Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)

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Ron Nelson
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General Info

Year: 1993
Duration: c. 10:30
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $175.00   |   Score Only - $25.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II-III (Flute 3 doubles Alto Flute)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Bb Soprano Clarinet VII-VIII-IX-X-XI-XII
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Synthesizer (simulating organ)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bongos
  • Crotales
  • Cymbals (suspended) (2)
  • Glockenspiel
  • Gong (Tam-Tam)
  • Marimba
  • Slap Stick
  • Snare Drum
  • Temple Block
  • Tenor Drum
  • Tom-Tom
  • Tubular Bells
  • Vibraphone
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) is a set of continuous variations in moderately slow triple meter built on an eight-measure melody (basso ostinato) which is stated, in various registers, twenty-five times. It is a seamless series of tableux which move from darkness to light.

Written in homage to J.S. Bach, it utilizes, as counterpoint throughout, the melodic motive represented by his name in German nomenclature, i.e. B-flat, A, C, and B natural. Bach introduced this motive in his unfinished Art of the Fugue, the textures of which are paraphrased (in an octatonic scale) in the fourth and fifth variations. The seventh variation incorporates Gustave Nottebohm’s resolution (altered) of the unfinished final fugue of The Art of Fugue. The famous melody from Bach’s Passacaglia in C minor appears once (also altered) in variation nineteen.

Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) was commissioned by the Eta-Omicron Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, The United States Air Force Band, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Wind Studies Department in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the founding of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.


Program Note by Ron Nelson


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State Ratings

  • Florida: VI
  • South Carolina: VI


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