Atlantis

V. F. Safranek

Subtitle: The Lost Continent

General Info

Year: 1913
Duration: c.
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Movements

1. Nocturne and Morning Hymn of Praise
2. A Court Function
3. I Love Thee (The Prince and Aana)
4. The Destruction of Atlantis

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III-IV
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Horn in E-flat (or Alto) I-II-III-IV
B-flat Tenor Horn
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Gong
Snare Drum
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Atlantis is a continent mentioned in Plato’s History, and extended across the Atlantic Ocean approximately from Europe to Yucatan. It is the subject of an exhaustive volume by Ignatius Donnelly and has also served as inspiration for several novelists. It is believed that this continent was the home of a great race which conquered and civilized the world. The Azore Islands are considered to be the tops of its lofty mountains, and are all that now remains above water of the great country

- Program Note by composer

Media

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

Alabama: Class A
Georgia: V

Performances

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Tufts University (Medford, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (John McCann, conductor) - 11 April 2022
Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Symphony (Debra Traficante, conductor) - 12 April 2021
Melbourne (Aus.) Engineering Music Society Symphonic Wind Ensemble – 26 October 2019
Orquesta de Alientos del Conservatorio Nacional de México (Samuel Sánchez, conductor) – 16 February 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Academic Festival Overture (as arranger) (1914)
Andante Cantabile (as arranger) (/1913)
Andante Religioso (as arranger) (1885?/1915)
Aroldo (as arranger) (1857/1916)
At the Well (as arranger) (1866-67/1919)
Atlantis (1913)
Autumn from "The Seasons" (as arranger) (1921)
Bohemia (as arranger) (/1919)
Caucasian Sketches (as arranger) (/1919)
Cleopatra (as arranger) (1920)
Coriolan Overture (as arranger) (/1910)
Csokonay (as arranger) (/1905)
Danish Festival (as arranger) (/1921)
Dedication and Benediction (as editor) (1910)
Don Quixote (1914)
Dreams of Love (as arranger) (/1911)
The Dying Poet (as arranger) (1911)
Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (as arranger; ed. Ragsdale) (1878/1912/2004)
Largo (as arranger) (1893/1912)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (as arranger) (1880/1910)
Poet and Peasant Overture (as arranger) (1845/1911)
Raymond Overture (as arranger) (1851/1912)
Roman Carnival Overture (as arranger) (1844/1962)
Selections from Bizet's "Carmen" (as arranger) (1875/1912)
Semiramide (as arranger; ed. Robertson) (1823/1939)
Slavonic Dance No. 3, Op 46 (as arranger) (1878/1912)
Tannhäuser Overture (as transcriber) (1913)
Way Down Upon the Swanee Ribber (as arranger) (1914)
Zampa Overture (as arranger) (1831/1912)

Resources

Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble: Volume 2 L-Z. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 261. Print.
Safranek, V. (1913). Atlantis: The Lost Continent [score]. Carl Fischer: New York.