Arabesque (Shaffer)

David Shaffer

David Shaffer

General Info

Year: 1987
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse Company - Official Website
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbals (crash and suspended)
• Glockenspiel
• Gong (Tam-Tam)
• Snare Drum
• Temple Blocks
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A lush, slow opening section progresses through a triumphant fanfare into a lively faster section. The contrasting slow middle section emphasizes harmonic texture and contour, moving quickly into the energetic finale.

Arabesque was commissioned by the Utica Community Schools Board of Education, Utica, Michigan. The work was premiered by the Stevenson High School Band, Sterling Heights, Michigan, William Cable, director. It is dedicated to the memory of William Peper.

-Program Note from Publisher Website

Media

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State Ratings

• North Carolina: V

Performances

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• Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (Danielle St. Amand, conductor) - 7 April 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• By Dawn's Early Light (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
• Evening Prayer (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2014)
• Excellentia Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1985/2014)
• Fire Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2012)
• Jingle Jazz (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• Last Ride of the Pony Express (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2013)
• Legend of the Eagles (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2016)
• Spania (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2012)

All Wind Works

• 2001: A March Odyssey
• Academic Pageant (1992)
• An Almighty Fortress (as arranger) (1529/1987)
• Andromeda (2010)
• Arabesque (1987)
• Avantia
• Aztec Celebration (2001)
• Blazing Fury
• Bravada Espirit
• Bugs (2006)
• Burst of Brass
• By Dawn's Early Light (1995)
• By Dawn's Early Light (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
• Canadian Sketches
• Cantus Jubilante (2006)
• Cedar Crest
• Celestial Legend (2004)
• Ceremony, Chant and Ritual (2002)
• Chant and Tribal Dance (2002)
• Chapala, Chapala
• Chinook Wind Rhapsody
• A Christmas Special
• Cimarron Trail (1993)
• Conquista
• Cool Cat Shuffle
• Costa del Sol (2009)
• A Crazy, Mixed-Up Opera
• A Crazy Mixed-Up Christmas Concert
• Crown Century
• Dance of the Slippery Slide Trombones
• Dances Fantastique
• Dedicata (1988)
• Dominion of the Sky (2000)
• Drivin' That Drummin' Machine! (2005)
• The Eagle's Triumph (1999)
• Eternal Hope (2008)
• Eureka! (2009)
• Evening Prayer (1997)
• Evening Prayer (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2014)
• Excellentia Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1985/2014)
• Fanfare and Festival Celebration
• Fanfare and Furiosity (2005)
• Fantasy on O Tannenbaum
• Festive Yuletide Cameos
• Fire and Fury
• Fire Dance (2001)
• Fire Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2012)
• Flight of the Pegasus (1994)
• Flying Tigers
• For the Fallen (2003)
• Go Tell It on the Mountain
• The Happy Hungarian (2004)
• Home of the Brave
• Ho Ho Hoedown
• Hope, Honor and Glory (1999)
• Hymn for a Festival
• Inferno (2004)
• Into the Light (1997)
• Introduction and Festiva
• The Invincible Warrior
• It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Shaffer)
• Jazzoo
• Jingle Jazz
• Jingle Jazz (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• Journey Into Diablo Canyon (1999)
• Joyous Spirit (1996)
• Kaleidoscope (2008)
• King Cobra
• Kitchen Can Can
• La Brava
• Laramie
• Last Ride of the Pony Express (2004)
• Last Ride of the Pony Express (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2013)
• The Last to Defend (1998)
• Legend of the Eagles (1996)
• Legend of the Eagles (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2016)
• Legend of the Sword (2002)
• Lincoln Celebration
• Little French Suite
• Madcap Mallet Mania
• Majesty of the Mountains (1995)
• March Kings
• March Mania
• Maxium
• Memories of Stephen Foster
• Miami Valley Anthology
• Mirror Lake Legend
• Mt Healthy
• Mt Hood Portrait (1994)
• New World Variations (2001)
• Noble Heritage (1988)
• Northridge
• Now The Winter's Come To Stay
• The Nuts and Crackers Sweet (2007)
• Old Glory
• On a Snowy Winter's Eve (2010)
• On A Spring Morning
• Pageant of Light (1999)
• Parade of the Bumbling Wooden Soldiers (2002)
• Parade of the Palominos (2008)
• The Patriots (1991)
• Pennington Gap
• The Picador
• The Pinnacle (2000)
• Princeton Variations (1985)
• Purple Heart (2007)
• The Quest (1996)
• Raging Thunder (1986)
• Reaching The Summit
• Regatta For Winds (1993)
• Reindeer Rhumba (2014)
• Rejouissant! (2018)
• Renegade Dances (2003)
• Rise of the Vulcan
• Rhythm X
• Riverbend Rhapsody (1991)
• Rocky Mountain Holiday
• Rogue River Rhapsody
• A Round the Bend
• Sandpaper Symphony (1999)
• Santa's Big Adventure
• Sax Attack! (2008)
• Sea of Tranquility
• The Seventh Day
• Silent Night
• Silver Sable
• Slidin' Stiehl
• Soaring! (2008)
• Song of the Telegraph (2004)
• Sousa Spectacular
• Sousa! Sousa! Sousa!
• Spania (2005)
• Spania (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2012)
• Sphere of Fire
• Spiritus (1987)
• Spring Fever
• The Star Spangled Banner
• Stargazer (2004)
• Storm Surge
• Sun Dancing (2007)
• Suncoast Carnival
• Symbol of Freedom
• Tale of the Comet (1997)
• Tempest Rising (2003)
• This Rockin' Band
• Those Magnificent Marches
• Thumbs Up!
• Thunder Bay Legend
• Thunderhead
• Tic - Toc - Rock (1988)
• Tribal Drums (2000)
• Tribute and Triumph (2000)
• Triple Treat
• Trumpets Triumphant
• Twin Oaks (1986)
• Twilight (2011)
• Twisted Night Before Christmas
• Upon These Wings (2002)
• Voltage (2011)
• Vortex (Shaffer)
• Waltzing Matilda
• Weatheridge
• When Angels Weep (1997)
• Whispers of the Wind (2005)
• Whitewater Festival
• Windsongs
• Windward Passage
• Witches Brew

Resources

None discovered thus far.