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Portrait of a Patriot
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: II+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Movements
1. Rebellion – 2:00
2. Hale Homestead – 1:45
3. Liberty – 1:45
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This inviting new suite in three contrasting movements attempts to portray the courageous deeds of Nathan Hale (1755-1776) as a soldier and spy for the fledgling Continental army during the American Revolutionary War. The energized opening movement, entitled Rebellion, leads to a slower, more cantabile second movement entitled Hale Homestead, which uses the popular American revolutionary folk song Johnny's Gone for a Soldier. The rousing and concluding movement includes a reference to Yankee Doodle near the end. This, in the words of the composer, "signifies the colonists' victory for liberty from British rule."
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Montrose (Colo.) Community Band – 24 June 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Autumn's Passing (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Come Alive (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017/2020)
- The Messenger (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1894/2020)
- Midnight Clear (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1850/2020)
- A Million Dreams (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Raise a Ruckus (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Russian Sailor's Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1927/2021)
All Wind Works
- Aurora Borealis
- Autumn's Passing (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Come Alive (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017/2020)
- First Responders (2020)
- A Fond Farewell (2019)
- Golden Heart (2019)
- Harvest Fair (2017)
- Heralding Angels (2020)
- Home Awaits (2022)
- The Last Rose of Summer (as arranger)
- The Messenger (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1894/2020)
- Midnight Clear (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1850/2020)
- A Million Dreams (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Portrait of a Patriot (2018)
- Raise a Ruckus (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Russian Sailor's Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1927/2021)
- Summer's Solitude (2020)
- Tornado Alley (2019)
- Winds of Arabia (2020)
Resources
- Anthony Susi website Accessed 15 August 2019
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Anthony Susi." Accessed 15 August 2019
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 72/9 (April 2018), p. 32.
- Perusal score