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Mountain Dance
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: III 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00; (digital) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
On a recent trip to the mountains of western North Carolina I had the opportunity to hear some fine bluegrass musicians performing at a small restaurant. They love their music and it showed! On the way home I began to think about how to transfer that joy into a piece for band, and Mountain Dance was the result.
The composition is based on three common Appalachian mountain tunes, Cluck Old Hen, Sourwood Mountain, and Poor Polly, which are weaved together throughout the piece. At times, the piece has traces of sounds from the Irish, who settled the Appalachian Mountains.
- Program Note by composer
Commissioned by Reagan High School Band, Philip Riggs, Director; and Abingdon High School Band, Gary Holley, Director.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band (Robert Buckner, conductor) - 2008
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
- Louisiana: III
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Sarah Wilson, conductor) – 2 May 2018
- Pomona (Calif.) Concert Band (Linda W. Taylor, conductor) – 21 July 2016
- University of Wisconsin-Superior Symphonic Band (Ed Kiefer, conductor) – 2013
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Robert Buckner, conductor) – 19 December 2008 (2008 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Five-Note Jive (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
- God Rest Ye Merry, Peeps (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1893/2012/2020)
All Wind Works
- 7 Hills March (2020)
- Always Blooming (2017)
- The Anguish of Nosferatu (2014)
- Arabian Fire Dance (2012)
- Arabian Processional (2013)
- Bluegrass Rondeau (2013)
- Captive (2016)
- Cathedral Bell Fantasy (as arranger) (2020)
- Chips and Salsa (2016)
- Chips, and Salsa Too (2019)
- Circle in a Square (2013)
- Conquering Spirit (2009)
- Courage of the Cossacks (2017)
- Croatian Warrior (2018)
- Dancin' at the Great Gate (as arranger) (2012)
- Day on the Prairie (2019)
- Deep Winter's Night (2020)
- Escape (2011)
- Factory Child (2018)
- Five-Note Jive (Flex instrumentation) (2014/2020)
- God Rest Ye Merry, Peeps (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Hammer of the Gods (2014)
- Haunting Old Mountain Melody (2020)
- Hip Hop Hallelujah (as arranger) (2012)
- Huguenots (2009)
- Humble Heart (2018)
- An Irish Legend (2012)
- Journey of the Spanish Buccaneers (2018)
- Lanigan's Ball (2016)
- March in the Shadows (2010)
- March of the Clowns (2019)
- Mountain Dance (2008)
- New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1893/2012/2020)
- Orpheus in the Urbanworld (as arranger) (2013)
- Rain and Snow on the Cedar Cliffs (2015)
- Rejoice (2013)
- Resignation (2018)
- Search for the Lost Colony (2013)
- Soar High (2019)
- Thumpin' With the Good King (as arranger) (2013)
- Whitewater Run (2014)
- Wildfire! (2011)
Resources
- Kiefer, E. (2008). Mountain Dance [score]. Carl Fischer: New York: N.Y.