Acrostic Song

David Del Tredici

Subtitle: From Final Alice

General Info

Year: 1976 / 2009
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $7.95

Instrumentation

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 Saxaphone
B-flat Trumpet I-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion (1 player), including:

Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This song comes from the orchestral work Final Alice. The original was premiered by soprano Barbara Hendricks and the Chicago Symphony in 1976. David Del Tredici has composed numerous pieces based on the Alice in Wonderland books by Lewis Carroll.

This moving piece is the lullaby-like concluding aria from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici's Final Alice, the fifth of six large works for soprano and orchestra based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books. This arrangement for band is designed to be playable by a wide variety of groups, and is appropriate for large or small ensembles. The gentle melody, heartrending harmonies, and artful instrumental voicing give this piece a truly timeless feel.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio CD: Texas 5A All-State Concert Band (Gary Hill, conductor) - 2007

State Ratings

Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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California High School of the Arts-San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Walter Simonsen, conductor) - 30 November 2023
Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Luis Zuñuga, conductor) - 22 October 2023
Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor) - 23 October 2022
University of Alabama at Birmingham Wind Symphony (Sean Murray, conductor) - 11 October 2022
The University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony (Ronald Rogers, conducting) - 29 September 2022
Texas Tech University (Lubbock) University Band (Pershauna Johnson, conductor) - 24 April 2022
Luther College (Decorah, Ia.) Symphonic Band (Cory Near, conductor) – 10 November 2021
Northshore Concert Band (Wilmette, Ill.) (Mallory Thompson, conductor) - 20 June 2021
Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) Symphonic Band (Joseph Higgins, conductor) – 9 December 2019
Indiana State University (Terre Haute) Wind Symphony (Nikk Pilato, conductor; Julia Powell, mezzo-soprano) – 23 April 2019
University of Oklahoma (Norman) Sooner Band (Brian Wolfe, conductor) – 18 April 2019
David Thompson Secondary School (Vancouver, B.C.) Senior Concert Band (David Lamb, conductor) – 30 January 2019
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, University Band (Timothy Ellison, conductor) – 14 November 2018
Puget Sound Youth Wind Ensemble (Tacoma, Wash.) (Scott Fry, conductor) – 25 March 2018
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Gold Campus Band (Michael Chu, conductor) – 26 February 2018
University of Texas (Austin) Longhorn Concert Band (Joshua Gall, conductor) – 25 February 2018
University of South Alabama (Mobile) Symphony Band (Jason Rinehart, conductor) – 21 February 2017
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Shawn Vondran, conductor) – 30 November 2016
Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason H. Nam, conductor) – 8 November 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Acrostic Song (arr. Spede) (2009)
In Wartime (2003)

Resources

David Del Tredici website
Spede, Mark. "Acrostic Song." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 289-293. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.
Tredici, D.; Carroll, L. (2006). Acrostic Song: From "Final Alice" [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: New York.