Antithigram

Jack Stamp

General Info

Year: 1978 / 1988
Duration: c. 4:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $145.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
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
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Chimes
Orchestra Chimes
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Triangle
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Antithigram is coined from the words "antithesis" and "program".

The work is bi-thematic -- the first theme comprised of eleven notes, the second (beginning at measure 63) more like a chorale in structure. A four-note tone cluster (B flat, C, F sharp, B natural) appears in the first measure, and subsequently appears as an arpeggiated ostinato (B flat, C, and F sharp, in orchestra bells and vibraphone) that underpins and adheres subsequent sections. After the themes are treated in a number of traditional ways (two-voice counterpoint, canon, chorale, and diminution) they are joined at measure 110 in a polychordal statement.

Antithigram was composed in the summer of 1977 and premiered by the East Carolina University Symphonic Band in April of 1978 with the composer conducting.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Georgia: V
Kansas: IV
Louisiana: III
Maryland: IV
Michigan: Senior High A
New York: Concert Band IV
North Carolina: V
South Carolina: IV
Tennessee: V
Virginia: V

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Goff, conductor) – 30 November 2018
Kent (Ohio) State University Symphony Band (John Franklin, conductor) - 27 April 2018
Gilford High School Symphonic Band – 3 December 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Gambol (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Pervicacity (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)

All Wind Works

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Antithigram (1977/1988)
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Be Thou My Vision. See: Chorale Prelude: Be Thou My Vision
The Beltway Jam (2006)
Border Dance (2021)
Cage Dance (2020)
Cenotaph (1992)
Cheers! (1995)
Chorale and Toccata (1993)
Chorale Prelude: Be Thou My Vision (1997)
Chorale, Scherzo, and Dance
Cloudsplitter Fanfare (2000)
Concerto for Euphonium (as transcriber) (2018/2020)
Divertimento in F (1995)
Down East Fanfare (2003)
Elegy and Affirmation (1994)
Elegy for English Horn and Band (1999)
Encomium (2022)
Ere the World Began to Be (1996)
Escapade (2007)
Fanfare, from All Hail the Power (2002)
Fanfare for a New Era (1997)
Fanfare for the Great Hall (1992)
Fanfare Furiosity (2018)
Fanfare Saltarello (2021)
Fanfare: Sinfonia (2003)
Fanfare, Song and Fugue (2006)
The Final Beguine (2018)
Five Songs from the Hills (2010)
Forefathers
Four Maryland Songs (2000)
Gambol (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Gavorkna Fanfare (1991)
Held Still in Quick of Grace (1998)
I Have a Rendezvous... (2017)
In Final Obedience (1994)
In the Silence of the Canyon (2019)
In This Hid Clearing... (2001/2006)
Iridium
Irish Tune from County Derry/Shepherd's Hey (as transcriber) (1918/2021)
Melting of Winter's Snow (1999)
Miniature Overture (2010)
No Brief Candle (2019)
Panhandle Prelude (2013)
Past the Equinox
Pastime (1999)
Pervicacity (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2022)
Prayer and Jubilation
Prayers for a Troubled Nation (2016)
Psalm 150 (2013)
Remembrance of Things to Come (1990)
Ricercare (2001)
Rondeau
Rondo alla BCP (2023)
San Luis Snapshots (2016)
Scenes from Terezin (2009)
Skyline
A Song of Hope (2013)
Southpaw (2014)
The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2002)
Stranger at My Door (2021)
Symphony No. 1 (2006)
Three Places in England
Three Sketches for Wind Band (2018)
Two Overtures for Film (as transcriber) (1957/1967/2021)
Variations on a Bach Chorale (2000)
With Trump and Wing

Resources

Jack Stamp website
Stamp, J. (1987). Antithigram: For Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.