Syncopation in Blue
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Sound Studio Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Piatti
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Syncopation in Blue (for Concert Band) is an original composition by Mark Wolfram.
Syncopation truly came of age in the era of ragtime -- but was made most popular in the Roaring '20s. From there on it was a staple of classical and popular music cultures, be it George Gershwin or Benny Goodman.
Syncopation in Blue (for Concert Band) employs all types of syncopation: on the beat, off the beat and even unusual melodic rhythms -- all couched in a "bluesy" tonality. While sounding light and fun, this piece challenges even the best ensemble's grasp of style, articulation, precision and phrasing.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Alexander Kaminsky, conductor) - 17 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Points Bulletin: In Hot Pursuit (2014)
- An American Rhapsody (2009)
- Brass Trio (1988)
- Colonial Scenes (2016)
- Divertissement (as transcriber) (2013)
- Extra! Extra! Read All About It! (2019)
- Fast Falls the Eventide (2014)
- Four Fripperies (2020)
- Gloria in Mundo Pax (2019)
- Golden Anniversary Fanfare (2018)
- Homily (2016)
- Interludes for Percussion and Trumpet (1985)
- Invictus (2019)
- Labyrinth (for Brass Quintet) (2010)
- Labyrinth (2018)
- March László (2015)
- March Malchus (2017)
- Monkey Mind (2020)
- Monograms (1996)
- Overture Ciné Noir (2012)
- Paean (2020)
- Residual Tension (2015)
- Reverie (2019)
- Soldiers of Destiny (2011)
- Sonoran Celebration (2018)
- The Sounds of Now
- Spectral Shifts (2015)
- The Swashbuckler (2011)
- Syncopation in Blue (2020)
- Tag - You're It! (2013)
- Theme to "Captain Kangaroo" (Puffin' Billy) (as arranger) (1952/2013)
- Three Intradas for Band (2011)
- Three Short Christmas Carols (2010)
- Tirolean Trek (2012)
- The Tucson March (2017)
- Vertical Planes (2016)
- With Malice Toward None (2012)