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Geometrics I
This work bears the designation Opus 22.
General Info
Year: 1964 / 1971
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $125.00 (print) | Score Only - $16.00 (print)
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Geometrics No. 1 for Symphonic Band was composed as part of the Music Educators National Conference - Ford Foundation Contemporary Music Project, which placed composers in regular contact with public school music programs. Dr. Mailman composed a total of five "Geometrics" for band during his career. This primary installment was written in the spring of 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida. As the title suggests, Geometrics is decidedly angular, featuring laconic glimpses of time and space. A brief haunting melody in the woodwinds allows a fleeting contrast to the intense unison figures. Transparent alignment, incessant repeated rhythms, and clusters of dissonance define the piece.
-Program Note by John P. Schnettler
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Georgia Concert Winds (John P. Schnettler, conductor) - 23 February 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alarums for Band, Op. 27 (1962)
- Alleluia for Chorus and Band, Op. 15 (1960)
- Associations
- Association No. 1 for Band, Op. 45 (1968)
- Bouquets (1991)
- Commencement March for Band, Op. 14 (1960)
- Concertino for Clarinet and Band, Op. 83 (1990)
- Concertino for Trumpet and Band, Op. 31 (1963)
- Concerto for Wind Orchestra (Variations), Op. 89 (1993)
- Decorations for Band, Op. 54 (1974)
- Exaltations, Op. 67 (1981)
- For Precious Friends Hid in Death’s Dateless Night, Op. 80 (1988)
- Four Miniatures for Band, Op. 19 (1960)
- Four Variations in Search for a Theme for Narrator and Band, Op. 36, (1965)
- From the Leaves of Grass for Narrator, Chorus, and Band, Op. 30b (1963)
- Geometrics No. 1 for Band, Op. 22 (1961)
- Geometrics No. 2. See: Geometrics in Sound
- Geometrics No. 3 for Band, Op. 37 (1965)
- Geometrics No. 4 for Band, Op. 43 (1968)
- Geometrics No. 5 for Band, Op. 58 (1976)
- Geometrics in Sound (1964)
- Jewel in the Crown, Op. 78 (1987)
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men for Band, Narrators, and Solo Voice, Op. 56 (1975)
- Liturgical Music for Band, Op. 33 (1963)
- Night Vigil, Op. 66 (1980)
- Overture 1962
- Partita for Band, Op. 10 (1958)
- Pledges for Band, Op. 98(1998)
- Secular Litanies, Op. 90 (1993)
- Shouts, Hymns, and Praises for Band, Op. 52 (1972)
- Simple Ceremony: In Memoriam John Barnes Chance, Op. 53 (1973)
- The Whaleman's Chapel, from "Moby Dick"
- Toward the Second Century, Op. 82 (1989)
Resources
- Mailman, M. (1971). Geometrics No. 1: For Symphonic Band, Op. 22 [score]. Southern Music Co: San Antonio, Tx.