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Earhart
Subtitle: Sounds of Courage
Contents
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $76.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Synthesizer
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Chimes
- Claves
- Conga
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Blocks
- Tom (low)
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The legend of Amelia Earhart continues to capture the imaginations of aviators and historians worldwide. Earhart, a pioneer in aviation and in women's rights, began her final journey in the United States and crossed multiple continents.
Robert W. Smith has drawn upon Earhart's final flight to create this unique musical composition. Following the opening "takeoff," the composer was inspired by the indigenous sounds of the various continents in Earhart's flight path. From a unique fugue inspired by the music of Central and South America to a lyrical statement from the Dark Continent, the listener is transported on a musical journey that will capture the imagination. Following a dark and powerful percussion statement with Asian overtones, the journey ends not in tragedy but in celebration as the original flight theme returns.
- Program Note by publisher
Commissioned by Deb Huber, Conductors, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dedicated to Mary Jo Leahey in memoriam and the UMass Lowell Symphonic Band Camp.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Ohio University (Athens) Symphonic Band (Trenton Thacker, conductor) – 27 March 2018
- Nashville (Ill.) Community High School (Steve Browne, conductor) - 2017
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Christmas Declaration (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (2009/2019)
All Wind Works
- Aces (2015)
- Ain't No Stoppin' Us (2007)
- Affirmation Overture (1991)
- Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual (1994)
- All is Calm (as arranger) (2002)
- American Bell Carol (2012)
- An American Christmas (2004)
- American Dances (Brass Ensemble) (2017)
- American Dances (Wind Ensemble) (2017/2018-2019)
- American Flourish (2009)
- American Landscape I
- American Portrait I
- And to All a Good Night (2004)
- Angels, from the Realms of Glory (as arranger) (1816/1999)
- Apollo Fanfare
- The Ascension. See: Symphony No 1, "The Divine Comedy"
- Ash Lawn Echoes (1993)
- At Daybreak
- At the Crossroads (1994)
- Bells!
- Beyond the Bell Carol (2018)
- Blue. See: Krisanna's Colors
- Brazil: Ceremony, Song and Samba (2009)
- Brazilian Bell Carol (2016)
- Buffalo Dances (2006)
- By Loch and Mountain (1997)
- Cameroon
- Castle Lore
- Celtic Bell Carol
- Celtic Carol (2002)
- Celebration Fanfare from "Buffalo Dances"
- Ceremonium (1994)
- Chatauqua
- Christmas Concerto III
- Christmas Declaration (2009)
- Christmas Declaration (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (2009/2019)
- A Christmas Festival (Grade II) (as arranger) (1950/2007)
- A Christmas Festival (Grade III) (as transcriber) (1950/2007)
- Christmas Hymn
- Christmas in the Round
- Christmas Proclamation
- Christmas Spectacle (as arranger) (2020)
- Cohan Celebration
- Crown of Glory
- Crush (2013)
- Currents (2006)
- Dance Celebration (2000)
- Danza
- Deck the Halls with Drums and Voices
- Declaration and Flourish. See: Vaughan Williams Suite
- Declaration in Blue (2002)
- Divine Comedy. See: Symphony No 1, "The Divine Comedy"
- Dramatico
- Dreams (2010)
- Dueling Dragons
- Earhart (2012)
- El Espiritu de Valencia
- Encanto (1989/2007)
- Eternal Peaks (2006)
- Evening Alleluias
