Octet for Brasses and Piano

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Florence Beatrice Price

Florence Beatrice Price


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General Info

Year: 1930 / 1948-49 / 2021
Duration: c. 15:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Schirmer, through Wise Music Classical
Cost: Score and Parts – Rental


Movements

1. Introduction – 0:14
2. Tempo Moderato – 4:10
3. Andante cantabile – 5:35
4. Tempo Moderato – 4:35


Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Tuba
Piano


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

In 2009, the Octet for Brasses and Piano was among a substantial collection of her works and papers found in Price's abandoned summer home near St. Anne, Illinois.

- Program Note from Eastman Brass Guild concert program, 18 October 2022


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Mallory Thompson, conductor) - 28 April 2023
  • United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) Band (Daniel Toven, conductor) - 28 January 2023
  • University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony (Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor) - 27 January 2023


Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

  • Adoration (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wasson) (1951/2020)


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