Gypsydance

From Wind Repertory Project
David Holsinger

David Holsinger


General Info

Year: 1994
Duration: c. 1:25
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00   |   Score Only (print) - $4.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute (Oboe )
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone/Alto Clarinet
Cornet/Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

  • Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Tambourine
  • Temple Blocks
  • Tom-Tom (3)
  • Triangle
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Once again this composer draws inspiration from his admiration of the piano works of Bela Bartok for young players. Many times in the early "Mikrokosmos" we find Bartok attempting t free young Peter's mind from the "box" mentality by shifting accents in established meters, or, as is done in Holsinger's Gypsydance, shifting keys within a single key signature. The key signature says E-flat, but no...we obviously start in F minor, hop and skip our way through the home key.. and end the piece in B-flat.

- Program Note by composer


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class C
  • Georgia: II
  • Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP IV
  • Kansas: II
  • Michigan: Junior High D
  • North Carolina: II
  • Oklahoma: I-A
  • South Carolina: II
  • Tennessee: II
  • Virginia: II
  • West Virginia: II


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • David Holsinger website Accessed 29 August 2021
  • Holsinger, D. (1994). Gypsydance [score]. Wingert-Jones Publications: Kansas City, Mo.
  • Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 1640-167.
  • Perusal score