Rise of the Firebird
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C L Barnhouse Company - Official Website
Cost: Score & Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
French Horn I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Field Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Timpani
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
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Program Notes
Rise of the Firebird, a fanfare for winds and percussion, was commissioned by the Lakota West High School Symphonic Winds (West Chester, Ohio) and its director, Greg Snyder, for the 2000 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. The Phoenix, or Firebird, is a mythological creature able to consume itself by fire, bursting forth in flames only to rise again from the ashes stronger and more powerful than before. This fabled bird is a symbol of hope, triumph and immortality and is the mascot of Lakota West High School. Webster's Dictionary also defines a Phoenix as a marvelous person or thing. Hence, this piece is dedicated to Herbert Spencer, a tremendous teacher and musician who was Greg Snyder's horn professor and mentor at Bowling Green State University. He was a shining inspiration to everyone that knew him and will be greatly missed.
Program Note by Steven Reineke
Commercial Discography
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State Ratings
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- And the Earth Trembled (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt III)
- Celebration Fanfare
- City of Gold (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt I)
- Defying Gravity
- Fate of the Gods
- Goddess of Fire
- Heaven's Light
- Hopetown Holiday
- In the Temple of Zion
- Into the Raging River
- Main Street Celebration
- Merry Christmas, Everyone!
- New Day Rising (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt IV)
- Nocturne (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt II)
- Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons
- River of Life
- Sedona
- Swans Island Sojourn
- Towards a New Horizon
- Where Eagles Soar
- Witch and the Saint, The
Additional Resources
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