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Bitscapes
Subtitle: For 3-Part Adaptable Ensemble, Percussion & Fixed Media
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Compurose Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $75.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
(First, second and third parts of each wind and string voice are included.)
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Mallets
- Spash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraslap
- Wind Chimes
Violin
Viola
Audio files
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Bitscapes builds off of sounds indicative of popular 8-bit gaming systems of the 1970s and '80s. Beginning with a simple sine wave along with the sounds of the instrumental ensemble, this piece paints a sonic landscape of a retro style known as Chiptunes or BitPop that originated in the mid-1970s.
- Program Note by composer
Performance Notes
Bitscapes is a piece for any combination of instruments, including winds, strings, and mallet percussion and fixed media. This piece can be performed with as few as three players and parts are entirely adaptable. I encourage you to adapt this piece and each part for your ensemble, which will allow for a truly unique performance.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Symphonic Band (Cliff Croomes, conductor) - 23 November 2021 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Aerialist (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Bitscapes (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Celestial Rise (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Imminent Danger (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- In the Distance (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- MacFarlane's Lantern (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Metaphysical Travels (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Mystic Embers (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Transient Luminous Events (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Twisted (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- The Aerialist (2017)
- The Aerialist (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Bitscapes (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Celestial Rise (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Imminent Danger (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- In the Distance (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- MacFarlane's Lantern (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Metaphysical Travels (Adaptable Band) (2018/2020)
- Mystic Embers (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- The Oath (2017)
- Pegasus in Flight
- Skeleton Scherzo (2017)
- Transient Luminous Events (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Twisted (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Veil Nebula
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Jennifer Rose, personal correspondence, November 2020
- Jennifer Rose website Accessed 21 November 2020
- Perusal score