Tango Disappearing, The

Timothy Broege

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maestro & Fox

Cost: Score and Parts - $57.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Bells
Castanets
Claves
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by Madison High School in New Jersey, The Tango Disappearing was composed during the winter of 2005 and was premiered there the following spring. The music is dedicated to the Maroon Band of Madison High School and its band director, Mr. Robert Seibert. The commission was also supported by the Madison Music Association, Ms. Beth Fissel, President.

This one-movement work begins and ends with a tango that is touched with melancholy. In the middle, an anachronistic march "invades" the melancholy mood and attempts to banish all traces of the tango. And yet the tango and its mood of regret return. No longer capable of much energy, however, the sad dance gradually fades away.

This piece was written as a companion movement to the composer's Prelude & Fughetta.

--Program Note from publisher

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Potsdam (N.Y.) Community Band (Theresa Witmer, conductor) - 11 January 2015
SDUHSD Middle School Honor Band - 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

America Verses (1997)
Bartok Variations (as arranger) (2003)
Blue Alien Accumulation (2003)
Blue Goose Rag (as arranger) (1916/1986)
Burlesco for Band (2006)
Charlotte Doyle's Voyage
The Child and the Kings (1995)
Children and Gentlemen (as arranger) (2010)
Climbing Eagle Mountain (2009)
Concert Piece for Trumpet and Band
Concerto for Marimba
Deep River (as arranger) (2006)
Dreams and Fancies (1988)
Dreams of the Blue River (2009)
El Jardin de Esperanza (2008)
Enumeration of the Actual
Fable and Folk Tale (2005)
Falling Water (2015)
Forest Green (as arranger) (2007)
Four Breton Dances (2007)
Four in One (2015)
Geneva (2006)
Geography of the Dream (2001)
Green Passacaglia (2005)
Greensleeves (as arranger)
Grizzly Bear Rag (1994)
The Headless Horseman (1973/1980)
Jody
Kum Ba Yah (2004)
Mysterian Landscapes (2001)
No Sun, No Shadow, Elegy for Charles Mingus
Old Welsh Reverie (2009)
Partita for Band (2017)
Peace Song (1990)
Pilgrim Traveler (2005)
Prelude and Fughetta (2005)
Procession and Torch Dance (1999)
Rhythm Games: The Waukesha Rondo (2010)
Rhythm Machine (1986)
Scale Plus Line (2009)
Seneca Variations (2015)
Serenade
Serenata
Sinfonia III: Hymns and Dances (1972/2009)
Sinfonia IV: Suite for Winds and Percussion
Sinfonia V: Symphonia Sacra et Profana (1990)
Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements (1982)
Sinfonia XII: Southern Heart, Sacred Harp
Sinfonia XIII: Storm Variations
Sinfonia XIV: Three Canzonas
Sinfonia XV: Ursa Major
Sinfonia XVI: Transcendental Vienna (1995)
Sinfonia XVII: The Four Winds
Sinfonia XVIII: Aurora (2009)
Sinfonia XIX: Preludes and Grounds
Sinfonia XXI (2000)
Slow March with Celebration
Sonata for Wind Band (1994)
Song and Variations (2001)
Southern Suite
Streets and Inroads (1975/1980/1996)
Surfboard Blues
The Tango Disappearing (2010)
Theme and Variations (1995)
Three Pieces for American Band, Set I (1974)
Three Pieces for American Band, Set II (1982)
Three Preludes (as arranger)
Three Scenes (2010)
Toccata for Band (2015)
Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes (1998)
The Water Is Wide, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Wicked Story (2008)
Yuletide Dances

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Timothy Broege." Accessed 9 January 2015.