Black Canyon of the Gunnison
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General Info
Year: 1954
Duration: c. 6:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bourne Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $51.25 | Score Only (print) - $10.25
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto
Horn in F
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is an American national park located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service.
The Gunnison River drops an average of 34 feet per mile (6.4 m/km) through the entire canyon, making it the fifth steepest mountain descent in North America. The greatest descent of the Gunnison River occurs within the park at Chasm View dropping 240 feet per mile (45 m/km).[4] The Black Canyon is so named because its steepness makes it difficult for sunlight to penetrate into its depths. As a result, the canyon is often shrouded in shadow, causing the rocky walls to appear black. At its narrowest point the canyon is only 40 ft (12 m) wide at the river.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: DePauw University Band (Craig Paré, conductor) - 2012
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
- Arkansas: III
- Kansas: III
- Maryland: III
- Oklahoma: III-A
- Tennessee: IV
- Virginia: IV
Performances
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- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) University Band (Fred McInnis, conductor) - 6 April 2021
- Wheaton North High School Concert Band (Kent Krause, director) - 2 November 2017
- Prairie Wind Ensemble (East Peoria, Ill.) (Jim Tallman, conductor)– 22 October 2017
- Hanford (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Janet Levine, conductor) - 11 March 2016 (2016 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Concert Band (Craig Paré, conductor) – 26 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air for Band (1966)
- Allegro Animato (1991)
- American Christmas Festival (1975)
- American Patriots (1991)
- Americana
- Aria Cantabile (1990)
- Aria on a Bach Prelude
- Arrietta and Rondo (1960)
- Arietta for Band (arr. Echols) (1973/2014)
- Arietta for Winds (1973)
- Balladair (1958)
- Ballad for Peace
- Barcarolle (1992)
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (1954)
- Blue Ridge Overture (1976)
- Cameo Overture
- Cheerio March (as arranger)
- Children's March (as reviser) (1919/1971)
- Chroma
- Citadel
- Colwyn Bay
- Desert Suite
- Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Concert Band (1956)
- Drummer's Delight (as arranger) (1969)
- Elegy (as arranger) (1961)
- English Folk-Song Fantasy
- Eroica Variations
- Fanfare for a Festival
- Fantasy for Band (1955)
- Fantasy on Nordic Themes
- Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky
- Festiva Musica
- First Symphony for Band (1961)
- Folk Song Suite (as transcriber) 1909/1968)
- A Gaelic Ballad
- A Handel Celebration (as arranger) (1985)
- "Hansel and Gretel" Overture (as arranger) (1892/1960)
- Heritage Hills (1982)
- Introduction, March and Shepherd’s Dance from "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (as arranger)
- Irish Folk Song Suite (1952)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (as arranger) (1918/1970)
- James Bond Suite (as arranger) (1962/2003)
- La Danza (as arranger) (1835/1967)
- Land of the Vikings (1959)
- Light a Distant Fire
- Lyric Episode
- Lyric Suite (1974)
- March Capriccioso (1979)
- March of the Mimes
- March with Fanfares
- Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (as arranger)
- Mexicana
- Misty Rain, Softly Falling
- A Mozart Celebration
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (as arranger) (1749/1997)
- A Nordic Trilogy (with Davis and Reed) (1967)
- Norwegian Folk Song Suite (1953)
- Notturno (1965)
- Overture for Synthesizer and Band (1989)
- Overture Jubiloso (1978)
- Percussion Mystique
- A Percy Grainger Suite (as arranger) (1996)
- Pillars of the Earth
- President's Suite
- Red Bridge March
- Red’s White and Blue March (as transcriber) (1965)
- Reverence for Life
- Rhythm of the Winds (1964)
- The Rhythms of Christmas
- River Wind
- Rondonova
- Royal Armada (1963)
- Russian Easter Overture (as arranger)
- Rustic Overture
- Sarabande (as transcriber) (1894/1967)
- Saturnalia (1967)
- Second Symphony for Band (1958)
- Selections from "1776" for Concert Band (as arranger) (1969)
- Sinfonía india (as arranger) (1978)
- Sonatina for Band (1962)
- Spoon River Variations
- Suite for Percussion in Three Movements
- Symphonette for Band (1959)
- Third Symphony for Band (1984)
- Three Impressions (as transcriber) (1970)
- Tia Juana Trumpets
- Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
- Toccata for a New Age (1995)
- Toccata for Band (1957)
- Two Songs Without Words (as arranger) (1906/1996)
- Wind Dancer
Resources
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 April 2021
- Erickson, F. (1954). Black Canyon of the Gunnison [score]. Bourne Co.: New York.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Frank Erickson." Accessed 17 March 2016.
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 267-271.