本正值戰後的恢復期，雖然陸續有人將歐美的教材、樂器引進日本，但大多數的樂團仍然不容易找到合適的資源。直到 60 年代， Ongakuno Tomosha ( 目前日本規模最大的樂譜出版公司 ) 成立，情況才逐漸改善。加上自 70 年代開始，管樂比賽大量採用國人作品，鼓勵日本人致力於管樂曲的創作與發揚，成就目前歐、美、日本三大主流的管樂世界。

這套由日本 Kosei Publishng 公司於 2009 年發行的系列錄音，完整收錄 1975 至 2008 年全國管樂比賽指定曲，是欲深入瞭解日本管樂發展的重要有聲資料。

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A Little Prelude for Band / Takashi Gunji

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Exercise for Band / Toru Kobayashi

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Invitation to Symphonic Pops / Koichi Kawabe

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Impromptu / Yo Goto

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Concert Overture / Hiroyuki Fujikake

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Cantilena / Hiroshi Hoshina

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On Main Street / Naohiro Iwai

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Dorian Rhapsody for Band / Hiroaki Kuwahara

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Burlesque for Band / Hiroshi Ohguri

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Disco Kid / Osamu Shohji

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Jubilate / Robert Jager

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Pops Variation - Kazoeuta / Naohiro Iwai

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Feristas / Susumu Aoki

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Prelude / Kenjiro Urata

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Childhood Memories / Gemba Fujita

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March : Eternal Youth / Hajime Okumura

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Hana Matsuri / Kiyoshige Koyama

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From Southern Islands Overture / Koichi Hattori

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Big Catch in the North Ocean / Saburo Iwakawa

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March : Over The Galaxy / Takanori Saito

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Illusion / Masaharu Uzawa

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Collage for Band / Tetsunosuke Kushida

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Symphonic March / Masakazu Saito & Yoichi Kamioka

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March : Under the Blue Sky / Satoshi Sakamoto & Gemba Fujita

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Introduction and Allegro / Makiko Kinoshita

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Rimbu - Dance of Ainu / Hirotsugu Hayakawa

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Sunrise March / Saburo Iwakawa

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Invention no. 1 for Band / Junichi Naito

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Hakuho Rhapsody / Hiroyuki Fujikake

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Quadrille for Band / Yo Goto

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Metamorphose Fragment / Satoshi Ikegami

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Dozokuteki Dance / Kaoru Wada

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Sinfonietta / Jiro Mikami

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March / Kenjiro Urata

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Overture - Five Rings / Nariaki Saegusa

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Symphonic Poem - Seascape / Toshio Mashima

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Symphonic Fanfare and March / Masakuni Nakamoto

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Pop Step March / Kazuhiro Morita

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Metamorphosis / Kaoru Mizuki

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Ah! / Bin Kaneda

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Overture for Band / Michio Mamiya

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Concert March : Take Off / Tomohiro Tatebe & Gemba Fujita

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Fu Mon / Hiroshi Hoshina

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Nagisa Scope / Mineaki Yoshida

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Concert March '87 / Nobuyoshi Iinuma

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Moving On / Tetsuo Kawakami

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March : Hello Sunshine! / Yoshio Matsuo

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Festa for Wind Orchestra / Akira Miyoshi

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Symphonic Dance / Toru Kobayashi

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March : Stout and Pure / Hiroshi Hara

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March in Carnival / Koichi Sugimoto & Soichi Konagaya

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Dance for Breeze and Blaze / Soichi Konagaya

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Wish for Wind Orchestra / Tsutomu Tajima

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Purity March / Sadao Bekku

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Pops March : Wonderful Days / Naohiro Iwai

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Landscape for Wind Ensemble / Shinichiro Ikebe

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Revelation for Band / Goro Natori

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March Glory of Catalonia / Michio Mamiya

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Marine City March / Masanori Nomura & Gemba Fujita

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Stones in Time / Tomoki Kawade

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Coral Blue - A Symphonic Impression for Band / Toshio Mashima

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Rock'n March / Hiroyuki Fujikake

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March : A Gentle Breeze / Yoshio Matsuo

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Nereides for Symphonic Band / Masaru Tanaka

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Futurism for Wind Orchestra / Yuichi Abe

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Cross By March / Akira Miyoshi

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March : Good Time Friends / Satoshi Sakamoto