Argentum (Mahr)
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Subtitle: An Overture for Band
General Info
Year: 1986
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
In Parts:
- Horn in F II, m.170: Missing 6/8 time signature
- Piano, m.38: Missing flat sign on "D" - should be Db
In Score:
- Flute I, m.105-106: Needs tie; see piano part
In Part and Score:
- Cornet III, m.183: Should be B natural, not Bb
- Horn in F I, m.183: Should be E natural, not Eb
- Horn in F II, m.214-215: Should be Ab
- Trombone III, m.183: Should be Db
Program Notes
Just as an anniversary provides time for quiet reflection of the past and optimistic dreams for the future, Argentum is constructed in a similar manner. The work opens with bold, strong rhythms and cheerful melodies, while the middle of the piece is calm and introspective. The opening themes return to close the piece majestically.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association in observance of their twenty-first anniversary.
- Program Note from score
The title originates from a Latin root which evolved from an ancient poetic synonym for silver; it has since become a symbol for 25th anniversaries.
The overture begins and ends with bold rhythms and cheerful melodies, contrasted by a calm and introspective middle section. The structure is reminiscent of a 25th anniversary celebration, with its quiet reflection on the past and optimistic plans for the future.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
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State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
- Louisiana: IV
- Maryland: V
- Oklahoma: IV-A
- Texas: IV. Complete
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- Nebraska Intercollegiate Band (Timothy Mahr, conductor) – 8 March 1986 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
- and in this dream there were eight windows... (2003)
- Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
- Argentum (1986)
- Blue Sky Day (2006)
- Bridge Square March (2005)
- Bright Side (2015/2018)
- Carolina Folk Dream
- Climb the Castle Walls! (2011)
- Dauntless (2015)
- Daydream (1989)
- Diamond Celebration (2009)
- Dig Down Deep (2013)
- Endurance (1991)
- Etched in Stone (2018)
- Everyday Hero (2011)
- Fanfare and Grand March (1980)
- Fantasia in G (1982)
- Festivals
- Fields of Grain as Seen From a Train (2008)
- Flourish (2000)
- GF Redux: "It's Yours", from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Heroic Rhapsody (2009)
- Heroic Valor (2009)
- Hey! (2001/2005)
- Honoris Causa (2009)
- Hymn and Celebration (1994)
- Imagine, If You Will... (2013)
- Imagining Peace (2018)
- Immigrant Dreams (1992)
- Imprints
- Inaugural Dances (2006)
- Into the Air! (1998)
- Look In/Look Out (2018)
- A Mighty March (2003)
- Mountain Prayers (2006)
- Mourning Dances (2001)
- Mr. Kallman (2019)
- Noble Element (2007)
- Passages (1984)
- Pride, Promise and Progress (2009)
- A Quiet Place To Think (1999)
- Retreat, from All Hail the Power (2002)
- The Soaring Hawk (1991)
- Sol Solator (2009)
- Spirits Ablaze (2013)
- Spring Divertimento (1992)
- Suite for Band (2014)
- Symphony No. 1 (2016)
- Uncle Lumpy's Garage (2005)
- Urgent Voices (2020)
- The View from the Mountaintop (1996)
- When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers (1997)
Resources
- Mahr, T. (1987). Argentum [score]. N.A. Kjos Music: San Diego, Calif.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 398.