Juba Dance
Florence Beatrice Price (trans. Jay Bocook)
Subtitle: From Symphony No. 1 in E minor
General Info
Year: 1932 / 2018 / 2022
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: G. Schirmer, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II (I doubling Piccolo)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- African Drum (small and large)
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Wind Whistle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Florence Price (1887-1953) is noted as the first African-American female composer of symphonic works, and is only in recent years beginning to receive the recognition so richly deserved. Her Symphony No. 1 was completed in 1932 and first performed in 1933 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Here is a sparkling transcription for band of the third movement (Juba Dance).
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Wind Symphony (Ashley Hawk, conductor) - 24 September 2023
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Campus Band (Jeremy Sion, conductor) - 29 April 2023
- Bemidji (MN) State Symphonic Band (Ryan Webber, conductor) - 25 April 2023
- University of British Columbia (Vancouver) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Robert Taylor, conductor) - 19 November 2022
- South Carolina Governor's School of the Arts (Greenville) Wind Ensemble (Leslie W. Hicken, conductor) - 25 October 2022
- University of Louisiana Monroe Wind Ensemble (Derle R. Long, conductor) - 11 October 2022
- Reinhardt University (Waleska, Ga.) Wind Ensemble (Kerry Bryant, conductor) - 27 September 2022
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Adoration (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wasson) (1951/2020)
All Wind Works
- Adoration (tr. Williams) (1951/2022)
- Adoration (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wasson) (1951/2020)
- Dances in the Canebrakes (orch. Still; arr. Brown) (1953/)
- Fantasie Négre No. 4 (tr. Taylor) (1932/2023)
- Juba Dance (arr. Bocook) ( 1932/2018/2022)
- Octet for Brasses and Piano (1930/1948-49/2021)
- The Old Boatman (arr. Perna) (1933/2022)
- Suite of Dances (arr. Hernandez) (1933/)
- Three Negro Dances (arr. Leidzén) (1933/1939)
Resources
- Florence Price website Accessed 27 September 2022
- Perusal score