Mosaic (Tippett)
General Info
Year: 1963
Duration: c. 12:40
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II
Tuba
Harp
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tam-Tam
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Mosaic is the first movement of Tippett’s Concerto for Orchestra, written in 1962–1963 and dedicated to Benjamin Britten “with affection and admiration in the year of his fiftieth birthday.”
This three-movement work employs winds, percussion, piano, and harp for the first movement; strings, piano, and harp for the second; and both ensembles combined for the third. The composer has certified performance of the first movement by itself.
Interestingly, the original score provides no specific title for this first movement, but the designation adopted is an apt description of the compositional process involved in its creation.
- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band
Media
- Audio CD: Cincinnati Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 1996
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (Charles Peltz, conductor) – 10 November 2022
- New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (Charles Peltz, conductor) – 9 October 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Fanfare No I (Tippett)
- Mosaic (1963)
- Praeludium (Tippett) (1962)
- Triumph (1992)
- Wolf Trap Fanfare, The
Resources
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 84-853.
- Tippett, M. [1964]. Concerto: For Orchestra [score]. Schott: London.