Dancin' into the 20's
Arranged by Donald Hunsberger
Subtitle: A Ragtime Dance Music Revue
General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $200.00 | Score Only - $50.00
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Movements
1.. Piccalilli rag - Two Step (1918) (George A. Reeg, Jr.)
2. The Richard's tango (1913) (Elizabeth Scates)
3. A Waltz set / music by Victor Herbert
4. Hunkatin - a half tone one-step (1918) (Sol P. Levy)
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (doubling Flute)
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bells
- Drumset
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The music included in Dancin' into the 20's has been chosen to reflect some of the styles of music and corresponding use for exhibition and social dancing during the years leading into the 1920s. Each of the works has been orchestrated for wind band from extant published orchestra music of the period. The outside one-two step movements are energetic and perhaps more brusque in nature than The Richard's Tango and the Set of Waltzes from Victor Herbert's operetta scores. Each work may be programmed individually, and hopefully, the compilation will serve as a special example of music from a bygone era in American musical and theatrical history.
- Program Note from publisher
This medley contains 1. Piccalilli rag, 2 step / music by George A. Reeg jr.; 2. The Richard's tango / music by Elizabeth Scates; 3. Waltz set / music by Victor Herbert; and 4. Hunkatin / music by Sol P. Levy.
Media
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State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) Wind Symphony (James Batcheller, conductor) - 19 April 2022
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Fletcher Ferrara, conductor) – 28 October 2018
- Allegheny College (Meadville, Penn.) Band Camp for Adult Musicians (Timothy W. Foley, conductor) - 15 June 2018
- Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) – 21 January 2018
- Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) - 25 January 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Almighty Father (as arranger) (1971/1974)
- Catfish Row (as arranger) (1934/2000)
- Dancin' into the 20's (as arranger) (1999)
- The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (as editor) (1939/2000)
- Fantaisie brilliante (as arranger) (1861/1987?/2011)
- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (as arranger) (1723?/1997)
- Fantasia on Lady of Spain (as arranger) (1931/1960)
- Festive Overture (as arranger) (1954/1965)
- Folk Festival (as arranger) (1955/1971)
- Galop (as transcriber) (1959/1971)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (as editor) (1900/1983)
- Hommage à Rameau (as transcriber) (1905/2009)
- Jack Tar (as arranger) (1903/)
- A Jazz Suite (as arranger) (1961)
- La Bamba de Vera Cruz (as arranger) (1960)
- La Vallée des Cloches (as arranger) (1905/1981)
- Le Carnaval de Venise (as arranger) (c. 1865/2015)
- The Marines' Hymn (as arranger; adapt. Patterson)
- Meditation No. 2 (as arrangerr) (1971/1973)
- Moto Perpetuo (as arranger) (c.1835/1985)
- Napoli (as arranger) (1934/1990/2011)
- Overture to "Colas Breugnon" (as transcriber) (1937/2003)
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (as transcriber) (1703-1713/1968/1975)
- Prelude and Fugue in E-flat (as transcriber) (c. 1739/2009)
- Quiet City (as arranger) (1941/1992)
- Rhapsody in Blue (as arranger) (1924/1998)
- Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child (as transcriber) (1985)
- Sonata for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (as arranger) (1956/1986/1998)
- Star Wars Trilogy (as arranger) (1977/1997)
- Three Dance Episodes from "Spartacus" (as arranger) (1954/1969)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as transcriber) (1705/1998)
- Two Irish Folk Melodies (as arranger) (1986/2017)
- Variations for Wind Band (as arranger) (1957/1988/1997)
- Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 14 (as arranger) (1909/2004)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Reeg, G.; Hunsberger, D. (1999). Dancin' into the 20's: A Ragtime Dance Music Revue [score]. Warner Bros.: Miami, Fla.