Fifth Suite for Band
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 13:00
Movements: Four
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music Company through Hal Leonard Music
Cost: Score & Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo (Flute III)
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (Opt.)
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Cornet (in Bb) I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Tom-Toms
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
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Program Notes
Fifth Suite for Band (International Dances) was commissioned by, and dedicated to, the Shimonoseki Wind Ensemble, Japan; Mr. Masafumi Izumi, President. The work was first performed by this organization on October 10th, 1995, under the composer's direction.
The four movements comprising the Fifth Suite for Band were each conceived in terms of national dances associated with one or more countries. The first movement is an American "Hoe Down", the second a French "Sarabande", the third a Japanese "Yamabushi Kagura", and the fourth a Romanian/Israeli "Hora". Together, this group represents a kind of cross section of international dances from all over the world, in tribute to the cross cultural currents sweeping across the face of the globe today, as the world becomes an ever-smaller habitat, and peoples of all societies come to know and interact with one another as never before. And in this vast sea of communication, what better tribute than the two most ancient of all such forms: music and the dance?
Program Note by Alfred Reed
Commercial Discography
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Arioso
- Armenian Dances, Part One
- Armenian Dances, Part Two
- Celebration Fanfare, A
- Chanson Triste
- Clear Track Polka
- Come, Sweet Death
- Concertino for Marimba and Winds
- Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness
- Forget Me Not, O Lord
- Fourth Suite for Band
- Funiculi, Funicula
- God Still Lives
- Hymn Variants
- If Thou Be Near
- Jubilant Overture, A
- King of Love My Shepherd Is, The
- Millennium III
- Mr Music
- My Heart Is Filled With Longing
- My Jesus, Oh What Anguish
- Northern Legend, A
- Othello
- Our Father Who Art In Heaven
- Panis Angelicus
- Perpetuum Mobile
- Pilgrim's Chorus
- Praise Jerusalem
- Prelude IV
- Punchinello
- Radetzky
- Ramparts of Courage, The
- Rushmore
- Russian Christmas Music
- Second Century
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Siciliana Notturno
- Sleepers, Awake!
- Springtime Celebration, A
- Sumus Futuro
- Tarantella
- Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra
- Thunder and Lightning
- Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus
- Two Bagatelles for Concert Band
- Vilia
- Who Will But Let Himself Be Guided
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