Spirit of the Age
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 4:40
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Castanets
- Concert Tom (3)
- Crash Cymbals
- Finger Cymbals
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This programmatic single-movement composition is segmented into several smaller sections that are designed to convey the associated history lesson of 16th century Spanish explorers who sailed to Florida and then Texas before being taken captive by the Native American Karankawa tribe for two years. After winning their freedom, leader Cabeza de Vaca’s joyous mood is reflected in a fast, rhythmic section which concludes the work.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Residence of the Lords (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Abaco Overture (2005)
- Andalucia (2011)
- Arikara
- Armada
- Bruno Mars Greatest Hits (as arranger) (2010)
- Caribbean Delight (2001)
- Cirque du Soleil (as arranger) (1994/2007)
- A Classic Touch
- Code of Hammurabi (2014)
- Danza Africana
- The Dark Knight (arr arranger) (2008)
- Española (2015)
- Fandango Festival (2017)
- Fiesta Time (2014)
- Hack Attack
- Holiday Treat
- Invasion of the Christmas Crabs
- Jazz It Up! (as arranger) (2009)
- Love, Hope, Peace and Happiness
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (as arranger) (2015/2016)
- Mask of Ravana
- Maya Kingdom, The
- Overture from "Egyptian Nights" (as arranger) (1900/2014)
- Prado (1997)
- Residence of the Lords (2020)
- Residence of the Lords (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Return of the Monarchs
- Ride of the Knights (2015)
- River of Dreams (2002)
- Sahara Adventure (2018)
- Sambeando (2017)
- Selections from "Corpse Bride" (as arranger) (2006)
- Selections from "Superman Returns" (as arranger) (2006)
- Spirit of the Age (2014)
- Symphonic Suite from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (as arranger) (2001/2002)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as arranger) (1704/2010)
- Tower of Power Greatest Hits (as arranger) (2014)
- The Wizard of Oz Meets The Wiz (as arranger) (2010)
- Yorkton (2009)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. September 2017, 37. Print.
- Perusal score