Black Sails
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: LudwigMasters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
From the pen of Aric Branchfield comes this exotic and exciting work that conveys the drama of the high seas in the days of pirates and buccaneers. It is just the work to capture the imaginations and emotions.
- Program Note from publisher
Sure to engage young musicians, this interesting composition allows performers and audiences alike to imagine pirates sailing the high seas. Black sails were a signal method used by pirates to indicate that if a ship were to be boarded the crew and passengers would be released unharmed, but resistance would result in destruction of the ship and all on board.
-Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- C. F. Simmons Middle School (Aurora, Ill.) Band (Eric Stade, conductor) – 11 October 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Black Sails (2016)
- Einstein’s Garden (2010)
- For King and Country (2016)
- Medieval Images (2009)
- My Dog Ate My Homework (2011)
- Odyssey (2012)
- A Pilot's Hymn (2015)
- Shipwreck (2010)
- Victorian Overture (2013)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 71/7 (February, 2017), p. 28.