Blue Dawn into White Heat
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General Info
Year: 1997
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mangun Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III-IV
Oboe I-II-III
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III (I and II div.)
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV-V
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Guitar
Piano
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI-VII-VIII
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Drum Set
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Ratchet
- Sizzle Cymbal (2)
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tams (medium and low)
- Tambourine
- Tom-toms (3)
- Triangle (medium)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Blue Dawn into White Heat is perhaps the first (or at least one of the very few) jazz compositions written for concert band. It is therefore a piece not only with its own intrinsic musical merits, but one that also serves a certain educational, didactic purpose, i.e., teaching classical players something about jazz, modern jazz at that.
The work, in one continuous movement, is divided into three sections delineated by clearly discernible, ever-faster tempos as well as changing meters (3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 2/2). Although mostly written out (through-composed), the work does feature some brief improvisational episodes for trombone, tenor saxophone, and piano.
This title of the piece was suggested by Fred Harris, the conductor who commissioned the work through the Belmont (Mass.) High School.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Craig Kirchhoff, conductor)
- Audio CD: University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Craig Kirchhoff, conductor) - 1980
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Symphonic Band (Jonathan Caldwell, conductor) – 18 February 2020
- Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY) Wind Orchestra (Mark Scatterday, conductor) – 22 March 2019
- Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) Symphonic Band (David Montgomery, conductor) – 27 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) Wind Ensemble (Frederick Harris, conductor) – 21 November 2015
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro Symphonic Band (William L. Lake, Jr., conductor) – 2015
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble (John Climer, conductor) – 22 March 2013 (CBDNA 2013 National Conference, Greensboro, N.C.)
- Interlochen Center for the Arts (Michigan) Wind Ensemble (Matthew Schlomer, conductor) – 27 October 2012
- Charles River Wind Ensemble (Newton, MA) (Eric Hewitt, conductor) – 12 June 2011
- Belmont (Mass.) High School Wind Ensemble (Gunther Schuller, conductor) – 20 March 1996 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Blue Dawn into White Heat (1997)
- Brass Quintet No. 2 (1993)
- Bright and Sassy
- Combination March (as arranger)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone (arr. Bozich) (1983/2021)
- Diptych for Brass Quintet and Concert Band (1971)
- Double Quintet for Wind and Brass Quintets
- Eine Kleine Posaunenmusik
- Fanfare for St Louis
- From Here to There (2013)
- Jumpin' in the Future
- Lines and Contrasts
- Meditation
- Nature's Way
- Nonet for Woodwinds (as editor) (1887/1984)
- On Winged Flight
- Refrains
- Saxophobia. See: Tribute to Rudy Wiedoeft
- Song and Dance
- Study in Textures
- Symphony No. 3, "In Praise of Winds" (1981)
- Symphony for Brass and Percussion (1950)
- Tear Drop
- Transformation
- Tre Invenzioni for Chamber Ensembles
- Tribute to Rudy Wiedoeft (as arranger; ed. Hegvik) (1918/199-?)
- Saxophobia (as arranger) (1918/199-?)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Schuller, G. (1997). Blue Dawn into White Heat [score]. Margun Music: [Newton Centre, Mass.].