Canto
This work bears the designation Opus 61.
General Info
Year: 1977
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $8.75
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Timpani
- Triangle
- Wood Blocks
Players clapping
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Canto was commissioned by and dedicated to the All-Japan Band Association on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. It was commissioned for the national contest as a required work for the Japanese junior high school bands.
The composition is loosely based on the melody Sakura, which is well known to all Japanese children. The hand-clapping part by different sections is vital to the rhythmic movement of the piece and also much fun for the participants.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
- Arkansas: I
- California: C
- Georgia: II
- Iowa: II
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
- Kansas: III
- Louisiana: I
- Michigan: Senior High D
- Minnesota: III
- New York: Concert Band III
- North Carolina: III
- South Carolina: II
- Tennessee: III. Complete
- Virginia: III
Performances
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- Shawnee High School (Lima, Ohio) Concert Band (Brooke Butler, conductor) - 3 March 2023
- Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Suena Santander (Bucaramanga, Colombia) (Rubén Darío Gómez, conductor) - 15 May 2022
- Avon Lake (Ohio) High School Concert Band (Joshua Brunger, conductor) – 3 March 2022
- University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) Concert Band C (Travis Higa, conductor) - 19 April 2021
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Maroon Campus Band (David Roush, conductor) – 5 March 2020
- Clovis (Calif.) West High School Symphonic Winds (Joey Neuenschwander, conductor) -15 March 2019 (2019 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Cleveland State University (Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Birch Browning, conductor) – 21 February 2019
- Clarence (N.Y.) High School Concert Band (Andrea Runfola , conductor) – 7 February 2019
- University of Louisville Concert Band (Adam Thomas, graduate conductor) - 10 April 2018
- Edison High School (Fresno, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Robert Madrid, conductor) - 25 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Netanya Wind Orchestra (Israel) (Motti Miron, conductor) - July 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
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- Battaglia (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1967/2021)
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- Canticle (1969)
- Cantique and Faranade (1967)
- Canto (1977)
- Capriccio Concertant (1976)
- Cavata (1959/1981)
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- Chase (2006)
- The Coventry (2003)
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- Intermezzo from "Manon Lescaut" (as arranger) (1893/1984)
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- Praises (1984)
- Reflections Past (1965)
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- Scaramouche (2002)
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- Second Suite for Band (1961)
- The Seventh Seal (1972)
- Third Movement from "Symphony No. 2" (Hanson) (as arranger) (1930/1983)
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Resources
- McBeth, W. (1978). Canto: For Symphonic Band [score]. Southern Music Co.: San Antonio, Tex.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 415.