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Crimson Petal, The
General Info
Year: 1901
Duration: c. 4:35
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $14.95
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute and C Piccolo
Oboe or C Clarinet
English Horn
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Soprano Cornet
Cornets Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III
Tenor Horn I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bells
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Famous band director Fred A. Jewell (1875-1936) wrote this enduring 1901 "Vales caprice" soon before he left his position as band director of the Gentry Brothers Dog and Pony Show in Bloomington, Indiana. The waltz, later arranged for solo piano, is one of Jewell's longer works. It was used as the theme music for Lillian Leitzel's starring aerial act for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1920s under the baton of long-time band director Merle Evans.
After Leitzel fell to her death in 1931, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey no longer performed the piece, but other shows used The Crimson Petal as a repertory standard for trapeze, high-wire and aerial acts for many years after. There is an evocative rising sensation in the baritone part, which perfectly matched the aerialist's ascent up the rope ladder.
- Program Note from Circus Songs
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: South Shore Concert Band (Richard Whitmarsh, conductor) - 2006
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
All Wind Works
- Airy Fairy
- American Leader, The
- Banner Bearer, The
- Battle Royal
- Booster Boys
- Boy Scouts, The
- Carnival Queen, The
- Cavaletta
- Coast Defenders, The
- Collegian
- Counterpoint
- Crawley's
- Crimson Petal, The (1901)
- The Denver Post March (1905)
- Director General, The
- E Pluribus Unum (1917)
- E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
- Easy Walker
- El Campo
- Explorer
- Floto's Triumph
- Fritz, The
- Galop - Go! (1915)
- Gentry's Triumphal (1900)
- Guy, The
- Hail to Old Glory
- High and Mighty (arr. Glover) (1917/2005)
- Huston, The
- In the Lead
- Intercolonial
- Jolly Rover, A
- Kick Off, The
- La Linea
- Last Call, The
- Lawsy Massy
- Little Traveler
- Magnet
- March to Mecca
- Murat Temple Band March (1925)
- Myrtle
- New Arrival, The
- Officer of the Guard
- Old Circus Band March, The (1922)
- Old Home Guards
- On the Firing Line
- Our Mascot
- Our Special
- The Outlook (1913)
- Pass It Along
- Path of Honor
- Progressive American, The
- Quality Plus (1913)
- Quality Plus (arr. Longfield) (1913/1994)
- Radio Waves (arr. Rhea) (1922/2003)
- Request, The
- Revelry
- Rosemary
- Roses of Memory
- Scoutmaster
- The Screamer (arr. Kopetz) (1906/2006)
- Shrine of Liberty (1922)
- Skidoo
- Some Band Rag
- Spick and Span
- Supreme Triumph (1920)
- Supreme Triumph (arr. Rhea) (1920/)
- Tecumseh
- They're Off! (arr. Glover) (1918/2009)
- Tramp - March
- Trombone Blues (1918)
- Undertow, The
- Whirlwind (Jewell)
- Young Love
- Yours Truly (1908)
Resources
- Jewell, F. (1901). The Crimson Petal [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Studwell, W., et al. (1999). "Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology." New York: The Haworth Press, pp. 9.