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Blue Bendure
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 7:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Crusis Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- C Instruments
- B-flat Instruments
Part 2
- B-flat Instruments
- E-flat Instruments
Part 3
- B-flat Instruments
- E-flat Instruments
- F Instruments
Part 4
- C Instruments
- B-flat Instruments
- F Instruments
Part 5
- C Instruments
- B-flat Instruments
- E-flat Instruments
Percussion (3 players), including:
- Cowbell
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Marimba
- Slapstick
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In my senior year at Wayne State University, I made the decision to add a jazz minor to my degree. Due to the fact that I declared it so late, I had a very high course load of jazz classes throughout that year, essentially turning me into a pseudo-jazz major. The harmonies and compositional styles of jazz that I learned have proven to be fascinating to me, and oftentimes as I write, I find myself leaning ever so slightly towards devices inspired by jazz.
The word “blendure” is a fancy term for a blend or a mixture. Blue Blendure is a great mixing, so to speak, of several jazz styles and the classical music idiom. In writing the piece, I sought an opportunity to let my leanings towards jazz influences truly be heard in a dedicated work. In addition to the mixing of musical styles, we see the mixing of instruments and instrument families in this adaptable arrangement, creating several opportunities for unique tonal combinations.
- Program Note by composer
Performance Notes
This work for adaptable ensemble is meant to work for groups as small as 8 players, with 13 being the ideal minimum number to allow all preferred instruments to be covered and allow for multiple players on each wind part.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- 1903: First Flight (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Blue Bendure (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Bounce (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Brave New World (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Flight Over Lake Michigan (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Revelstoke Triptych (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Skyscapes (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Stealth (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- 1903: First Flight (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Blue Bendure (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Bounce (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Brave New World (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Flight Over Lake Michigan (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Revelstoke Triptych (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Skyscapes (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Stealth (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Resources
- Crusis Music website Accessed 23 September 2020
- Perusal score