Titan, The

Charles L. Booker Jr.

Charles Booker

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Subtitle: Concerto for Tuba and Wind Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 13:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Potenza Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $99.95

Movements

1. The Immortal - 4:38
2. Aegle's Dragon - 4:00
3. The War - 4:22

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Kevin Sanders approached me several years ago about a concerto for tuba and this is the result. The inspiration for the concerto comes from Greek mythology and in particular Atlas, who after being defeated by the Olympians was forced by Zeus to hold up the celestial spheres for eternity (tuba holding up the band or orchestra).

The first movement titled The Immortal is a description of Atlas, stout-hearted, primordial, large, un-fearing, and of course, immortal. The second movement, Aegle’s Dragon, is about his daughter (he had three) Aegle and her mourning the murder of her pet three-headed dragon by Hercules who had stolen into her Garden of Stone where the dragon was kept. The final movement The War, is the battle of the gods between the Titans, led by Atlas, and the Olympians, led by Zeus. The Olympians win the war and Atlas is punished as mentioned, holding up the universe forever.”

- Program Note by composer

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

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Performances

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• Iowa State University (Ames) Wind Ensemble (Michael Golemo, conductor; Kevin Sanders, tuba) – 3 March 2017

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Holiday Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2020)
• March On (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Silent Night (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1818/2015/2020)
• St Louis Blues (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1914/2017/2020)

All Wind Works

• American Dances (2006)
• American Jubilee (2011)
• A True Friend (2004)
• Boston Mountain Overture (2004)
• Brilliant Legacy: Suite For Symphonic Band (2009)
• Capriccio and Intermezzo for Piano and Wind Band (2000)
• Carillon Celebration (2003)
• Centra-Fuge (2007)
• Civil War Saga: The Battle of Prairie Grove 1862 (2008)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008)
• Crossed Sabres (1998)
• Eternal Waves (2011)
• Declaration 1776 (2003)
• Gazebo Portraits (2004)
• Glorious Journey (2011)
• Guns Up! (1980)
• Highland Spirits for Double Wind Quintet (2011)
• Holiday Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2020)
• Joan of Arc (2019)
• La Fiesta de San Antonio (2007)
• Like The Stars Forever and Ever... (2004)
• Look Homeward Citizen Soldier (2010)
• March On (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Overture for a New Time (2014)
• River Valley Suite (2002)
• Roar of the Armor (1995)
• Rough Rider: Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt, The (2007)
• Silent Night (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1818/2015/2020)
• Snacks for Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano (2009)
• Solace (2006)
• St Louis Blues (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1914/2017/2020)
• Switchback (2010)
• Symphony No. 1 (2006)
• Thundering Steel (1996)
• Times Remembered (2009)
• The Titan (2015)
• Trailblazers, The (2004)
• Valtzz! for Euphonium and Wind Band (2003)

Resources

• Booker, C. (2015) The Titan: Tuba @ Wind Ensemble [score]. Potenza Music Publishing: [Louisville, Ken.]
• Charles Booker Jr. website Accessed 5 March 2017