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Symphony of Fables, A
Contents
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 22:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Musica Propria
Cost: Score and Parts - $265.00 | Score Only - $50.00
Movements
1. The Lion and the Mouse - 4:40
2. The Pied Piper of Hamelin - 4:55
3. The Hare and the Tortoise + - 3:50
4. The Ugly Duckling - 4:15
5. The Three Billy Goats Gruff - 4:25
+see errata
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon (optional)
Eb Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Baritone (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Contrabass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Orchestra Chimes
- Slapstick
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
The title of Movement 3: On the cover and inside title page, the title of movement three is listed as "The Tortoise and the Hare," but in the actual movement, the text at the top of the page is, "The Hare and the Tortoise." To confound matters even more, the official record of the Aesops fables lists the title on their main page (Fable 226) with the Tortoise first in the title. When you follow the link to the actual page with the fable, the Hare is listed first.
1st movement, m. 43 -- tied note in bass trombone should be eighth, not quarter
Program Notes
This programmatic five-movement work musically captures the fascinating stories of five well-known fables. The individual fables may be performed in any combination as each stands independently.
- Program Note by publisher
Commissioned by the United States Air Force Band of Flight, Wright-Patterson Air Force Band, Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Sierichs, conductor.
Commissioned by the United States Air Force Band of Flight, Julie Giroux’s Symphony of Fables is a programmatic, five-movement symphony that musically captures the fascinating stories of five well-known fables. The composer has intentionally employed what she labelled an “old school” style -- music she would have heard at the movies when she was young. Giroux has further commented that she wanted this music to stand as an “emotionally serious and highly programmatic work.”
The “morals” of the fables may make the best points of emphasis in one respect, but the musical depictions of the roaring lion and grateful mouse, Hamelin’s rats and lost children, the nap and the later-panicked rabbit, the beautiful swan, and the rejoicing billy goats are equally evocative! Says Giroux, “The total purpose of this music is to make the audience and performers ... experience the wonders of a childhood story heard for the very first time through the magic of music.”
- Program Note by Brian Casey
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor; Jonelle Goldman, narrator)– 28 April 2019
- Central Iowa Wind Ensemble (Mark A. Doerffel, conductor) - 10 March 2019
- University of Illinois (Champaign) University Band (Joe Clark, conductor) – 14 November 2018
- Cleveland State University (Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Birch Browning, conductor) – 11 November 2018
- Swarthmore (Penn.) College Wind Ensemble (Andrew Hauze, conductor) – 14 April 2018
- Foothill Symphonic Winds (Palo Alto, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) - 7 December 2014
- Air Force Band of the Golden West (Capt. Jason S. Plosch, commander and conductor) - 3 April 2013 (ACB’s 35th Annual Convention (San Ramon, Calif.))
- UConn First Chair Honor Band - 13 February 2013
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville Concert Band (Brian Casey, Conductor) - 22 April 2014
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Bonsai Tree (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Opa! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- A Time to Dance (2006) (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
All Wind Works
- Af-free-kah! (2013)
- All Good Things
- All Through the Night (as arranger) (2011)
- Always (2019)
- Amaranthine
- Appalachian Portrait (2017)
- The Ash Grove (2019)
- At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Away in a Manger (as arranger)
- Before the Sun (2013)
- The Bench by the Sea (2017)
- Bonsai Tree, The (2010)
- Bookmarks from Japan (2013)
- Boston Liberties (2003)
- Carnaval! (2013)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Chorale for Wind Band and Melodic Percussion (as arranger)
- Christmas and Sousa Forever (as arranger)
- Christmas Toons (2012)
- Christmas with Mozart (2007)
- Circus Franticus (2001)
- Cordoba (2013)
- Crown of Thorns (1998)
- Culloden I and II (2000)
- Culloden III (2000)
- Crown of Thorns
- Dragon Sky (2015)
- Dream Dancer
- The Elements
- Empire (2006)
- Fantasy in French (2012)
- Fields of Gold (2019)
- The First Noel (as arranger)
- Fort McHenry Suite (2000)
- Freedom Rising (2017)
- Glenbury Grove (2009)
- Glorious Light
- The Grace in Being (2013)
- Greatest Generation, The
- Hands of Mercy
- HardDrive
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- Hark! Those Bells Are Smokin’ (2011)
- HearthStone, The (2016)
- Husaria Cavalry Overture (2006)
- Hymn for the Innocent (2016)
- I Got Rhythm for Christmas
- Il Burlone (2000)
- I'll Be Home A'fore Ye (2006)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Imbizo (2007)
- Impressions (2013)
- In My Father's Eyes (2017)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (as arranger) (1906/2018)
- Incantations
- Italian Rhapsody (2005)
- Jerusalem (as arranger)
- Jingle Them Bells (as arranger) (1857/2011)
- Journey Through Orion (2006)
- Just Flyin'! (2015)
- Kalanu
- Khan (2008)
- La Mezquita de Córdoba (2005)
- Let Your Spirit Sing
- Little Drummer Boy's Bolero, The
- Louisiana Parish Sketches (2001)
- Mambo Perro Loco (2008)
- March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes (2000)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Medalist Fanfare (2013)
- Moonshine. See: Shine
- Movin' On Down the Line
- My Soul to Keep (2019)
- Mystery on Mena Mountain (1985)
- Nature of the Beast, The
- Nihonbashi. See: Market Bridge
- No Finer Calling (2006)
- No Man's Land (2017)
- Nothing That Is (2000)
- Nutcracker Fantasia (2012)
- O Holy Night (arr. Giroux) (1847/2011)
- Of Blood and Stone (2015)
- One Life Beautiful (2010)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing (2011)
- Opa! (2018)
- Ouachita (1987)
- Our Cast Aways (2018)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Overture in Five Flat (2010)
- Paprikash (2014)
- Peter Patapan (2011)
- Poseidon
- Primality!
- Prisoner of the Ring (1986)
- Radiant Shadows (2016)
- Riften Wed (2013)
- River Shannon (2020)
- Shadow Falls
- Shine (2017)
- Space Symphony (1986/1991)
- The Speed of Heat
- Stealing Home (2016)
- Stocking Full of Composers, A (2009)
- Symphony No. 5 (2017)
- Symphony No. 6 (2020, in composition)
- Symphony of Fables, A (2006)
- Taboo for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
- Three Fanfares (2003)
- Three Wise Guys (2011)
- Tiger Tail March (2000)
- A Time to Dance (2006)
- To Walk with Wings (2000)
- Twelve Days of Christmas, The (Giroux)
- The Twelve Gallon Hat (2013)
- Under the Willow (2015)
- A Very Merry Heart and Soul
- Vigils Keep (2005)
- Vortex (2015)
- Wagon Trail
- West Wind Overture (2012)
- What Child Is That Playing Carol of the Bells? (as arranger) (2011)
- What Goes in the Night (2000)
- When Country Comes to Town
- Where the Red Fern Grows (2016)
- Wild West Overture
- Without You
- Wolves in Moonlight (2019)
- Zephyr, Chorale and Dance (2012)
References
- Giroux, Julie. (2006). A Symphony of Fables: For Concert Band [score]. Musica Propria: San Antonio, Tx.