Pawnshop, The
This work bears the designation Opus 7.
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 25:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Antón Alcalde
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €250.00
Movements
1. Main credits
2. Charles Chaplin theme
3. Bit the dust
4. Game with the ladder I
5. Confrontation I
6. Game with the ladder II
7. Balancing
8. Confrontation II
9. You're fired!
10. Confrontation III
11. Love?
12. Fight in the kitchen
13. A tale of Woe
14. The thief
15. The clock scene
16. Conclusion
17. End credits
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Castanets
- Crash Cymbals (Crash and Suspended)
- Drum Set
- Flexatone
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Opera)
- Jingles
- Marimba
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Sleigh Bells
- Soda Can
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tenor Drum
- Tom-tom
- Triangle (Piccolo and medium)
- Tubular Bells
- Txalaparta (low)
- Vibraphone
- Vibra-slap
- Whip
- Wind Chimes (metal)
- Wood Block (low)
- Xylophone I-II
Film
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film Corporation. Released on October 2, 1916, it stars Chaplin in the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner, played by Henry Bergman. Edna Purviance plays the owner's daughter, while Albert Austin appears as an alarm clock owner who watches Chaplin in dismay as he dismantles the clock; the massive Eric Campbell's character attempts to rob the shop.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned and dedicated to 'CurtoCircuito' Film Festival.
- Program Note from score
Alcalde's The Pawnshop suite is apparently intended to be played as accompaniment to Chaplin's The Pawnshop movie as it is projected during the performance.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Symphonic Band (Scott Walker, conductor) - 30 November 2021 *United States Premiere Performance*
- Ghent (Belgium) University Wind Ensemble (Dimitri Bracke, conductor) – 7 December 2017
- Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Wind Orchestra ( X. Carlos Seráns, conductor) - May 2012 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Enrique López (2012/2023)
- The Heroes of Orzán (2012)
- Lembranzas do Mar (2010)
- The Pawnshop (2012)
- Pinochio
- Reloj de Arena
- Scenes from Basho (2023)
- Suite Galaica (2007)
- Symphony No. 1 (2009)
- Symphony No. 2 (2010)
- Symphony No. 3
Resources
- Antón Alcalde website Accessed 1 December 2021
- Perusal score