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To Her Majesty's Delight
Subtitle: Dances of the Renaissance
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00; (digital) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Movements
1. Pavanne
2. La Volta
3. Gallop
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
During the Tudor era (1485-1603), music was held in the highest regard. In the Tudor court, music served a purpose in all facets of life including festive gatherings, processions, and worship services. An accomplished musician, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I spent a significant amount of time practicing and was proud of her playing ability.
While the music itself is quite original, the three movement of To Her Majesty's Delight are inspired by her favorite dance styles. The regal Pavanne is an elegant, majestic dance that often opened ceremonial balls. This earlier of the court dances came to England by way of Spain.
Popular at English and German count until about 1750, the sprightly La Volta (Italian for "the turn") is a leaping and turning dance in triple meter.
The rollicking Gallop, named after the fastest running gate [sic: gait] of a horse, is a lively country dance. This highly popular dance of the era was introduced to French society in the late 1820s.
Commissioned by the North Carolina Bandmasters Association, Eastern District, for the 2019 Middle School Symphonic Honors Band.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Western Illinois University (Macomb) Concert Band (Max Gooding, Kate Senger, Osiris Martinez, conductors) - 4 May 2023
- Lockport (Ill.) Township High School Wind Symphony (Stephen Peterson, conductor) - 18 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
All Wind Works
- Across the Great Plains (2017)
- After the Darkness (2021)
- Albany Fanfare (2011)
- All Things So Wondrous
- Antiphon (2011)
- Battle Command
- Big Bend (2023)
- The Blue Orchid (2005)
- Blue Sky (2002)
- But Joy Comes... (2010)
- Captain Dane (2003)
- Carnegie Anthem (2012)
- Carpathia (2007)
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Caverns of Sonora (2019)
- Chisholm
- Congolese (2017)
- Corps of Discovery (2010)
- Country Day Dances (2004)
- Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
- Credo (2012)
- Curtain Up!
- Dances Americanesque (2008)
- Declaration and Dance (2010)
- Destined to Fly (2018)
- Egyptique (2010)
- The Eighth Day (2022)
- El Pato Loco (2010)
- El Vaquero! (2017)
- Every Day New (2018)
- Excelsior! (2008)
- Exhaltations! (2006)
- Fandango Caliente (2017)
- Fantasia on "Adeste Fidelis" (as arranger) (2007)
- Festive Proclamation (2015)
- Flourishes! (2019)
- Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Great Wall (2016)
- Hark! (A Holiday Celebration) (As arranger)
- Heavenwards (2015)
- Heroes Triumphant (2012)
- Hopak! (2014)
- In Autumn (2009)
- In Joyful Celebration (2003)
- Ironclads (The Monitor and the Merrimack) (2012)
- Journey of the Bonfire (2017)
- Jupiter (as arranger) (1916/2006)
- Kamehameha (2006)
- Kitty Hawk, 1903 (2010)
- Krakatoa (2008)
- Maesong (2004)
- Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
- The Mighty 97th (2008)
- New Horizons March (2016)
- Of Gentle Spirit
- Paintings (2011)
- Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
- Quicksilver (2018)
- Resplendence (2017)
- Silversides (2021)
- The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
- Spit-Fire (2013)
- Summit Fanfare (2008)
- The Tahoka Galop (2004)
- Tangelridge (2009)
- Tambora! (2013)
- Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Terracotta (2009)
- Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
- To Her Majesty's Delight (2020)
- Tudor Sketches (2013)
- Tundra (2018)
- Wedgwood March (2002)
- The Wings of Mercury
- With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
- The World's Greatest Show! (2022)
- Yonaguska (2016)
- Zia (2014)
Resources
- Perusal score
- William Owens website Accessed 16 December 2021