Chaconne

Larry Daehn

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General Info

Year: 1998
Duration: c. 4:17
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This beautifully slow and melodic piece consists of eleven variations built on two eight measure themes. Like many of Mr. Daehn's other pieces for young bands, the technical and range challenges have been eliminated so musicians can concentrate on the musical aspects of creating beautiful sounds. This is truly music meant for the heart.

- Program Note from publisher

Chaconne is a set of eleven variations in F Major, based on two eight measure themes The main theme, played the clarinets, low woodwinds and low bass, appears in the opening eight measures.

Chaconne was commissioned by the Antoinette Reading Junior High Honors Band arid premiered in May 2011 with Kevin Cranston conducting the ARJH Honors Band.

- Program Note by the Antoinette Reading Junior High School Band concert program, 17 December 2014

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Kansas: III

Performances

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Antoinette Reading Junior High School (Richmond, Tx.) Honors Band (Kevin Cranston, conductor) – 17 December 2014 (2014 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)

All Wind Works

633 Squadron (as arranger) (1964/2003)
Adagio Cantabile (as arranger) (1798/2009)
Adagio for Winds (2004)
Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3 (as arranger) (1721/1980)
Aria (as arranger)
As Summer Was Just Beginning (1994)
British Isles Suite (1999)
Chaconne (2011)
Chaconne and Festive Aria (as arranger)
Chaconne in D Minor (as arranger)
Chorale and Fugue in F Major (as arranger)
Christmas Day (as arranger)
Concerto for Prince Johann (as arranger) (c. 1713 / 2011)
Country Wildflowers (1998)
Die Meistersinger Themes (as arranger) (18684/2009)
Highland Echoes (1995)
Fa Una Canzona (as arranger) (c. 1590/1990)
Farewell, Dear Voyager (2000)
Fugue in B-flat Major (as arranger) (1722/1988)
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (as transcriber) (1905-12/1987)
Irish Trilogy (as arranger) (1961/2003)
Nottingham Castle (1997)
Old Irish Tune (2002)
Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (as arranger)
Pioneer Songs (2003)
Remembrance (2014)
Romany Life (as arranger)
The Running Set (as arranger) (1933/2007)
Sarabande (as arranger) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
Song for Friends, A (1997)
A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)
Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (as arranger) (1893/2007)
Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (as arranger) (1957/1989)
Tchaikovskyana (as arranger) (1979/2015)
Themes from "Green Bushes" (as arranger) (1906/1987)
Trieste Overture (as arranger) (2006)
Walking Tune (as arranger) (1900/1940/1988)
West Point Bicentennial March (2002)
Where Eagles Dare (as arranger) (1968/2011)
While I Watch the Yellow Wheat (2002)
With Quiet Courage (1995)

Resources

Daehn, L. (2011). Chaconne [score]. Daehn Publications: new Glarus, Wisc.
Lopez, John. "Chaconne." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 133-239. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.