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Australian Rhapsody, An
Contents
General Info
Year: 1987
Duration: c. 5:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brolga Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $110.00 | Score Only (print) - $13.75
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contra Bass Clarinet
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Mallet Percussion
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece is a symphonic work constructed from melodic fragments based on two folk tunes presented in the piece. The composer has attempted to convey the feeling of both joy and sadness by contrasting the light, almost frivolous tune of the Queensland Drover with the melancholy of Moreton Bay.
- Program Note by publisher
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
- South Carolina: IV
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Don L. Peterson, conductor) – 3 November 2017
- University of Wisconsin-Madison ("Thursday Band") (Brian Hughes, conductor) – 2013
Works for Winds by this Composer
- And Enoch Walked With God
- Arachnophobia (2014)
- An Australian Rhapsody (1987)
- Bright Sunlit Morning (2002/2005)
- Bushdance (1991)
- Beyond The Frontier
- Celebration of Life (1995)
- Concert Prelude (1995/2001)
- Concertino for Wind Orchestra (2011/2018)
- Eden's Coast and the Sea (1995)
- Eminence
- Grand March - The Australian Land
- Immortal! Invisible!
- Jessie's Well (2010)
- Many Paths (Millen Kulgun)
- Moto Perpetuo
- Of Stories Told
- Pacific Preamble (1988)
- Pageant (Hultgren)
- Pioneers
- That I May Love (2017)
- Whirr, Whirr, Whirr!!! (2001)
- White Noise (2009)
Resources
Hultgren, R. (1991). An Australian Rhapsody [score]. Brolga Music: Red Hill, Qld., Aus.
