Comic, The

David Bobrowitz

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HAFABRA
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Vibra-slap
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This lighthearted and comical work includes clever quotes from popular melodies of the past. A delightful change of pace.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra (Jean-Pierre Haeck, conductor) - 2013

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Band of the 15th Field Regiment (Vancouver, B.C.) – 29 January 2020
Riverside High School (Painesville, Ohio) Wind Ensemble (David A. Schwartz, conductor) - 14 May 2019
Orchestre d'harmonie Les Montils (France) (Patrick Lepain, conductor) – 21 May 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation)(as arranger) (2004/2020)

All Wind Works

All Trails Lead West (2007)
Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (as arranger) (c. 1770/2015)
American Gothic (2009)
American Ramble (2016)
Balfour Castle (2009)
Caribbean Carnival (2007)
Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
A Chanukah Celebration (arr. Soper) (1995)
City of Glass and Steel (2006)
Clowns! Clowns! Clowns! (2009)
The Comic (2012)
A Concert Fanfare (2016)
Diamond Falls (2013)
Divertimento for Tuba and Band (2013)
Fantasy on "March Slav" (as arranger) (1876/2019)
Festival at Camelot (2017)
Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1862-76/2019)
Grand Central Station (2016)
The Iron Horse Across America (2009)
The Iron Pagoda (2016)
Irish Fantasy (2013)
Luminosity and Other Colorations (1995)
The Mall of America (2009)
March of the Trolls (2007)
Midnight Fair (2018)
Mission: Explore Strange New Worlds (2010)
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (as arranger) (1774/2013)
A New Orleans Moment (2012)
A Night in Budapest (2016)
Oceanic Scenes (2004)
Procession at Bayham Old Abbey (2017)
Ragtimeout (2017)
A Sailor's Odyssey (as arranger) (2004)
A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
Sonidos de Sevilla (2009)
Symphony No. 1: Finale (as arranger). See: Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 29: First Movement (as arranger). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
The Traffic Circle (2017)
Variations on "Russian Sailor's Dance" (as arranger)
The Visionary (2006)
Viva Mexico! (2015)
Wheels (2016)
Whodunit? (2004)

Resources

David Bobrowitz website Accessed 26 January 2020
Perusal score