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Subtitle: A "Precise" Prelude and an "Excellent" March
General Info
Year: 1998
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III (III substitutes for Oboe)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
It's tough being a musician! While most of the academic world can make a mistake or two and still qualify for the coveted A+ grade, if that happened on the concert stage, there would be a stampede out the door! Thomas Duffy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the inherent unfairness in the life of a young musician, and gives the students "permission" to make a couple mistakes, while still qualifying for a top grade. The Prelude is precisely imprecise, with harmonic material floating around at the whims of the woodwinds. The processional-style March is at first heard in its most excellent form, then with the human element of error added on the repeat.
-Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band.Class C
Performances
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- Northshore Concert Band (Evanston, Ill.) (Mallory Thompson, conductor) - 19 February 2023
- Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) Concert Band (Thomas Duffy, conductor) - 24 April 2022
- Southwest Minnesota Band Directors Association 6-8 Honor Band (Nolan Hauta, conductor) – 16 January 2016
- Ely (Minn.) Junior High Band (Nolan Hauta, conductor) – 13 March 2012
- Clay County Honors Band (David Plack, conductor) – 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Scalin' and Wailin' (Flex instrumentation) (2018)
All Wind Works
- A+ (1998)
- And Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest (2000)
- Ask the Sky and the Earth (as transcriber) (2009)
- Bell Piece (as editor)
- Butterflies and Bees! (1999)
- Century Shouts (2012)
- Ceremonial March, A
- Corpus Callosum (1999/2003)
- Crystals (1985/1992)
- Gnomon
- I Sing the Body Eclectic (for flute choir)
- I Sit Alone in Martin's Church (1998/2003)
- Little Snakes (in the Lighthouse)
- Max the King
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1992)
- Philosopher's Stone, The
- Pilgrims' Progress (1992)
- Power and Light (2020)
- The Promise of Living (as transcriber) (1954/1956/2000)
- Scalin' and Wailin' (Flex instrumentation) (2018)
- Snakes! (1991)
- Song of Hiawatha (1995)
- Stomp Your Foot (as transcriber) (1954/1956/2000)
- Three Places in New Haven (2001)
- Whispers of the Patriots (1993)
- Zephyrs
Resources
- Duffy, T. (1998). A+: A "Precise" Prelude and an "Excellent" March" [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee.