Tonal Fanfare, A
Subtitle: In Tribute to Gunther Schuller's 70th Birthday
The title is correctly written ã tõnal fanfare
General Info
Year: 1996
Duration: c. 4:35
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amis Musical Circle
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00 | Score (Purchase) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II-III-IV
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Contrabass
Timpani I-II (8 timpani required)
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Atonality is the perceived lack of relationship between a collection of pitches. Of course, the way in which one perceives something is tailored by his or her personal experiences. A violinist’s tonal Sacre du Printemps may be an accountant’s atonal Rite of Spring. The way in which a performer hears a piece of music and subsequently performs it is also an important factor in establishing tonality versus atonality. The spoken title of this fanfare illustrates this idea. Although the spelling of the title reveals the intended harmonic nature of the work, it is ultimately the listener who makes temporary judgment on its tonal character.
Commissioned by Frederick Harris for the Belmont High School and the New England Conservatory of Music through a grant from the American Composers Forum - New England Regional Chapter Residency Program.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Belmont (Mass.) High School (Belmont, Mass.) Symphonic Band (Frederick Harris Jr., conductor) – 20 March 1996
- Belmont (Mass.) High School Symphonic Band (Frederick Harris Jr., conductor) – 2 March 1996 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Art of Adagio (1995)
- The Art of Fugue (as transcriber) (1740s/2004)
- Bell-Tone’s Ring (Brass Quintet)
- Bell-Tone’s Ring (Wind Ensemble) (1999)
- Cohen Wing Fanfare (1990)
- A Collection of New Cotillions First Set (as arranger) (2022)
- Concerto for Tuba and Wind Band (2007)
- Dinner for Four (2023)
- Driven! (2002)
- Grenadiers of Liberty (1996)
- Islero (1994)
- Kirkos (2007)
- Legacy (2023)
- March of the Corn (2010)
- The Multimedia Construction Kit (1997)
- Music for Music (1992)
- The Playground Ball (1994)
- Quintet No. 1 (1989)
- Quintet No. 2 (1990)
- The Reckoning (1995)
- Rondo alla Kolo (1998)
- Seventy-Six (76) Trombones (as arranger) (1957/)
- Simphonie Militaire (as arranger) (1793/2013)
- Sinfonia Concertante (1993)
- Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 3, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 4, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 6, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Sonata in A (3rd Movement -- Rondo alla turca) (as arranger) (1783/1998)
- Spring Overture (2018)
- Symphonic Poem (1994)
- ã tõnal fanfare (1996)
- Trumpeters' Lullaby (2009)
- Wind Quintet (1990)