Arietta for Band

Frank Erickson

Frank Erickson (arr. Michael Echols)

General Info

Year: 1973 / 2014
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

This is a hidden gem of a work from the passionate composer Frank Erickson. With permission of Alfred Publishing, this work incorporates embellished rhythms, harmonies and modulations to maintain the original work’s masterpiece while allowing more suitable adjustments for the young performer. This is a great teaching work composed by one of our generation’s best-known writers. Ingredients such as the subtle use of mixed meters, long legato lines, and beautiful musical phrases mark this as classic Erickson.

- Program Note by the George Junior High School Symphonic Band concert program, 18 December 2014

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• George Junior High School (Springdale, Ark.) Symphonic Band (W. Dale Warren, conductor) – 18 December 2014 (2014 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Air for Band (1966)
• Allegro Animato (1991)
• American Christmas Festival (1975)
• American Patriots (1991)
• Americana
• Aria Cantabile (1990)
• Aria on a Bach Prelude
• Arrietta and Rondo (1960)
• Arietta for Band (arr. Echols) (1973/2014)
• Arietta for Winds (1973)
• Balladair (1958)
• Ballad for Peace
• Barcarolle (1992)
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison (1954)
• Blue Ridge Overture (1976)
• Cameo Overture
• Cheerio March (as arranger)
• Children's March (as reviser) (1919/1971)
• Chroma
• Citadel
• Colwyn Bay
• Desert Suite
• Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Concert Band (1956)
• Drummer's Delight (as arranger) (1969)
• Elegy (as arranger) (1961)
• English Folk-Song Fantasy
• Eroica Variations
• Fanfare for a Festival
• Fantasy for Band (1955)
• Fantasy on Nordic Themes
• Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky
• Festiva Musica
• First Symphony for Band (1961)
• Folk Song Suite (as transcriber) 1909/1968)
• A Gaelic Ballad
• A Handel Celebration (as arranger) (1985)
• "Hansel and Gretel" Overture (as arranger) (1892/1960)
• Heritage Hills (1982)
• Introduction, March and Shepherd’s Dance from "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (as arranger)
• Irish Folk Song Suite (1952)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (as arranger) (1918/1970)
• James Bond Suite (as arranger) (1962/2003)
• La Danza (as arranger) (1835/1967)
• Land of the Vikings (1959)
• Light a Distant Fire
• Lyric Episode
• Lyric Suite (1974)
• March Capriccioso (1979)
• March of the Mimes
• March with Fanfares
• Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (as arranger)
• Mexicana
• Misty Rain, Softly Falling
• A Mozart Celebration
• A Nordic Trilogy (with Davis and Reed) (1967)
• Norwegian Folk Song Suite (1953)
• Notturno (1965)
• Overture for Synthesizer and Band (1989)
• Overture Jubiloso (1978)
• Percussion Mystique
• A Percy Grainger Suite (as arranger) (1996)
• Pillars of the Earth
• President's Suite
• Red Bridge March
• Red’s White and Blue March (as transcriber) (1965)
• Reverence for Life
• Rhythm of the Winds (1964)
• The Rhythms of Christmas
• River Wind
• Rondonova
• Royal Armada (1963)
• Russian Easter Overture (as arranger)
• Rustic Overture
• Sarabande (as transcriber) (1894/1967)
• Saturnalia (1967)
• Second Symphony for Band (1958)
• Selections from "1776" for Concert Band (as arranger) (1969)
• Sinfonía india (as arranger) (1978)
• Sonatina for Band (1962)
• Spoon River Variations
• Suite for Percussion in Three Movements
• Symphonette for Band (1959)
• Third Symphony for Band (1984)
• Three Impressions (as transcriber) (1970)
• Tia Juana Trumpets
• Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
• Toccata for a New Age (1995)
• Toccata for Band (1957)
• Two Songs Without Words (as arranger) (1906/1996)
• Wind Dancer

Resources

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