Cartoon
General Info
Year: 1991
Duration: c. 9:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G & M Brand
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $135.00 | Score Only (print) - $28.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Agogo Bells
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Cowbells (2)
- Crash Cymbals
- Drumset
- Duck Call
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Klaxon
- Ratchet
- Samba Whistle
- Siren (mouth)
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Slide Whistle
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks (3)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
In Score and Parts:
- Percussion II, m.51: Play this passage on suspended cymbal.
- Percussion II, m.80: The X-note head should be played on open hi-hat.
- Percussion III, m.240-242: These three bars should be on bass drum instead of finger cymbals
- Timpani, m.128: G-sharp should be a G-flat
- Potential errata noted by Matthew LeFebvre
Program Notes
It's all here! The big opening credits, the cat and mouse tease and chase, the strutting stagger, and of course the BIG FINALE! Best of all, it can all happen in the imagination of the audience, not on the film screen.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Birmingham Symphonic Winds (Keith Allen, conductor) – 2003
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Wind Symphony (Stephen P. Bolstad, conductor) - 26 September 2023
- Hampshire County (UK) Youth Wind Ensemble (Adam Broughton, conductor) - 26 February 2023
- University of Maryland Baltimore County Wind Ensemble (Brian Kaufman, conductor) – 10 May 2022
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Shawn Smith, conductor) – 5 April 2022
- United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Bryan A. Sherlock, conductor) – 10 June 2021
- Wind Symphony of Clovis (Calif.) (Gary Gilroy, conductor) – 31 March 2019
- Slippery Rock (Penn.) University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Jonathan Helmick, conductor) – 16 October 2018
- LUUMS Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Leeds, England) (Mark Jump, conductor) – 3 December 2017
- Iowa State University (Ames) Wind Ensemble (Michael Golemo, conductor) – 1 November 2017
- San Dieguito Academy (Encinitas, Calif.) Wind Ensemble I (Jeremy Wuertz, conductor) – 24 May 2017
- Metropolitan Wind Symphony (Lexington, Mass.) (Lewis J. Buckley, conductor) – 5 March 2017
- Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) Concert Band (Thomas C. Duffy, conductor) – 17 February 2017
- United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Ryan J. Nowlin, conductor) – 6 August 2015
- Texas Community College Band Directors Association All-State Symphonic Band (Bobby Francis, conductor) – 14 February 2015 (2015 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Birmingham (Eng.) Symphonic Winds (Keith Allen, conductor) – 18 December 2003 (2003 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bright Lights ... City Nights (2013)
- Carnaby Street
- Cartoon (1991)
- Circus Ring (1995)
- Journey and Celebration
- Silver Screen (2003)
- Skyrider
- Sunrise (1999)
Resources
- Hart, P. (1991). Cartoon [score]. G&M Brand: [Great Britain].
- Perusal score