American Parade

Charles Gourdin

Charles Gourdin

Subtitle: Two-Step

General Info

Year: 1918
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cannon
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

American Parade was written in 1918 for the Fourth of July celebration at the American hospital in Beaune, France.

- Program Note by Lee Hartman

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Media

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Ian Bradt, conductor) – 24 February 2019
• Gay Games X 2018 Team Band (Paris, France) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 8 August 2018
• 2018 Lesbian and Gay Band Association Annual Conference (Kansas City, Mo.) Emerald Band (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 26 May 2018 *American Premiere*

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Actéon (1900)
• American Parade (1918)
• Austerlitz (1905)
• Les deux "Craneurs" (1914)
• Dunkerhenaers-Loods-Marsch (1909)
• La Fée (1914)
• Le Flambart (1911)
• Légende mystérieux (1914)
• Marche de Lutèce (1914)
• Le Moulin de Champagne (1914)
• Parade cosaque (1900)
• Rallye (1904)
• Rivoli-marsch (1913)
• Sérénade bruyante (1914)
• Tambourinale marche (1914)

References

• Gourdin, Charles. American Parade manuscript, ed. Lee Hartman