Barcarolle (Erickson)
General Info
Year: 1992
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet (or E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet)
B-flat Bass Clarinet (or 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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The barcarolle was originally a boat song that was sung by Venetian gondoliers, characterized by the alternation of strong and light beats in 6/8 time. Barcarolles have been written by many composers including Donizetti, Chopin and Beethoven. The most well known is undoubtedly the one written by Jacques Offenbach to his opera The Tales of Hoffman. The highly expressive melody is first played by trumpets and is then interwoven with flutes, clarinets and other sections of the band.
Commissioned by the Hamilton, Ontario Massed Band Festival,
- Program Note adapted from publisher and score
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
- Georgia: IV
- Kansas: II
- Louisiana: II
- Tennessee: V
- Texas: II. Complete
- Virginia: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air for Band (1966)
- Allegro Animato (1991)
- American Christmas Festival (1975)
- American Patriots (1991)
- Americana
- Aria Cantabile (1990)
- Aria on a Bach Prelude
- Arrietta and Rondo (1960)
- Arietta for Band (arr. Echols) (1973/2014)
- Arietta for Winds (1973)
- Balladair (1958)
- Ballad for Peace
- Barcarolle (1992)
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (1954)
- Blue Ridge Overture (1976)
- Cameo Overture
- Cheerio March (as arranger)
- Children's March (as reviser) (1919/1971)
- Chroma
- Citadel
- Colwyn Bay
- Desert Suite
- Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Concert Band (1956)
- Drummer's Delight (as arranger) (1969)
- Elegy (as arranger) (1961)
- English Folk-Song Fantasy
- Eroica Variations
- Fanfare for a Festival
- Fantasy for Band (1955)
- Fantasy on Nordic Themes
- Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky
- Festiva Musica
- First Symphony for Band (1961)
- Folk Song Suite (as transcriber) 1909/1968)
- A Gaelic Ballad
- A Handel Celebration (as arranger) (1985)
- "Hansel and Gretel" Overture (as arranger) (1892/1960)
- Heritage Hills (1982)
- Introduction, March and Shepherd’s Dance from "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (as arranger)
- Irish Folk Song Suite (1952)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (as arranger) (1918/1970)
- James Bond Suite (as arranger) (1962/2003)
- La Danza (as arranger) (1835/1967)
- Land of the Vikings (1959)
- Light a Distant Fire
- Lyric Episode
- Lyric Suite (1974)
- March Capriccioso (1979)
- March of the Mimes
- March with Fanfares
- Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (as arranger)
- Mexicana
- Misty Rain, Softly Falling
- A Mozart Celebration
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (as arranger) (1749/1997)
- A Nordic Trilogy (with Davis and Reed) (1967)
- Norwegian Folk Song Suite (1953)
- Notturno (1965)
- Overture for Synthesizer and Band (1989)
- Overture Jubiloso (1978)
- Percussion Mystique
- A Percy Grainger Suite (as arranger) (1996)
- Pillars of the Earth
- President's Suite
- Red Bridge March
- Red’s White and Blue March (as transcriber) (1965)
- Reverence for Life
- Rhythm of the Winds (1964)
- The Rhythms of Christmas
- River Wind
- Rondonova
- Royal Armada (1963)
- Russian Easter Overture (as arranger)
- Rustic Overture
- Sarabande (as transcriber) (1894/1967)
- Saturnalia (1967)
- Second Symphony for Band (1958)
- Selections from "1776" for Concert Band (as arranger) (1969)
- Sinfonía india (as arranger) (1978)
- Sonatina for Band (1962)
- Spoon River Variations
- Suite for Percussion in Three Movements
- Symphonette for Band (1959)
- Symphony No. 1. See: First Symphony for Band
- Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony for Band
- Symphony No. 3. See: Third Symphony for Band
- Third Symphony for Band (1984)
- Three Impressions (as transcriber) (1970)
- Tia Juana Trumpets
- Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
- Toccata for a New Age (1995)
- Toccata for Band (1957)
- Two Songs Without Words (as arranger) (1906/1996)
- Walt Disney Overture (as arranger) (1967)
- Wind Dancer
Resources
None discovered thus far.