Codebreakers, The
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $59.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
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
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Music can at times feel as if it is a secret code. Cracking the code, be it notation on a page or a new set of vocabulary words, is cause for celebration, and The Codebreakers is a joyous look at music as a shared language.
Scored generously to accommodate young bands both large and small, this concert work presents distinct melodies both independently and stacked on top of one another, meant to interlock like a solved puzzle. The Codebreakers serves as a teaching opportunity to discuss melodies and countermelodies; interpreting the same material in different styles; and listening across the band for shared lines. Every section gets a chance to be featured.
- Program Note from publisher
Commercial Discography
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Tiptoe Forest (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- 5000 Austin Creek Road (2013)
- Aileron Lullaby (2016/2019)
- The Codebreakers (2019)
- Flight of the Dragon (2017)
- Information Echo (2018/2020)
- May Rose March (2016)
- Strong to Save (2014)
- Tiptoe Forest (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- To Be a Wolf... (2019)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 277.
- Mollie Budiansky website
- Perusal score