Dramatic Prelude

Claude T. Smith

Claude T. Smith

General Info

Year: 1966 / 1994
Duration: c. 8:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Claude T. Smith Publications, Inc., through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano (optional)
Harp (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Gong
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tom-toms (2)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dynamic yet delicate might be used to describe this fine work. A solidly scored allegro opens the piece and is followed by a moving andante section. After a repeat of the opening section, the composition concludes with dramatic tutti chords accompanied by the hammering rhythm of the French horns.

- Program Note from publisher

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: University of Kansas Symphonic Bands (Ken Bloomquist and Robert Foster, conductors)

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Arkansas: III
• Kansas: IV
• South Carolina: IV
• Virginia: IV
• West Virginia: III

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University City Summer Band (St. Louis, Mo.) (Pam Smith-Kelly, conductor) – June 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Avondale Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1986/2020)
• Castlebrook Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1985/1996/2021)
• Declaration Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1976/2020)
• Dramatic Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1966/1994/2021)
• Emperata Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1964/1992/2020)
• Stone Mountain Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1984/2021)

All Wind Works

• Acclamation (1969)
• Across the Wide Missouri
• Affirmation and Credo
• Allegheny Portrait
• Allegro and Intermezzo
• America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/1983)
• American Folk Song Trilogy
• Anthem for Winds and Percussion (1978)
• Avondale Overture (1986)
• Avondale Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1986/2020)
• Bainbridge Fair
• The Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger) (1861/1982/1997)
• Beguine on a Brazilian Folk Song (1984/1998)
• Black Watch March
• Bombasto (as editor) (1895/1985/1998)
• Boys of the Old Brigade (as editor)
• Bulgarian Folk Dance (1983)
• Canticle: All Creatures of Our God and King
• Castlebrooke Overture (1985/1996)
• Castlebrook Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1985/1996/2021)
• Chorale and Allegro (1968/1996)
• Chorale and Fugato (1989)
• Chorale Prelude on a German Hymn Tune
• Chorale Prelude: All Things Bright and Beautiful (as arranger) (1848/1985)
• Chorale Prelude: For the Beauty of the Earth (as arranger) (1859/1984)
• Chorale Prelude: Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart
• Citation March (1959)
• Commemoration Fanfare and Chorale (1985)
• Concert Celebration
• Concert Dance and Intermezzo
• Concert Piece (1980/2020)
• Concert Suite for Low Brass (/ 2016)
• Concert Variations
• Credence
• Cresset Variations
• Dance Prelude
• Danse Folâtre (1991)
• Danza Sonora
• Declaration Overture (1976)
• Declaration Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1976/2020)
• Distant Trumpet, The
• Dramatic Prelude (1966/1994)
• Dramatic Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1966/1994/2021)
• Emperata Overture (1964/1992)
• Emperata Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1964/1992/2020)
• Eternal Father, Strong to Save (1860/1975)
• Fanfare, Ballad and Jubilee
• Fantasia for Alto Saxophone (1983)
• Fantasy for Trumpet (1967)
• Festival Variations (1982)
• Festive Proclamation
• Flight (1985)
• Flourish and Hymn of Praise (1981/1994)
• Gala XXV (1982/1991/2000)
• Galop Humoresque (1985)
• God of Our Fathers (as arranger) (1876/1974)
• Golden Regiment (1987)
• Greensleeves (1979)
• Harry S. Truman (1996)
• Honor Guard March (1959/2017)
• Horizons West
• Hymn to Saint Avold
• Incidental Suite (1966)
• Indiana State Band March (as editor) (1896/1986)
• Inscriptions for Band
• Intrada: Adoration and Praise
• Introduction and Caccia
• Introduction and Fugato (1979/1989)
• Invocation and Jubiloso
• Island Fiesta
• Joyance (1977)
• Jubilant Prelude
• Jubilee for Winds
• Jubilesta
• Jubilo, a Concert Overture
• Legacy for Band
• March on a Scottish Air
• March on an Irish Air (1978/1996)
• March Spiritoso
• Meramec Rhapsody (1986)
• Moresca (1980)
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel
• Overture for a Festival
• Overture for Winds and Percussion. See: Emperata Overture
• Overture on an Early American Folk Hymn
• Overture Romantique
• Oxford Point Overture
• Peter Schmoll (as arranger)
• Prelude and Toccata
• Prelude for Band (1972)
• Prelude Variations
• Raise Your Voice In Song
• Rejoice in Glorious Hope
• A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols (1987)
• Rondo for Trumpet
• Royal Lancer
• Santiago Carnival (1980)
• Serenade and Dance
• Shenandoah: A Sea Fantasy
• Silver Salutation
• Sonus Ventorum (1970)
• Spirit of Texas
• Star Song (1986/1996)
• Stone Mountain Overture (1984)
• Stone Mountain Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1984/2021)
• Suite for Solo Flute, Clarinet and Alto Saxophone (1987/2002)
• Summer in Rio (1981)
• Sunbird
• Symphonic March on an English Hymn Tune (1985/1994)
• Symphonic Prelude on "Adeste Fidelis" (1983)
• Symphonic Psalm (1979)
• Symphonic Variations on "In Dulci Jubilo"
• Symphonic Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1987)
• Symphony No. 1 for Band (1979)
• A Thousand Hills Overture (1980)
• Three Contrasts for Horn and Wind Ensemble (1977/1994)
• Variations on a Hymn by Louis Bourgeois (1984)
• Variations on a Revolutionary Hymn
• Variations on an English Folk Song (1981)
• Variations on an English Hymn
• The Water Is Wide
• Were You There When They Crucified My Lord (Four Symphonic Chorales)
• Windgate Festival
• Windstar
• World Freedom March
• Zia, Zia!

Resources

• Claude T. Smith Publications Accessed 19 December 2020
• Perusal score
• Smith, C. (1966). Dramatic Prelude [score]. Wingert-Jones: Kansas City, Mo.