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Road Not Taken, The
Subtitle: For 4-Part Flexible Instrumentation
General Info
Year: 1993 / 2020
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Choir
Publisher: James Syler
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $75.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Soprano Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Flugelhorn
Part 2
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Soprano Saxophone
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Flugelhorn
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Marimba
- String Bass
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The title is from the popular poem by the American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) and was first published in 1914. This version for flexible instrumentation is based on my choral setting of the poem which features close harmonies, lyrical lines, and an opportunity for developing espressivo playing in a modest grade 3/4 setting.
- Program Note by composer
Performance Notes
The flexible instrumentation can use any combination of instruments as long as all parts are covered. All parts are available in C, B-flat, E-flat, and F. Feel free to make octave changes depending on the instrument(s) used.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- A Blue Streak (2010)
- Cantique (2012)
- Congo Square (2016)
- Country Bandstand (2002)
- Fantasia on Brother James' Air (2023)
- Fantasia on "Silent Night" (2011)
- Fields (1994)
- Galop (as transcriber) (c. 1909/2013)
- Gearbox (2009)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/2020)
- Hocus Pocus (2013)
- The Hound of Heaven (1988)
- Hymn for Emmanuel (2015)
- Love Among the Ruins (2016)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Minton's Playhouse (1994)
- O Magnum Mysterium (1996)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Seasons (2022)
- Silent Shadows to the Last (2017)
- Sinfonietta (2012)
- Storyville (1996)
- Suite Argentine (2020)
- Suite Louisiane (2018)
- Symphony No. 1, “Blue” (1999)
- Symphony No. 2 (2019)
- Tattoo (2005)
- The Temptation of St. Anthony (2014)
- Wu Xing (2016)
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Flaherty, Jean. " The Road Not Taken by James Syler." Literature for a Pandemic (and Beyond). Web. Accessed 24 August 2020
- James Syler website Accessed 4 July 2020
- Perusal score