Commemoration Overture

From Wind Repertory Project
Elliot Del Borgo

Elliot Del Borgo


General Info

Year: 1976
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $14.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Claves
  • Cowbell
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Gong
  • Maracas
  • Marimba
  • Orchestra Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Temple Blocks (5)
  • Tom Toms (4)
  • Triangles (2)
  • Wood Block


Errata

  • Percussion I. m.205–206: Tom tom notes should be printed on the lower staff.


Program Notes

Commemoration Overture was written to mark the 50th anniversary of the United States Navy Band. The piece received its premiere performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D. C. on March 4, 1975, with Lieutenant Commander Ned Muffley conducting. The work is dedicated "to the United States Navy Band, LCDR Ned Muffley, Director."

- Program Note from publisher


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State Ratings

  • Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
  • Kansas: V
  • Michigan: Senior High AA
  • Virginia: V


Performances

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  • Chesterton (Ind.) High School Wind Ensemble (Michael Scheiber, conductor) - 5 May 2018
  • Florida A&M University (Tallahassee) Symphonic Band – 1983 (CBDNA, Atlanta)
  • United States Navy Band (Washington, D.C.) (Ned Muffley, conductor) - 4 March 1975 *Premiere Performance*


Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music


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Resources

  • Del Borgo, E. (1976). Commemoration Overture [score]. Shawnee Press: Delaware Water Gap. Penn.