Contraband
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 1990
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MMB Music
Cost: Score and Parts - On Request | Score Only - $21.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I -II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
- Bass Drum (horizonal and one with pedal)
- Congas (2)
- Cymbals (crash and large and small suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam) (large)
- Maracas
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Spring Coil (large)
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (4)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A brief, light hearted (yet schizophrenic) work that rapidly trespasses through a frantic series of band and anti-band dream states. The title is drawn from the works' many atypical band sounds, techniques and effects...such as dangerously 'irregular' keys (B Major, F# minor, etc.), restless solos, slow, winding chromaticism and a brief, irreverent vocal reference to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Illegal substances and exports, as might first be suggested by the title, are acknowledged only by a fleeting reference to Eliott Ness and The Untouchables in the closing moments of the piece
Commissioned by the Indiana University Band.
Program Note by Michael Schelle
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
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Recent Performances
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Cliffhanger March (1984)
- Contraband (1990)
- El Salon Medico (1990)
- Guttersnipe (1994)
- Invocation (1989)
- King Ubu (1980)
- Prayer (2004)
- Seven Steps from Hell (1985)
- When Hell Freezes Over (1995)
Additional Resources
None discovered thus far.
