Ghost Town Triptych
General Info
Year: 2021
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00
Each movement may be purchased and performed separately, which see.
Movements
1. All Aboard the Hoodlebug – 1:20
2. Laurel Run - 1:40
3. Buena Vista Furnace
Instrumentation (Flexible)
There are first, second and third parts for each wind voice.
Full Score
C Treble Clef
- Flute
- Oboe
B-flat Treble Clef
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
E-flat Treble Clef
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
F Treble Clef
- Horn in F
C Bass Clef
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Percussion
Percussion instrumentation varies slightly among the three movements.
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In southwestern Pennsylvania, about an hour's drive east from Pittsburgh, there is a hiking trail known as the Ghost Town Trail that connects a series of old ghost town that were once bustling homes to coal mines and mills as recently as the early 1900. Now the towns Werum, Scott Glen, and Lackawanna, to name a few, are no longer inhabited, and their buildings and roads are slowly being reclaimed by nature. However, their history is forever etched into the landscape, with some impressively large structures still standing.
Ghost Town Triptych is a set of three pieces, each inspired by a part of the historic area of Pennsylvania’s Blacklick Valley. They are available both as individual pieces, or as a complete suite.
- Program Note from publisher
Performance Notes
If Ghost Town Triptych is performed as a set, the suggested order is: 1 All Aboard the Hoodlebug, 2. Laurel Run, 3. Buena Vista Furnace.
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- All Aboard the Hoodlebug. See: Ghost Town Triptych
- Buena Vista Furnace. See: Ghost Town Triptych
- December Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Ghost Town Triptych (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- All Aboard the Hoodlebug (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Laurel Run (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Buena Vista Furnace (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Interstellar Tarantella (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Laurel Run. See: Ghost Town Triptych
- Mare Tranquillitatis (Octet) (Flex instrumentation) (2012/2020)
- Meditation on Amen (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Three Ostinatos (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Water Bear Jig (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- Aerodynamics (2010)
- Awakening (2023)
- Bennu's Fire
- Biomimicry (2019)
- Breathless (2023)
- December Lullaby (2017)
- December Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Ghost Town Triptych (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- All Aboard the Hoodlebug (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Laurel Run (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Buena Vista Furnace (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Hydrostatics (2020)
- Interstellar Tarantella (2019)
- Interstellar Tarantella (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Lift-Off (2015)
- Little Jig (2017)
- Mare Tranquillitatis (2007/2012)
- Mare Tranquillitatis (Octet) (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012/2020)
- Mare Tranquillitatis (Saxophone octet) (2007/2012)
- Meditation on Amen (2018)
- Meditation on Amen (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Ocean of Undiscovered Truth (2019)
- Pastorale (2021)
- Tangents (2014)
- Three Ostinatos (2015)
- Three Ostinatos (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Water Bear Jig (2017)
- Water Bear Jig (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- We Choose to Go to the Moon (2020)
Resources
Roger Zare website] Accessed 16 February 2021