Estampie

W. Francis McBeth

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 6:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $99.95 | Score Only (print) - $14.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Brake Drum
Crash Cymbal
Glockenspiel
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-tam
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Woodblocks
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The title is derived from the old French word “estampir”, which means to re-sound. The “estampie” of the 13th and 14th centuries repeated every section. Here, the repetition (re-sounding) is of notes.

An excellent, accessible program opener or closer by noted composer McBeth, Estampie is percussive and staccato in nature, enhanced by jarring, metallic brake drums in the percussion section and bright, strident brass figures.

Commissioned by and dedicated to the Deer Path Junior High School Band, Heather Pettit, director, of Lake Forest Illinois.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band (Syunsaku Tsutsumi, conductor) – 2001

State Ratings

Alabama: Class CC
North Carolina: IV
South Carolina: IV
Tennessee: IV
Virginia: IV

Performances

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Liberty High School (Madera, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Eric Burger, conductor) – 24 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Musikkapelle Auer (Italy) (Arnold Leimgruber, conductor) – 15 November 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Battaglia (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1967/2021)

All Wind Works

Air and Dance (2005)
Annabel Lee (2004)
Battaglia (1967)
Battaglia (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1967/2021)
Beowulf (1966)
Caccia (1980)
Canticle (1969)
Cantique and Faranade (1967)
Canto (1977)
Capriccio Concertant (1976)
Cavata (1959/1981)
Chant and Jubilo (1963)
Chase (2006)
The Coventry (2003)
Daniel in the Lion's Den (1991/1994)
Divergents
Drammatico (1970)
Drayton Hall Esprit (1992)
The Dream Catcher (1997)
Estampie (2000)
The Feast of Trumpets (!982)
Festive Centennial (1974)
The Fifth Trumpeter (1989)
Flourishes (1982)
Grace Praeludium (1982)
Intermezzo from "Manon Lescaut" (as arranger) (1893/1984)
It is Well
Joyant Narrative (1966)
Kaddish (1976)
Keltic Dances (2004)
Lauds and Tropes (1997)
The Lions of North Bridge (2000)
Masque (1968)
Mosaic (!964)
Of Sailors and Whales (1989)
Praises (1984)
Reflections Past (1965)
The Sacred Flame
Scaramouche (2002)
The Sea Treaders (1996)
Second Suite for Band (1961)
The Seventh Seal (1972)
Third Movement from "Symphony No. 2" (Hanson) (as arranger) (1930/1983)
Symphonic Dance No. 1, "Comanche Ritual" (as transcriber) (1965/2013)
They Hung Their Harps in the Willows (1988)
This Land of El Dorado (1993)
Through Countless Halls of Air (1995)
To Be Fed By Ravens (1975)
To the Unknowns (1987)
When Honor Whispers and Shouts (1998)
When Rossi Strikes
Wine From These Grapes (1992)
With Sounding Trumpets (1987)

Resources

McBeth, W. (2000). Estampie: For Symphonic Band [score]. Southern Music: San Antonio, Tex.