Concertino for Marimba and Band (Creston)
This work bears the designation Opus 21b.
General Info
Year: 1940 / 1975
Duration: c. 16:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00
Movements
1. Vigorous – 5:10
2. Calm – 6:40
3. Lively – 5:05
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Marimba
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Ruth Stuber-Jeanne (née Stuber) (1910-2004) was an American marimbist, percussionist, violinist, and arranger. On April 29, 1940, she and Orchestrette Classique, an all-female orchestra, premiered Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra by American composer Paul Creston. The performance was at Carnegie Hall. Creston wrote Concertino for Stuber and dedicated it to the orchestra's director, Frédérique Petrides, who asked Creston to compose it. Creston was in the audience at the première. The 1940 program notes stated that Concertino was “the only work ever written for this instrument in serious form.”
Media
- Audio CD: Nauqua Valley High School Wind Ensemble (William Jastrow, conductor; Patricia Dash, marimba) - 2009
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Indiana State University (Terre Haute) Wind Orchestra (Stephen L. Gage, conductor; Damaris Bravo, marimba) - 17 November 2022
- San Jose (Calif.) Wind Symphony (Edward C. Harris, conductor; Galen Lemmon, marimba) – 12 May 2019
- Quad City Wind Ensemble (Davenport, Iowa) (Brian Hughes, conductor; Caleb Englebrecht, marimba) – 12 May 2018
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Wind Symphony (William Wakefield, conductor; Hunter Stutzman, marimba) – 16 April 2018
- Ohio University (Athens) Wind Symphony (Andrew Trachsel, conductor; Jack Barry, marimba) – 13 February 2018
- California State University, Los Angeles Wind Ensemble (Emily Moss, conductor; Emilio Corrales, marimba) – 28 September 2017
- Augustana Band, Sioux Falls, SD (Bruce T. Ammann, conductor; Andrew Paulson, marimba) – 8 May 2012
- Neuqua Valley High School (Naperville, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (William Jastrow, conductor; Patricia Dash, marimba) – 17 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Anatolia (1968)
- Celebration Overture (1955)
- Celebration Overture (ed. Madden) (1955/2016)
- Concertino for Marimba and Band (1940/1975)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (or Band) (1941/1963/1966)
- Fantasy for Trombone and Orchestra (or Band)
- Five Little Dances (trans. Longfield) (1946/2013)
- Kalevala (1971)
- Legend (1942/1945)
- Night in Mexico (tr. Yates) (1966/1997)
- Prelude and Dance (1959)
- Square Dance '76 (1977)
- Suite for Saxophone Quartet
- Zanoni (1949)
- Liberty Song ’76 (1976)
Resources
- Creston, P. (1975). Concertino for Marimba and Band, op. 21b [score]. G. Schirmer: New York.