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Bravado Tango
Contents
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 1:15
Difficulty: 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Castanets
- Crash Cymbals
- Guiro
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Bravado Tango is a charismatic work for beginning band. The drama of the opening fanfare is followed by the A theme introduced in the flutes, clarinets, and trumpets. This theme is accompanied by a dancing bass line and driving percussion parts. At measure 15, a flowing B theme is introduced in the flutes and oboes, while the clarinets and alto saxophones provide a sparse accompaniment based on a traditional tango rhythm. The melody and accompaniment pass through several different voices as the theme builds up steam. At measure 29, the A theme resumes with additional interest added by a horn counter line. The addition of the guiro to the percussion instrumentation enhances the groove as the piece pushes to its close.
- Program Note from Louis Pizitz Middle School Symphony Band concert program, 16 December 2015
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
- North Carolina: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Louis Pizitz Middle School (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) Symphonic Band (Leah Seng, conductor) - 16 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Across the Serengeti (2016)
- And Sail Away (2017)
- Bravado Tango (2015)
- Christus Factus Est (as transcriber) (1884/2018)
- Circle of Wagons (2013)
- Come Down Rain
- Dance Slav (2018)
- Everybody Sang (2019)
- Foiled Again! (2014)
- Laniakea (2016)
- Legacy Fanfare (2016)
- Moon Over Half Dome (2019)
- On the Kerry Shore (2017)
- On the Wing (2014)
- Palo Duro Sunrise (2015)
- Passage of Arms (2013)
- Queen Anne’s Revenge (2013)
- Ruins of Tulum (2013)
- Scenes from the American West (2018)
- Solstice Dance (2015)
- The Spirit of Cashel (2019)
- Spellbound (2016)
- A Swashbuckling Christmas (2017)
- ¡Viva! (2017)
- Wellspring
- Whirling Novas (2015)
Resources
- Jack Wilds website Accessed 8 December 2015