Bravado Tango

Jack Wilds

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

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

North Carolina: II

Performances

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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)
Bold
Bravado Tango (2015)
Cassini's Dive (2021)
Christus Factus Est (as transcriber) (1884/2018)
Circle of Wagons (2013)
Come Down Rain (2018)
Crowns of Glory (2020)
Dance Slav (2018)
Everybody Sang (2019)
Foiled Again! (2014)
Laniakea (2016)
Legacy Fanfare (2016)
Moon Over Half Dome (2019/2021)
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)
Symphony No.1 (2022)
¡Viva! (2017)
Wellspring (2020)
Whirling Novas (2015)

Resources

Jack Wilds Music Accessed 2 August 2021