Ballade (Reed)

Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed

General Info

Year: 1956 / 1999
Duration: c. 4:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00   |   Score Only (print) - $12.00

For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

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

• Orchestra Bells

Errata

• Bassoon, Letter B-2: Add a slur over entire bar
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet III, Letter C+4: 1st note should be C sharp, not C (2nd note is correct)  
• Trombone III, Letter C-1: Add 3/4 time signature, make a double vertical line immediately before
• Percussion, m.1: Bass clef should be treble clef (The first note is E, not G).

Program Notes

Like most ballades, its single main theme, accompanied by two smaller motifs, is developed in a continuous fashion, affecting many subtle changes of mood and color, even though almost every single measure is related in a close or distant way. In deference to the French school of saxophone playing, which was taken as a basis for the composition of this piece, the emphasis is on the long lyrical line of brilliant but light color, while the accompaniment is an always changing harmonic background of chords.

This work is one of a group of three pieces for solo wind instruments and band commissioned by the G. LeBlanc Corporation as performance vehicles for their artist/clinicians, the other two being Ode for Trumpet and Serenade for Clarinet. It was written for Vincent J. “Jimmy” Abato, a brilliant virtuoso both on the clarinet and saxophone.

- Program Note from publisher

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Concert Band (T.j. Anderson, conductor; Scott Kallestad, alto saxophone) - 20 April 2022
• Colorado State University (Fort Collins) Symphonic Band (T. André Feagin, conductor; Peter Sommer, alto saxophone) – 18 October 2019
• Caldwell (N.J.) University Wind Ensemble (Rebecca Vega, conductor; Pedro Liriano, alto saxophone) - 7 December 2018
• Concordia University (Chicago, Ill.) University Band (Richard Fischer, conductor) - 28 September 2018
• Idaho State University (Pocatello) Civic Concert Band (Erin Armstrong, conductor; Thomas Kloss, alto saxophone) – 23 February 2018
• Coastal Carolina University (Conway, S.C.) Wind Ensemble (T. André Feagin, conductor; Daniel O’Reilly, alto saxophone) – 12 October 2017
• Brass Musik Schwärmer (Ichikawa, Japan) – 29 April 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (as transcriber; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• A Festival Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Haga) (1962/2019)
• Two Bagatelles (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1983/1997/2010)

