Combination March (arr Schuller)

Scott Joplin

General Info

Year: 1896 / 1975
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $30.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Combination March was the second published march (1896) by composer Scott Joplin (1868–1917) and is one of his earliest works. The meaning of “combination” is unknown. Gunther Schuller orchestrated the march in the early 1970s for concert band, and captured the lightness and spirit of the composer’s early works for piano. One of Joplin’s most famous pieces, Maple Leaf Rag, was published in 1899 and was followed over the next two decades by more than 50 rags and other compositions, including two operas.

- Program Note from The Concord Band concert program, 2 March 2013

Although Joplin composed most of his works for piano, he arranged many for various instruments and would have undoubtedly endorsed this band transcription by Gunther Schuller. With the success of his opera Treemonisha in 1975, a Pulitzer Prize recognition award in 1976, and about 40 band arrangements of his works listed in the 1982 Band Music Guide, Joplin's music is finally gaining its just recognition.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

Audio CD: Incredible Columbia All Star Band - 2005

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Symphonic Band (Timothy Sexton, conductor) - 9 November 2021
Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) - 4 July 2021
University of Southern Main (Gorham) Concert Band (Jackie Townsend, conductor) – 5 October 2019
Syracuse (N.Y.) University Concert Band (Kenneth Pfromm, graduate conductor) – 19 February 2019
Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Mast, conductors) – 13 October 2017
University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 3 November 2016
The Concord (Mass.) Band (James O'Dell, conductor) – 2 March 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Antoinette March (arr. Lienhart)
Bethena (arr. Long) (2004)
The Cascades (arr. Marciniak) (1904/1976)
Combination March (tr. Lienhart) (1896/2012)
Combination March (arr. Marcus) (1896/1981/2015)
Combination March (arr. Schuller) (1896/1975)
Easy Winners (arr. Allen)
Elite Syncopations (Percussion Ensemble) (arr. Long) (1902/2000)
Elite Syncopations (Wind Ensemble) (arr. Long) (1902/2000)
The Entertainer (arr. Frackenpohl) (1902/1975)
Entertainer (arr. Holcombe) (1902)
The Entertainer (arr. Reed) (1902/1974)
Joplin! (arr. Harnsberger)
Maple Leaf Rag (arr. Balent) (1899/1916/1992)
Maple Leaf Rag (arr. Blair) (1899/2022)
Maple Leaf Rag (arr. Frackenpohl) (1899/1974)
Maple Leaf Rag (arr. McLeod) (1899/)
March Majestic (arr. Lienhart)
Music from "The Sting" (arr. Cacavas) (1974)
Palm Leaf Rag (arr. Scott) (1903/1974)
The Ragtime Dance (tr. Elkus) (1974)
A Real Slow Drag (1911/1913)
Reindeer Rag (arr. Williams)
The Rosebud March (arr. Marcus)
Scott Joplin Retrospective (arr. Clark)
Solace (arr. Warner)
The Strenuous Life (arr Reed)
Sunflower Slow Drag (arr. Bourgeois)
Treemonisha Overture (orch. Chiappini)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Scott Joplin." Accessed 29 June 2016
Joplin, S.; Schuller, G. (1975). Combination March [score]. Margun Music: Newton Centre, Mass.
Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 332.