Big Mambo, The
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Agogo Bells
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Claves
- Cowbell
- Samba Whistle
- Timbales
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Discover the electrifying sounds of old Havana with this original, fiery mambo. Experience the thrill of irresistible syncopation supported by a variety of Latin percussion instruments including timbales, agogo bells, cowbell, claves, and samba whistle. Mambo!
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- The Big Mambo (2015)
- Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Cloud Gate
- Count Rockula (2009)
- Friends of Freedom (2006)
- The Greatest Gift (2017)
- Mad Dash (2016)
- Pirates of the Barbary Coast (2009)
- Sea Shanty Variations (2013)
- Song of the Blacksmith, The (as arranger)
- Spyscape
- Starry Night (2015)
- Teleportation (2016)
- To Sail Beyond the Stars
- Traffic Jam (2008)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (2017)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- The Wobbly Unicycle
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 71/7 (February, 2017), p. 28.
- Perusal score
- Timothy Loest website Accessed 4 September 2019