Ritmo Jondo

Carlos Surinach

General Info

Year: 1952 / 1967
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Six-piece chamber
Publisher: Associated Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $8.00

Movements

1. Bulerias, c. 2:45
2. Saeta, c. 1:50
3. Garrotin, c. 3:30

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Basses
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including

Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Tamburo
Xylophone

Players clapping

Errata

Ritmo Jondo was Surinach’s first ballet piece written in the U.S. The three-movement work was at first a six-chamber piece, then a twenty-minute orchestral suite, and then the symphonic band version. Each movement is a dance in the flamenco tradition. The Bulerias is quick and joyful with the unexpected humor of a practical joke; the Seata is a mournful song sung in the streets of Seville on Good Friday; and the Garrotin is a fast, technical dance that accelerates into wild displays of emotion.

- Program Note by Erica Neidlinger for DePaul University Wind Symphony concert program, 9 March 2022

Program Notes

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Media

Audio CD: Philharmonia à Vent Wind Orchestra (John Boyd, conductor)

State Ratings

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Performances

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DePaul University (Chicago, Ill.) Wind Symphony (Eric Neidlinger, conductor) - 9 March 2022
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Tx.) Meadows Wind Ensemble (Jack Delaney, conductor) - 12 November 2021
California State University, Stanislaus, Wind Ensemble (Stuart Sims, conductor) – 17 October 2019
University of South Alabama (Mobile) Symphony Band (Jason Rinehart, conductor) – 21 February 2017
Omaha Symphonic Winds (William Hall, conductor) - 28 February 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Celebraciones medievales (1977)
Jota (1977)
Memories of an Old Zarzuela (1987)
Paeans and Dances of Heathen Iberia (1959)
Ritmo Jondo (1967)
Sinfonietta Flamenca (1953)
Soleriana (1972)

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