Fantasia for Euphonium and Band

Gordon Jacob

General Info

Year: 1969 / 1973
Duration: c. 10:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

As a composer of a great variety of works including a ballet, concert overture, two symphonies, numerous concerti for wind and string instruments, many pedagogic works for piano and for chorus, songs and film music, Gordon Jacob ranks also as one of the foremost contributors to the repertoire of original works for military band. Jacob served as professor of composition at London's Royal College of Music from 1924 to 1972.

Fantasia for Euphonium, completed in 1969 and first published in 1973, was written for Michael Mamminga, an American euphoniumist at that time pursuing post graduate studies in England, and is dedicated to him. Originally written for euphonium and wind band, the composer scored the accompaniment for symphony orchestra in 1982.

- Program Note from liner notes of CD Euphonium Recital: Mark Fisher.

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: United States Coast Guard Band (Kenneth W. Megan, conductor; James E. Jackson III, euphonium) - 2011

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of North Dakota (Bismarck) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor; Brian Bowman, euphonium) – 10 March 2020
University of North Florida (Jacksonville) Wind Symphony (Erin Bodnar, conductor; Chris Buckley, euphonium) – 19 February 2020
Virginia Wind Symphony (Virginia Beach) (Dennis J. Ziesler, conductor; Brian Bowman, euphonium) – 10 November 2019
Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) Concert Band (Joseph Higgins, conductor; Amy Schumaker Bliss, euphonium) (starts at 28:30) – 28 April 2016
McNeil High School (Austin, Texas) Wind Ensemble (Adam Koch, euphonium) – Spring 2009

Works for Winds by This Composer

The Battell (as transcriber) (1964)
Cameos for Bass Trombone and Wind Band (1978)
Celebration Overture (1984)
Concerto for Band (1969)
Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (or Band) (1948)
Concerto for Horn (tr. Rogers) (1951)
Concerto for Timpani and Band (1984/1988)
Concerto for Trombone (1956/1995)
Concerto for Trombone (arr. Denis Wick) (1956/1999)
Divertimento in E-flat for Wind Octet (1969)
Double Concerto for Clarinet and Trumpet and Band (1929/1979/1983)
Fantasia for Euphonium and Band (1969/1973)
Fantasia on an English Folk Song (1984)
Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn (arr. Wagner) (1949/2012)
First Saxophone Quartet. See: Saxophone Quartet No. 1
Flag of Stars (1956)
Giles Farnaby Suite (1922/1967)
Moorside March (as arranger) (1928/1960)
More Old Wine in New Bottles (1978)
Music for a Festival (1951)
- Interludes
Old Wine in New Bottles (1958)
An Original Suite (1928)
Overture: Alexandra Palace (1975/1994)
Prelude to a Comedy (1981)
Saxophone Quartet No. 1 (1974)
Saxophone Quartet No. 2 (1979)
Second Saxophone Quartet. See: Saxophone Quartet No. 2
Sir Godfrey Kneller's March (1976)
Suite in B-flat (1955/1979)
Sweet Nightingale (1984)
Symphony AD 78 (1978)
Tribute to Canterbury (1972/1977)
William Byrd Suite (1924/1960)
William Byrd Suite (ed. Trachsel) (1924/1960/2007)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Gordon Jacob." Accessed 3 May 2016
Jacob, G. (1973). Fantasia for Euphonium (Baritone) and Band [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: [London?]