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Adagio for Winds (Del Borgo)
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General Info
Year: 1974
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Featuring rich sonorities in the low register and a flowing lyric style throughout, this classic composition by Elliot Del Borgo has stood the test of time and currently appears on contest lists in 10 different states.
- Program Note from publisher
Although not as expansive and powerful as Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, Del Borgo's use of wind instruments to create beauty and sensitivity makes this work an important one in wind band literature. Adagio for Winds is in the harmonic and melodic framework of the Romantic era, with song-like melodic lines prominently set within a simple uncluttered accompaniment. This piece moves slowly, and gently builds to a climax toward the end before coming to a quiet close.
- Program Note by William V. Johnson for the Cuesta Wind Ensemble concert program, 8 May 1993
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
- Arkansas: II
- Florida: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
- Kansas: IV
- Louisiana: III
- Maryland: IV
- Massachusetts: III
- New York: Concert Band IV
- South Carolina: IV
- Texas: III. Complete
- Virginia: IV
Performances
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- Eldred (N.Y.) Central Senior High School Concert Band (Brian D. Nivison, conductor) - 6 June 2019
- Fremd High School (Palatine, Ill.) Symphonic Winds - 2 May 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
All Wind Works
- Adagio for Winds (1974)
- Ancient Air and Dance (2000)
- Ancient Moon (2000)
- Blue Ridge Holiday
- Call to Glory
- Calypso a la Rondo (2003)
- Canterbury Overture
- Celtic Suite (1994)
- Ceremoniale (1981)
- Chant Rituals (1993)
- Chorale and Canon (1985)
- Chorale and Variant (1969)
- A Christmas Fantasia (1989)
- A Christmas Triptych (as arranger) (1994)
- Christmas Variants (2000)
- Cole Porter in Concert (as arranger)
- Commemoration Overture (1976)
- Continental Christmas Suite (1996/2010)
- Coventry Carol
- Crown and Scepter
- Dervish Dance
- Dies Irae
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1979)
- Dorian Rhapsody (1996)
- Fantasia for Christmas (1998)
- Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924/1994)
- Festa! (1985)
- Fire Dance (Del Borgo) (2004)
- A Flemish Carol (1994)
- Flight of Eagles
- Fortress Variants (2004)
- Gaelic Rhapsody (1987)
- Good King's Christmas, A
- Intermezzo Sinfonico (as arranger) (1890/2003)
- A Jefferson Portrait (2001)
- Joyant Overture
- Knightsbridge Overture (1987)
- Lest We Forget
- Locksley Hall (1996)
- Lux Aeterna (1993)
- Miss Liberty's Promise
- Modal Song and Dance (1985)
- Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)
- New England Suite
- Ode to Joy
- Overture for Winds (1982)
- Phantom Ship
- Prelude and Dance
- Prologue and Dance (1981)
- Renaissance Couplet (as arranger) (1994)
- Rituale (1981)
- Ritual Dances
- Sailing Songs (1995)
- Sea Trilogy
- Serial Music (1970)
- Shaker Variants (1995)
- Slavonic Dances
- Soliloquy and Dance
- Songs of the Whalemen (1995)
- The Steppes of Russia (1999)
- Symphonic Essay (1973)
- Symphonic Paraphrase (1995)
- Tryptich II (1985)
- Two British Folk Songs (1993)
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
- Yultide Celebration
Resources
- Del Borgo, E. [1974]. Adagio for Winds [score]. Shawnee Press: Delaware Water Gap, Penn.