Aztalan

Michael Sweeney

Michael Sweeney

Subtitle: City of Mystery

General Info

Year: 2009
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00   |   Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Gong
• Miscellaneous Percussion
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tom-tom (medium)
• Triangle
• Vibraphone (or Bells)
• Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The ancient city of Aztalan actually existed around a thousand years ago but disappeared mysteriously by around A.D. 1300. The atmosphere of mystery and drama surrounding its existence are portrayed through careful use of tone clusters, haunting melodies and creative percussion effects.

- Program Note from publisher

Aztalan [not to be confused with Aztlán, the Aztec city], in present-day southern Wisconsin, is the site of an ancient Mississippian culture settlement that flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries. The indigenous people constructed massive earthwork mounds for religious and political purposes. They were part of a widespread culture with important settlements throughout the Mississippi River valley and its tributaries. Their trading network extended from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, and into the Southeast of the present-day United States.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band (Tim Lautzenheiser, conductor)

State Ratings

• Ohio: OMEA Junior High School Band C
• Tennessee: II
• West Virginia: I

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Mapleton High School (Denver, Colo.) Concert Band (Zach Brake, conductor) - 16 December 2021
• Hille Middle School (Oak Forest, Ill.) 7th Grade Band – 17 March 2018
• VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Tim Lautzenheiser, conductor) – 17 December 2010 (2010 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Armed Forces on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
• Black Forest Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2008)
• Born to be Wild (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1990/2006)
• Celtic Air and Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007/2020)
• The Christmas Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2011)
• Christmas Time Is Here (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2003/2020)
• Circle of Life (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2020)
• Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2017)
• The Forge of Vulcan (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2013)
• Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1994/2018)
• Imperium (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2020)
• Knights of Destiny (Flex instrumentation) (2000/2011)
• Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1874/2012)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2006)
• Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1937/2019)
• West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1957/2015)
• White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1940/2006)

All Wind Works

• Across the Northern Sky
• Algona Crossing (2017)
• An American Salute (1989)
• Ancient Voices (1994)
• Armed Forces on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
• Aztalan (2009)
• Beyond the Seven Hills (1999)
• Black Forest Overture (1996)
• Black Forest Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2008)
• Blue Mambo (2017)
• Born to be Wild (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1990/2006)
• Call of the Champions (as arranger)
• Cayuga Lake Overture (2006)
• Celtic Air and Dance (2007)
• Celtic Air and Dance No. 2 (2008)
• Celtic Air and Dance No. 3 (2011)
• Celtic Air and Dance No. 4 (2018)
• Celtic Air and Dance No. 5 (2020)
• Celtic Air and March (2014)
• Celtic Farewell (2016)
• Chester (as arranger) (2020)
• The Christmas Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2011)
• Christmas Time Is Here (as arranger) (1965)
• Christmas Time Is Here (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1965/2003/2020)
• Circle of Life (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2020)
• Coldwater Crossing (2010)
• Corinthium (1994)
• Crossings in Time (2006)
• Dance of the Spirits (2011)
• Dansbury Run (2013)
• Dialogues (2003)
• Distant Horizons (1995)
• Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest (2003)
• Down by the Salley Gardens (as arranger) (2006)
• Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2017)
• Down to the River (as arranger) (2019)
• Due North (2014)
• Earth and Sky (2013)
• Earthdance (2010)
• Emerald Awakening (2012)
• Equinox (1993)
• Fanfare and March (2004)
• Fanfare and Presto (1998)
• Farandole (as arranger)
• Fires of Mazama (2005)
• The Forge of the Vulcan (1997)
• The Forge of Vulcan (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2013)
• Fractures in Time (2017)
• Gates of Orion (1997)
• Gathering in the Glen (2010)
• Great Movie Adventures (as arranger) (2006)
• Half Moon on the Hudson (2007)
• A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
• High Water Mark: The Third Day (2002)
• Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1994/2018)
• Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as arranger)
• Hudson River Run (2020)
• Hymn to the Fallen (as arranger) (1998/2000)
• Imperium (1992)
• Imperium (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2020)
• Irish Rising (as arranger) (2016)
• John Williams: Movie Adventures (as arranger) (1977/1999)
• Kinesis (2004)
• Knights of Destiny (2000)
• Knights of Destiny (Flex instrumentation) (2000/2011)
• Lament and Tribal Dances (2001)
• Last Full Measure (2013)
• Legend of Devil's Lake (2011)
• Legends in the Mist (1996)
• Lincoln Legacy (1999)
• Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as adapter) (1937/2017)
• Lost Lady Found (as arranger) (1937/2011)
• Marches of the Armed Forces (as arranger) (1991)
• Memory (as arranger)
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (as arranger)
• Moai (2017)
• Monmouth Overture (1999)
• Music from ''Les Misérables" (as arranger) (1980/1998)
• Music from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (as arranger) (1977/2016)
• Mystic Dance (1999)
• Night on Bald Mountain (as arranger) (2004)
• Northland Pines (2013)
• On Joyful Wing (2018)
• On the Edge of Tomorrow (2009)
• On the Wings of Swallows (2000)
• Out of the Shadows (2003)
• Paine Mountain Legacy (2020)
• Pantheon (1999)
• Panther Rising (2019)
• Particles (2014)
• Passages (2009)
• The Path Not Taken (2019)
• Pegasus (2001)
• Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1874/2012)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (as arranger) (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2006)
• Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (as arranger) (2010)
• Prelude and Pursuit (2013)
• Quad City Stomp (2008)
• River Rendezvous (2016)
• River of Hope (2009)
• River of the Ancients (2004)
• Rock, River, Tree (2015)
• Root Beer Rag (as arranger) (1974/1981)
• The Royal Tower (2001)
• Rumble on the High Plains (2005)
• Salute to the Duke (1999)
• Sawdust City Celebration (2013)
• Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (as arranger) (1964/1999)
• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (as arranger) (1967/2007)
• Shenandoah (as arranger) (2003)
• Shorewood Overture (2014)
• Silverbrook (2006)
• A Simple Song (as arranger) (2011)
• Sleepsong (as arranger) (2019)
• Song for Hope (2011)
• Southern Folk Rhapsody (2005)
• Southwind (as arranger) (2015)
• Spirit of Avalon (1998)
• Spring City Overture (2015)
• Stardance (2012)
• Strike Force (2007)
• Suite from "MASS" (as arranger)
• Summon the Heroes (as arranger)
• Swamp Rabbit Stomp (2016)
• Swing the Mood (as arranger) (1990)
• Themes from "The Black Panther" (as arranger) (2018)
• Themes from "First Suite in E-flat" (as arranger) (1909/2006)
• Themes from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893)
• To Soar with Eagles (2013)
• Troy! (2009)
• Trumpet Tune (as arranger) (2001)
• Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1937/2019)
• Valley of Fire (1998)
• Variants on an American Hymn (2000)
• Viking (2016)
• Villages (2014)
• West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1957/2015)
• When the Sun Breaks Through the Mist (2006)
• White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1940/2006)
• Wildcat Valley Fanfare (2017)
• Wilderness Scenes (2004)
• The Willow Tree (as arranger) (1995/2018)
• Woodland Odyssey (2002)
• Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (as arranger) (1949/2006)
• Year of the Dragon (2000)

Resources

• Aztalan State Park, Wikipedia Accessed 26 June 2021
• Perusal score
• Sweeney, M. (2009). Aztalan: City of Mystery [score]. Musicworks: Milwaukee, Wisc.