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Ghosts of the Lost Ship
Contents
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: I 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Ship's Bell
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This composition tells the story of 17th century buccaneer warfare in the Caribbean Sea. A freely conducted, cued opening section, featuring wind chimes, knee patting, a ship bell, orchestra bells, and the shaking of home-made rattles represents the sounds of a buccaneer ship as it sails to combat in a dangerous rainstorm. A quiet, ominous section represents the ship gliding undetected into enemy territory. A faster, determined section with driving rhythms in the percussion begins softly and builds in volume and rhythmic intensity as the ship races toward the enemy and engages in battle, ultimately making its way to land as the buccaneers invade a Spanish town and engage in chaotic sword combat. As the buccaneers regroup and take flight, a powerful ending section brings the work to a dramatic conclusion, leaving listeners to contemplate whether they escaped unharmed, and if their ghosts haunt the seas to this day.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Commissioned by the Simmons Middle School Bands, Hoover, Alabama; Valerie Womack Morgan, Director
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
- Ohio: OMEA Junior High School Band C
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ohio Music Educators Association District 13 Honor Band – January 2015
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
All Wind Works
- Along the Beaches of Normandy (2009)
- Ash & Stone (2019)
- at Twilight (2014)
- Epic Venture (2015)
- Epic Venture (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Fanfare for 'Our Time' (2020)
- Fanfare for Athena (2020)
- Ghosts of the Lost Ship (2015)
- Miles in the Sky (2015)
- Mission: Apollo
- Paceline (2018)
- Panoramic Fanfare (2014)
- Panoramic Landscapes (2015)
- Resplendent Light (2016)
- Shimmering Joy (2018)
- Solace in the Equinox (2017)
- Winds of Celebration (2012)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist 70.5 (2015): 47. Print.
- Tyler Grant website Accessed 11 September 2020
