Novel Romance

Jonathan Newman

Subtitle: Variations for Winds

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 7:25
Difficulty: "Advanced" (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: OK Feel Good Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – Rental ($300.00) | Score Only (print) - $34.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Chimes
Crotales
Drum Set
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Piatti
Tam-tam
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A theme and variations in reverse, this novel work hides romantic music in a cloud of shifting styles. The theme eventually reveals itself, but in time it betrays its true nature—showing why this romance is novel.

- Program Note by composer

The XI Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in honor of their 100th Anniversary and the University of Kansas Bands.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Kansas (Lawrence) Symphonic Band (Matt Smith, conductor) – 6 December 2018 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

3 O'Clock Mix (2012)
1861 (2004)
As the scent of spring rain (2003)
Avenue X (2005)
Blow It Up, Start Again (2012)
Climbing Parnassus (2008)
Concertino (flute solo, chamber winds, and piano)
Chunk
De Profundis
Moon by Night (2001)
Novel Romance (2018)
OK Feel Good
Pi’ilani and Ko’olau (2019)
The Rivers of Bowery (2005)
Single (2013)
Sowing Useful Truths
Symphony No. 1 (2009)
Tender Hearts (2019)
Uncle Sid

Resources

Jonathan Newman website Accessed 12 January 2023
"NOVEL ROMANCE Variations for Winds by JONATHAN NEWMAN (USA, 1972)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 23 August 2021). Accessed 12 January 2023