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Second Essay
Samuel Barber (arr. George R. Schneider)
This work bears the designation Opus 17.
General Info
Year: 1942 / 2010
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $21.99
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
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 I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Ratchet
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Composed in 1942, Barber's Second Essay is a masterwork of concentrated musical drama with a richness of texture comprised of highly charged and succinctly organized musical modules. The opening theme has a definite American flavor. This is followed by a fugal section evolving from simple tonal patterns to polytonality. After an intensely rhythmic third section, all elements are combined in a huge climax and coda which rounds off the work.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Florida: VI
- South Carolina: VI
Performances
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- Stetson University (Deland, Fla.) Symphonic Band (Doug Phillips, conductor) – 14 February 2019
- Sierra Wind Symphony of Citrus College (Glendora, Calif.) (Bill Hoehne, conductor) – 17 March 2013 (2013 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.))
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adagio (arr. Linden) (1936/2006)
- Adagio (arr. Warner) (1936/1997)
- Adagio for Strings (arr. Wilkinson) (1936/2003)
- Adagio for Young Concert Band (arr. Jennings) (1936/1991)
- Adagio from "Adagio for Strings" (arr. Custer) (1936)
- Andante and Tranquillo (arr. Saucedo) (1943/2009)
- Commando March (1943)
- Commando March (ed. Collinsworth) (1943/2009)
- Commando March (arr. Curnow) (1943/1990)
- Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (arr. Saucedo) (1931/2005)
- First Essay (arr. Joseph Levey) (1937/1972)
- Funeral March (1943)
- Intermezzo (from “Vanessa") (arr. Beeler) (1962)
- Knoxville, Summer of 1915 (tr. Singleton) (1949/2004)
- Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op 23a (arr. Hudson)
- Mutations from Bach (1968)
- Overture to “The School for Scandal” (arr. Hudson) (1941/1971
- Second Essay (arr. Schneider) (2011)
- Summer Music (1956)
- Sure on This Shining Night (arr. Saucedo) (1938/2004)
- Symphony in One Movement (tr. Duker) (1936/1970)
Resources
- Barber, S.; Schneider, G. (2010). Second Essay: Opus 17 [score]. G. Schirmer: New York.
- Perusal score