Sonata for Winds
General Info
Year: 1969
Duration: c. 4:51
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sonata for Winds demonstrates the ability of a composer to use new material in a form that has been popular for nearly two centuries and that was closely related to the earlier opera overture form. In this work Carter's fast first section comprises an AAB+A form, followed by the second subject at a slow tempo, the development section, the recapitulation (of the first subject only) and a coda.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
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State Ratings
- Alabama: Class B
- Arkansas: II
- Florida: III
- Georgia: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
- Kansas: IV
- Maryland: IV
- Michigan: Junior High AA
- New York: Concert Band IV
- Virginia: IV
- West Virginia: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Los Baños (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Cliff Brands, conductor) - 21 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
- Kanapaha Middle School (Gainesville, Fla.) Symphony Band (Rahsaan McNeill, conductor) - 15 May 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Benny's March (1987)
- Capitol Hill (1973)
- A Celebration of Carols (1995)
- Chaconne for Winds (2000)
- Chorale and Variations (1979)
- Dance and Intermezzo (1967)
- Introduction and Caprice (1973)
- Metropolis (1955)
- Motet for Band (1957)
- National Salute (as arranger) (1974)
- Overture for Winds (1959)
- Overture in Classical Style (1954)
- Polyphonic Suite (1963)
- Praise Variants (1995)
- Proclamation (1966)
- Queen City Suite (1970)
- Rhapsodic Episode (1971)
- Sonata for Winds (1969)
- Song for Winds (1999)
- State Fair Suite (1963)
- Symphonic Overture (1963)
- Symphonic Sketch (1994)
- This Is My Country (as arranger)
- Zodiac (1973)
Resources
- Carter, C. (1969). Sonata for Winds: [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Perusal score
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 110-111.