Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 1978
Duration: 11:15
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $110.00 | Score Only - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet (optional)
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet or Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Celesta (or Piano)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves
- Cymbal (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Field Drum
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Temple Blocks
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Toms (4)
- Triangle (large)
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Dylan Thomas poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night was the motivation for this musical composition. While not a programmatic depiction of the poem, the work attempts to recreate the essence of the poem in sound.
The opening motive, representative of the life force, permeates much of the work. An Ivesian use of sound layers - in the form of polytonal hymns - calls to mind the struggles and persistence of the human spirit and its refusal to "go gentle."
Program Note by Elliot Del Borgo
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
- Texas: V
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Ancient Air and Dance
- Chant Rituals
- Crown and Scepter
- Dervish Dance
- Dies Irae (Del Borgo)
- Festa
- Lest We Forget
- New England Suite
- Prelude and Dance
- Sea Trilogy
- Shaker Variants
- Slavonic Dances
- Tryptich II
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