Mont Fuji

Toshio Mashima

Subtitle: La musique inspirée de l'estampe de Hokusai

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 10:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Atelier M Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts - 51,840 yen

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Crush Cymbal
Glockenspiel
Iron Block
Japanese Drum
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Temple Blocks
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Tsuzuki
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Mont Fuji was commissioned to celebrate the Community Band of Sagamihara’s 50th Anniversary, premiering on December 21, 2014. under the direction of Shintaro Fukumoto. This is the third title in the “Japonism” series.

The composer’s note for Mont Fuji is as follows:

Ukiyoe paintings (woodblock printing) became very popular in the European art scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Especially in France, not only painters but also musicians and composers were very much influenced and inspired by these renditions. Debussy composed La Mer being inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. This is so-called Japonism. As I keep returning to Paris, I further gained my Japanese identity, which inspired me to compose Les Trois Notes du Japon in 2001. That is, if Japonism influenced the French art scene, I should then be influenced by the influence in return. Just like those artists in old days, I let my imagination fly freely as I faced Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
The music does not just portray Mount Fuji; it transposes the feeling of distinctive beauty and nobility, and this is definitely a successful model for program music.

- Program Note by Showa Wind Symphony concert program, 18 July 2015 – WASBE, San Jose

Awards

Mont Fuji has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Kentucky (Lexington) Symphony Band (Jeremy Harmon, conductor) – 24 April 2020
Showa Wind Symphony (Tokyo, Japan) (Shintaro Fukumoto, conductor) – 18 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alfie (as arranger) (1966/1998)
At the Mambo Inn (as arranger) (/2001)
Beauty and the Beast Medley (as arranger) (1991/1996)
Caribbean Sundance (2014)
Concert Selections from "Dragon Quest, Part I" (as arranger) (1986)
Csardas for Marimba and Band (as arranger) (1904/2014)
Disney Festival (1996)
Disney Medley III. See: Disney Festival
Dream in the Silent Night (as arranger) (1990)
Formosa (2011)
From the Sea of NIRAIKANAI (2009)
Gelato con Caffè (2001)
Graduation Day March (1989)
It Don't Mean a Thing (as arranger) (1932/2012)
Jacobs Ladder to a Crescent (1993)
La Danse du Phenix (2007)
Lento Lamentoso (2013)
Les Trois Notes du Japon (2001)
L’isle joyeuse (as arranger) (1904/2005)
Mirage IV (2011)
Mont Fuji (2014)
Naval Bleu (2003)
Omens of Love (as arranger) (1993)
Overture from "Dragon Quest I" (as arranger) (1986/2000)
Paris Montmartre (as arranger) (2005)
Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2001)
A Prelude to Applause (1989)
Samba Express (2010)
Seascape. See: View with a Glimpse of Waves
Someday My Prince will Come (as arranger) (1937/2000)
Sousa's Holiday (as arranger) (1896/1997)
A Symphonic Poem "Taiwan". See: Formosa
Sweet Breeze in May (1997)
Takarajima (as arranger) (1986/1987)
Unforgettable (as arranger) (1951/2006)
View with a Glimpse of Waves (1985/1988)
When the Saints Go Marching In (as arranger) (2014)

Resources

Nicholas, Christopher J. "Mont Fuji." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 598-606. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.
Toshio Mashima website (Japanese)