Little Suite for Band

From Wind Repertory Project
Clare Grundman

Clare Grundman


This work bears the designation QMB Journal 227.


General Info

Year: 1955 / 1957
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00   |   Score Only (print) - $11.95


Movements

1. Prelude
2. Ballad
3. Festival


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Orchestra Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone
  • Wood Block


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Composed in 1955, Little Suite for Band was written for and dedicated to Richard Otto and the Lyman Hall High School Band (Wallingford, Connecticut). Each of the three short contrasting movements (Prelude, Ballad, and Festival) vary most notably in the style and articulation that they require.

- Program Note from McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band concert program, 18 December 2006


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class CC
  • Arkansas: II
  • Florida: III
  • Iowa: II
  • Kansas: III
  • Louisiana: II
  • Maryland: III
  • Massachusetts: II
  • Michigan: Junior High A
  • Minnesota: III
  • North Carolina: III
  • Oklahoma: II-A
  • South Carolina: III
  • Tennessee: III
  • Virginia: III
  • West Virginia: III


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

  • Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)


All Wind Works


Resources

  • Grundman, C. (1957). Little Suite for Band [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: [s.l.]
  • Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 182-189.