Scherzo for a Bitter Moon
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 1981
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music Publisher
Cost: Score & Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Scherzo for a Bitter Moon is based on a wedge motive that opens the piece in the piccolo. An impressionistic section gives way to more dark and threatening manifestations of the motive, and the piece develops the tension between these and other ideas inherent in the motive. After a story climax, and apparent desolation, a return to the opening brings with it new strength, yet in the end, also new shadows.
Scherzo for a Bitter Moon was written in 1982 for H. Robert Reynolds and the University of Michigan Symphony Band.
Program Note by Gregory Youtz
Awards
- NBA/Revelli Award (1983)
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
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Recent Performances
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Four Chords (1993)
- Fireworks (1987)
- In the Vernacular (1995)
- Three Dragons (1998)
- Trains of Thought (2000)
- Village Dances (1991)
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