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Carpathia
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 2:00
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
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 I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani (optional)
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Ship's Bell
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This powerful work depicts the frantic voyage of the RMS Carpathia, the first ship to arrive on the scene after receiving a distress call from the Titanic. Determined to save as many lives as possible, the captain managed to squeeze 17 knots out of a supposed 14-knot vessel.
The music depicts the vibrations of the ship's hull along with the hissing of the boiler. As Carpathia arrives on the terrible scene, the music relinquishes its fast pace to a slow, mournful hymn. After a brief moment of tranquility, the music intensifies as the rescue ship embarks on her triumphant yet tragic return voyage to safety.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Maryland: I
- Michigan: Junior High D
- North Carolina: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- South Park Middle School (Oshkosh, Wisc.) 8th Grade Band (Patty Bourgeois, conductor) – 16 March 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
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- The Blue Orchid (2005)
- Blue Sky (2002)
- But Joy Comes... (2010)
- Captain Dane (2003)
- Carnegie Anthem (2012)
- Carpathia (2007)
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Caverns of Sonora (2019)
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- Corps of Discovery (2010)
- Country Day Dances (2004)
- Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
- Credo (2012)
- Curtain Up!
- Dances Americanesque (2008)
- Declaration and Dance (2010)
- Destined to Fly (2018)
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- The Eighth Day (2022)
- El Pato Loco (2010)
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- Festive Proclamation (2015)
- Flourishes! (2019)
- Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Great Wall (2016)
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- Heavenwards (2015)
- Heroes Triumphant (2012)
- Hopak! (2014)
- In Autumn (2009)
- In Joyful Celebration (2003)
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- Kamehameha (2006)
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- Maesong (2004)
- Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
- The Mighty 97th (2008)
- New Horizons March (2016)
- Of Gentle Spirit
- Paintings (2011)
- Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
- Quicksilver (2018)
- Resplendence (2017)
- Silversides (2021)
- The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
- Spit-Fire (2013)
- Summit Fanfare (2008)
- The Tahoka Galop (2004)
- Tangelridge (2009)
- Tambora! (2013)
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- Terracotta (2009)
- Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
- To Her Majesty's Delight (2020)
- Tudor Sketches (2013)
- Tundra (2018)
- Wedgwood March (2002)
- The Wings of Mercury
- With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
- The World's Greatest Show! (2022)
- Yonaguska (2016)
- Zia (2014)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 439.
- Perusal score
- William Owens website Accessed 29 August 2021