March Grandioso (1902)

Roland F. Seitz

General Info

Year: 1901
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: R.F. Seitz
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

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Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This dramatic march opens with a theme from Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14 (Allegro Eroico section). Like Huffine's Them Basses March, March Grandioso has a minimum of important simultaneous melodic lines and can thus be performed with very few instruments. When played at a football half-time show or during a parade by a band with 200 to 300 performers (such as the University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band), the powerful unison strains can be heard for a considerable distance. This may explain Grandioso's current popularity in Great Britain and Western Europe.

-Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

Audio: recording. United States Army Band
Audio CD: Eastman Wind Ensemble (Frederick Fennell, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Youngstown (Ohio) State University Concert Band (Brandt Payne, conductor)– 24 April 2019
University of Texas (Austin) Wind Symphony (Scott Hanna, conductor) – 4 May 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Abendlied
Acorn Club March (1901)
Brooke's Chicago Marine Band March (1901/1957)
Encomium (1889)
March Grandioso (1901)
March Grandioso (arr. Reed) (1901/1969)
March Grandioso (arr. Smith) (1901/2007)
March Grandioso (arr. Glover) (1901/2001)
Port Arthur (arr. Rhea) (1904/2006)
Salutation
The Trombone Hustler March (1899)
University of Pennsylvania Band March (1900)

Resources

Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 540.