Sonata Allegro
Clifton Williams (transcribed by the composer)
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General Info
Year: 1949 / 2012
Duration: c. 9:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Maestro & Fox Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $87.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C 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 I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sonata Allegro was originally written for orchestra in 1949 as Williams' master's thesis at the Eastman School of Music. He transcribed the piece for band an later used much of the material dor A Southwestern Overture for orchestra. The wind transcription remained unpublished until 2012.
The form sonata allegro was popularized in the Classical period. It consisted of three main sections: exposition, development and recapitulation. Williams' Sonata Allegro can be dividied into two large sections, an exposition followed by a recapitulation with a coda. Within each larger section are three thematic areas. Rather than including a development section, each theme statement is followed by a development of that theme.
- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 2014
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Variation Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1962/2021)
All Wind Works
- Academic Procession (1961)
- Air Force Band of the West March (1965)
- Anitra's Tanz (as arranger) (1875/1965)
- Arioso (1958)
- Caccia and Chorale (1976)
- Castle Gap (1964)
- Concertino (1960)
- Dedicatory Overture (1964)
- Dramatic Essay (1958)
- Fanfare and Allegro (1956)
- Festival (1962)
- The Hermitage (1976)
- Hill Country Ballad (1953)
- Killian March (1968)
- Laredo (1964)
- March Lamar (1966)
- Pandéan Fable (1970)
- Pastorale (1957)
- The Patriots (1970)
- Postwar Prelude (1943/2012)
- The Ramparts (1967)
- The Sinfonians (1960)
- A Solemn Fugue (1958)
- Sonata Allegro (1949/2012)
- Songs of Heritage (1976/1999)
- Strategic Air Command (1964)
- Symphonic Dance No. 1, "Comanche Ritual" (tr. McBeth) (1965/2013)
- Symphonic Dance No. 2, "The Maskers" (1964/1968)
- Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta" (1964/1967)
- Symphonic Dance No. 4, "Square Dance"
- Symphonic Dance No. 5, "New Generation" (1965/2013)
- Symphonic Essays (1963/2013)
- Symphonic Suite (1956)
- Variation Overture (1962)
- Variation Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1962/2021)
Resources
- Hamilton, Craig V. "Sonata Allegro." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 643-650. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.
- Perusal score