Cajun Folk Songs: Belle

From Wind Repertory Project
Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli


Subtitle: Movement 2 from Cajun Folk Songs, Part One


General Info

Year: 1991 / 2002 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00


Instrumentation (Adaptable Band)

Each wind section contains four parts (I-II-III-IV)

Full Score
C Treble Clef

  • Flute
  • Oboe

B-flat Treble Clef

  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet
  • B-flat Bass Clarinet
  • B-flat Trumpet

E-flat Treble Clef

  • E-flat Alto Saxophone
  • E-flat Baritone Saxophone

F Treble Clef

  • F Horn

C Bass Clef

  • Bassoon
  • Low Brass

Percussion

  • Timpani
  • Mallets, including:
    • Marimba
    • Xylophone
  • Percussion I-II, including:
    • Bass Drum
    • Cabasa
    • Castanets
    • Suspended Cymbal
    • Tambourine
    • Tom-tom (4)
    • Triangle


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Belle is about a man who goes away to Texas only to receive word of his sweetheart's illness, forcing him to return to Louisiana. Finding her unconscious upon his return, he pawns his horse to try to save her, to no avail.

The folk melody is sometimes varied rhythmically, texturally, and coloristically, and an original melody is added for variety.

- Program Note by composer


Media

(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • Lubbock (Tx.) Christian University Wind Ensemble (Jackie Townsend, conductor) - 6 April 202
  • Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Campus Band (Brent Echols, conductor) - 9 March 2021
  • University of Texas Arlington Symphonic Band (Christopher Evans, conductor) - 10 December 2020
  • Pittsburg (Kan.) State University Wind Ensemble - 24 September 2020


Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music


All Wind Works


Resources