Aztec Dance

Michael Story

Michael Story

General Info

Year: 1997
Duration:
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Gong
• Snare Drum
• Tambourine
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Visions of gold glitter in the sun near shimmering temples in the green valleys of the Mexican highlands. History tells of an advanced civilization living before the Spanish conquest. Today, you can visit the sounds that identify that culture.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class D
• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
• Mississippi: I-A
• North Carolina: I
• West Virginia: I

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Toano (Va.) Middle School 6th Grade Band – 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Christmas Holiday March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)

All Wind Works

• 25 or 6 to 4 (as arranger)
• And to All a Good Night (2004)
• Astronomica (2020)
• Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Aztec Dance (1997)
• Barnburner (2017)
• Batman Theme, The (as arranger)
• Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
• Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
• Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
• Cartoon Christmas, A (as arranger)
• Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
• The Chase
• A Christmas Celebration (1985)
• Christmas Holiday March (2020)
• Contempo (2004)
• Creepy Crawlies (1999)
• Curse of Tutankhamun, The (2001)
• Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
• Dragon Dance (2010)
• España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
• Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
• Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
• Ghost Ship (2012)
• Good King Nutcracker (as arranger)
• Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
• Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band (as arranger) (1948/2015)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger)
• Highlights from "The Wizard of Oz" (as arranger)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr Story) (as arranger)
• Jingle Bell Rock (as arranger) (1957/2001)
• Land of the Thunder Dragon (as arranger) (2019)
• Livin' la Vida Loca (as arranger)
• Macarena (as arranger) (2014)
• The Magic of Harry Potter (as arranger) (2013)
• Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger)
• March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
• Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
• Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
• Once upon a December (as arranger) (1997)
• Oregon Trail, The (1999)
• Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
• Pax Americana (2019)
• Pentagram (2016)
• Pioneer Spirit, The
• Plaza de Toros
• Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
• Sakura (1995)
• Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
• Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
• Shenandoah (arr. Smith and Story) (2003)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 4 (as arranger) (2014/2016)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 5 (as arranger) (2012/2018)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – #1 (as arranger) (1960/2012)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – #2 (as arranger) (1981/2013)
• Short Cuts for Beginning Band – #3 (as arranger) (1966/2014)
• Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
• Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
• Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
• Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
• Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
• To Honor, Thank and Remember (2002)
• Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
• The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
• Wade in the Water
• The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/1998)
• Zombie Dance (2017)

Resources

• Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 124-128.
• Story, M. (1997). Aztec Dance [score]. Belwin-Mills: [s.l.]
• Perusal score