All Wind Works

• Acclamation!
• Alleluia! Laudamus Te (1973)
• Arioso (as arranger) (1729/1998)
• Armenian Dances (1972-1978)
  • Armenian Dances, Part One (1972/1974)
  • Armenian Dances, Part Two (1978)
• Around the World in 80 Days: Selections (as arranger; ed. Rogers) (1957/2017)
• Autumn Leaves (as arranger; ed. Rogers) (1947/2017)
• Ballade (1956/1999)
• Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 Suite (as arranger) (1965)
• Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" (as editor; arr. McAlister) (1910/2005)
• The Big East March (1997)
• Canto e Camdombe
• Carmen (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1875/2000)
• A Celebration Fanfare (1989)
• A Ceremonial Fanfare (1971)
• Ceremony of Flourishes (1964)
• Chanson Triste (as arranger) (1878/1989)
• Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" (as editor with McAlister; tr. Rogan) (1892/2001)
• Children's Suite (2000)
• A Christmas Suite (1974)
• Chorale Prelude in E minor (1953/1966)
• A Christmas Celebration (1987)
• A Christmas Intrada (1980)
• Clear Track Polka (as arranger) (1869/2000)
• Come, Sweet Death (as arranger) (1736/1976)
• Come, Sweet Death (as transcriber; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Concertino (as arranger; ed. McCathren) (1811/1962)
• Concertino for Marimba and Winds (1993)
• Concerto for Trumpet and Winds (1995/1997)
  • Sonata
  • Slow Blues, Jazz Waltz
  • Song, Samba
• Curtain Up! (1991)
• Dance of the Hours (as editor; tr. Kennedy) (1876/)
• Danza Caribe (1986)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (as arranger) (1653/1724/1990)
• Divertimento for Flute and Band (1998)
• Double Wind Quintet (1975)
• East and West (2003)
• El Camino Real (1985)
• El Camino Real (arr. Longfield) (1985/2013)
• The Enchanted Island (1980)
• The Entertainer (as arranger) (1902/1974)
• Evolutions (1993)
• Exhortation and Praise (2003)
• Fanfare and Processional (2005)
• The Fantasticks (as arranger) (1966)
• Fantasy on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (as arranger) (1973)
• A Festival Prelude (1962)
• A Festival Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Haga) (1962/2019)
• A Festive Overture (1963)
• Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
• Fifth Symphony (1995)
• Finlandia (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1900/2004)
• First Suite for Band (1975)
• Five Cameos (2002)
• Five Dances for Five Clarinets and Band
• Forget Me Not, O Dearest Lord (as arranger) (c. 1736/1985)
• Fourth Suite for Band (1994)
• Fourth Symphony (1992)
• French Suite
• Funiculi Funicula (as arranger) (1880/1994)
• The Garden of Proserpine
• Giligia (2000)
• Golden Eagle (1989/1995)
• Golden Jubilee (1987)
• The Golden Year (1997)
• Greensleeves (1993/2011)
• Gypsy Dance (as arranger) (1872/1997)
• Havana Moon
• Highlights from "Exodus" (as arranger) (1960/1962)
• Highlights from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/1965)
• The Hounds of Spring (1981)
• Huldigungsmarsch (as editor) (1864/2002)
• Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1853/2002)
• Hymn Variants (1992)
• I Left my Heart in San Francisco (as transcriber; ed. Rogers) (1954/1963)
• Imperatrix (1972)
• In Dulci Jubilo (as arranger) (1970)
• In Memoriam (1972)
• Intrada Drammatica (1968/1992)
• Jazz Waltz. See: Concerto for Trumpet and Winds
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (1723/1981)
• Jidai (2001)
• Joyeux Noël (Brass Ensemble) (1998)
• Joyeux Noël (Wind Ensemble) (1998/2001/2002)
• A Jubilant Overture (1970)
• A Jubilant Overture (arr. Conaway) (1970/2011)
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is (1995)
• L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (as editor, with McAlister) (1872/2002)
• Laid-Back Rag
• Light Cavalry Overture (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1866/2003)
• A Little Concert Suite (1984)
• Lumberjack Overture
• Macarena (as arranger) (1992)
• Mancini! (as arranger) (1965)
• March Grandioso (as arranger) (1901/1969)
• Mary Poppins (as arranger) (1964/2006)
• Might and Majesty
• Millennium III (1999)
• Mr. Music (1990)
• The Music-Makers (1968)
• Music for Hamlet (1973/2018)
• Music in the Air! (2000)
• The Music Man: Highlights (as arranger) (1957/1959)
• My Fair Lady (as arranger) (1956/?)
• My Heart Is Filled With Longing (as arranger) (c. 1710/1986)
• Nimrod (as arranger) (1899/1965)
• Nocturne (as arranger) (1886/1953/1975)
• A Nordic Trilogy (with Erickson and Davis) (1967)
• A Northern Legend (1972)
• O Little Town (as arranger)
• O Most Wonderful (as arranger)
• Ode for Trumpet (1956)
• Old and New (2002)
• Othello (1977)
• Our Father Who Art in Heaven (as arranger) (1710/1988)
• Passacaglia (1967)
• Pavane for a Dead Princess (as orchestrator; ed. McAlister) (1899/1988)
• Piccolo Concerto in C major (as arranger) (1728-29/1962/1969)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (as arranger) (1845/1991)
• The Pledge of Allegiance (1970)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 2 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 3 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
• Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 4 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
• Praise Jerusalem! (1986)
• Prelude IV (as arranger) (1722/1983)
• Prelude and Capriccio (1978)
• Prelude, Op. 9, No. 1 (as arranger) (1894/1985)
• Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" (as arranger, with McAlister) (1850/2006)
• Presentation of the Silver Rose (as arranger) (1910/1988)
• Pro Texana (1984)
• Punchinello (1974)
• Radetzky March (as arranger) (1848/1993)
• Rahoon (1965)
• The Ramparts of Courage (1995)
• Rosalind in the Forest of Arden (2005)
• Rushmore (1981)
• Russian Christmas Music (1944)
• Russian Christmas Music (arr. Curnow) (1944/1990)
• A Sacred Suite
• Salutations! (1995)
• Samba. See: Concerto for Trumpet and Winds
• Seascape: A Dramatic Intermezzo (1962)
• Second Century (1986)
• Second Suite for Band (1980)
• Second Symphony (1979)
• Selections from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (as editor; arr. Kostal) (1963/1964)
• Serenade (1966)
• Seventh Suite for Band (2002)
• The Severn Suite (as arranger) (1973)
• Siciliana Notturno (1977)
• Silver Shadow (1998/1999)
• Sine Nomine (as arranger) (1906/1976)
• Sixth Suite for Band
• Slavonic Folk Suite (1953/1987)
• Slow Blues. See: Concerto for Trumpet and Winds
• Sonata. See: Concerto for Trumpet and Winds
• Song. See: Concerto for Trumpet and Winds
• Song of the High Cascades
• Song of Threnos (1964)
• A Springtime Celebration (1991)
• The Strenuous Life (as arranger) (1902/1974)
• Sumus Futuro (1999)
• A Symphonic Prelude (1963)
• Symphony for Brass and Percussion (1952/1967)
• Symphony No. 1. See: Symphony for Brass and Percussion
• Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony
• Symphony No. 3 (1988)
  • Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner (1882/1988)
• Symphony No. 4. See: Fourth Symphony
• Symphony No. 5. See: Fifth Symphony
• Tannhäuser Grand March (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1847/2005)
• Tarantella (1996)
• Testament of an American (1974)
• Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (as arranger) (1963)
• Third Suite for Band (1982)
• Third Symphony. See: Symphony No. 3
• Three Chorales (as arranger; ed. McAlister) (?/2013)
• Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra (1984)
• Three Symphonic Preludes (as arranger)
• Thunder and Lightning (1999)
• The Tsar's Farewell (as arranger) (2001)
• Twelfth Night (2003)
• Two Bagatelles (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1983/1997/2010)
• Two Bagatelles (1983/1995)
• Two Bagatelles for Concert Band (1983/1997)
• Two Bagatelles for Four Trombones (1983)
• Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner. See: Symphony No. 3
• Victory! (2005)
• Vilia (as arranger) (1905/1990)
• Vilabella March (as editor) (1970)
• Viva Musica! (1984)
• Wapawekka (1963)
• With Trumpets And Drums (1992)

Resources

Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble: Volume 2 L-Z. Meredith Music Publications, 2004, pp. 243.

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Alfred Reed." Accessed 14 October 2017
• Reed, A. [1956]. Ballade, for E-Flat Alto Saxophone and Band [score]. Southern Music: San Antonio, Tx.