Interstellar Tarantella
General Info
Year: 2019 / 2020
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Group 1, Treble Clef Instruments
- Flute
- Oboe
- Violin
Group 2, B-flat Instruments
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Euphonium T.C.
Group 3, E-flat Instruments
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Group 4
- Horn in F
Group 5, Bass Clef Instruments
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Bass
- Cello
Alto Clef Parts
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tenor Drum
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A tarantella is a fast and furious traditional dance that supposedly will help drain the venom after someone is bitten by a tarantula. While this emergency therapy is not very effective, the dance is a whirlwind of energy. While earthly tarantellas are usually in duple or quadruple time, this interstellar dance is in compound triple time (9/8), so each measure has three beats and each beat is divided into three.
This dance consists of two themes. The first is full of rhythmic vitality and is based on the characteristic rhythm of the tarantella -- a bouncy and repetitive long short long short idea. After this aggressive theme is passed around the ensemble, a second, more lyrical theme is stated. Finally, the dance culminates when these two ideas are combined, bringing the tarantella to a raucous close.
Interstellar Tarantella was commissioned by Samuel Fritz and the Center Grove Middle School Central Instrumental Music Program, and Ashley Carney and the Zionsville Middle School Orchestras. It is part of a set of pieces by the members of the Blue Dot Collective in 2019.
- Program Note by composer
Performance Notes
Four Part complete flexibility -- any four instruments will be able to perform this work, including strings.
Media
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
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Perusal score
- Roger Zare website Accessed 25 July 2020