- Fanfare and Processional on an Old English Carol (1999)
- Fanfare for a Holiday Celebration (2006)
- Fanfare for Tomorrow
- Fiesta La Vida
- Flying Fortress (2019)
- Full Throttle (2015)
- Furioso
- Gentle Winds of Spring (2019)
- Georgia on My Mind (as arranger) (1930/1980)
- Gladiator Finale
- Glorioso
- Goondiwindi
- The Great Locomotive Chase (2000)
- The Great Steamboat Chase (2003)
- The Greatest Generation (2017)
- Greensleeves. See: Vaughan Williams Suite
- Groovin' Down Cool Street
- Hadrian's Wall (2010)
- Herndon Exaltations
- Highlights from "Ragtime" (as arranger) (1997)
- Holiday March
- Holst Winter Suite
- On This Day Earth Shall Ring (as arranger) (1924/2001)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (as arranger) (1906/1992)
- Old Brenton Carol (as arranger) (1910/2001)
- Hoosier Suite
- Hymnsong Variants
- In a Gentle Rain (2000)
- In the Bleak Mid-winter (Smith)
- Incantations (1992)
- Inchon (2001)
- Inchon (adapt. Ninmer) (2001/)
- The Inferno. See: Symphony No 1, "The Divine Comedy"
- Into the Storm (1994)
- Ireland: Of Legend and Lore (1996)
- Irish Songs for Solo and Band
- Jingle Bells Forever (1998)
- Journeys in Time
- King of Kings (1998)
- Krisanna's Colors (2015-2017)
- Kronos (2003)
- Latin Bell Carol
- Liturgical Fanfare (1995)
- Lullaby for Band
- Maelstrom, The (1997)
- March Grandioso (as arranger) (1909/2007)
- Mighty Empire (2018)
- Mirages
- Morpheus (2004)
- Moto Continuo
- Musical Mayhem (2017)
- A Nation's Strength (2003)
- Navarro
- North Bay Vistas
- On Eagle's Wings (1999)
- Paradiso. See: Symphony No 1, "The Divine Comedy"
- Peace Like a River
- Purgatorio. See: Symphony No 1, "The Divine Comedy"
- Prairie is My Garden, The (2018)
- Prevailing Winds
- Promising Skies (2010)
- Recession, Depression Holiday Blues, The
- Red. See: Krisanna's Colors
- Relativo
- Rising Dragons (2006)
- Rites of Tamburo (1999)
- Repercussions
- The Runaway Sleigh
- Semper Liberi (1998)
- Sensei's Ride on the Cherry Blossom Express (2010)
- Shenandoah (arr. Smith and Story) (2003)
- Solaris
- Songs of Earth, Water, Fire and Sky (1998)
- Songs of Sailor and Sea (1997)
- The Sound and the Fury (1999)
- Southwest Summer (2009)
- Spirit of Orpheus, The (1998)
- Spirit of the Winds
- The Star of Dreams (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones (as arranger)
- Stone Gardens (2016)
- Suite for the Heroes Among Us (2018)
- Summer Nights (2016)
- Symphonic Festival (1991)
- Symphonic Statement (2006)
- Symphony No 1, "The Divine Comedy" (1995)
- Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey" (2004)
- Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote" (2008)
- Symphony of Souls
- Sword of Kings
- The Tempest (1995)
- Teutonic Tales (2010)
- Three Fanfares for a Celebration (2007)
- Through the Vulcan's Eye (1996)
- To Dance in the Secret Garden (1996)
- To Challenge the Sky and Heavens Above (2000)
- To the Summit! (2001)
- Top Gun (1986)
- Triton Fanfare
- Tromba Grande (2016)
- 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (as arranger) (1995)
- Twelve Seconds to the Moon (1996)
- Ultimatum
- Upon a Midnight Clear (as arranger) (2014)
- Valiance: A Heroic Overture for Band
- Vaughan Williams Suite
- Wassail (as arranger)
- Greensleeves (as arranger) (2007)
- Declaration and Flourish (2008)
- Walking the Planks (2012)
- When Summer Takes Flight (2002)
- Where the Black Hawk Soars (1995)
- Wind Song (2017)
- World Holiday Celebration
- Yellow. See: Krisanna's Colors
Resources
- Perusal score
- Robert W. Smith website - Accessed 28 March 2018
- Smith, R. (2012). Earhart: Sounds of Courage [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.