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Pequeña Czarda
Pedro Iturralde (arr. Roger Niese)
Subtitle: Alto Saxophone and Symphonic Band
General Info
Year: 1949 / 2005
Duration: c. 7:20
Difficulty: V (soloist), IV (ensemble) (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Baton Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €127.00 | Score Only (print) - €24.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo E-flat Alto Saxophone
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-alto Clarinet
Contrabass 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
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Spanish composer Pedro Iturralde (b. 1929) has to be considered both as pioneer and nestor [sic] of Spanish jazz music. Pequeña Czarda (Little Dance) is a virtuoso little solo piece for saxophone and piano in classic style. Roger Niese did make a transcription for alto saxophone and symphonic band.
- Program note by publisher
Pequeña Czarda (Little Dance) was composed by Pedro Iturralde (1929-) when he was 20 years old. The present version was orchestrated by his brother Javier and has been arranged for symphonic band by Roger Niese. Iturralde is a Spanish saxophonist, saxophone teacher and composer, and a pioneer of Spanish jazz music.
- Program note by Sacramento Symphonic Winds
The ”czarda” is a popular Hungarian dance in binary form, often characterized by a variation in tempo -- it starts out slowly (lassü) and ends in a very fast tempo (friss, literally ”fresh”). It is danced by a male and female, with the female wearing a traditional wide skirt which takes on a distinctive shape as it twirls. One notable example of a czarda can be found in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, sung by Rosalinde. Roger Niese’s arrangement of Iturralde’s Pequeña Czarda (little dance) is a virtuoso solo piece for alto saxophone and band.
- Program Note by Rich Pauch for the Wheaton Municipal Band concert program, 21 December 2017
Media
Sample download; ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of North Florida (Jacksonville) Concert Band (Erin Bodnar, conductor; Lukas Ferrell, alto saxophone) - 6 April 2021
- Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Wind Ensemble (Craig V. Hamilton, conductor; Morgan Taylor, alto saxophone) – 6 March 2018
- Wheaton (Ill.) Municipal Band (Bruce Moss, conductor; Eric Goluszka, alto saxophone) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
- Texas Community College Band Directors Association All-State Symphonic Band (Nicholas Enrico Williams, conductor; Eric Pierce, alto saxophone) - 13 February 2016 (2016 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Sacramento Symphonic Winds (Les Lehr, conductor; Keith Bohm, alto saxophone) - 28 October 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Pequeña Czarda (1949/2005)
Resources
- Iturralde, P.; Niese, R. (2005). Pequeña Czarda : Alto Saxophone and Symphonic Band [score]. Baton Music: Pequeña czarda : Eindhoven, Netherlands.