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Czech Suite
Contents
General Info
Year: 1972
Duration: c. 6:00
Movements: Three
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alliance Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only: $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Czech Suite opens with a folksong, which, while secular in nature, has the character of a church anthem. The text is "May God love and keep us in good health and happiness."
Movement Two makes use of two more Czech folksongs. The first one in a minor key, introduced by the solo flute, is a love song in which a young girl asks, "Whose are the horses grazing in our meadow?" and then answers herself, "If they belong to my beloved, I shall let them be." The second tune is a very popular one about the postman announcing his arrival with the sound of his horn as he comes bringing mail to the village residents with his horse-drawn carriage. It is played twice in a major key creating a contrasting element to the minor first tune.
Movement Three is based on a children's song in which "the little drummer boy calls other boys to play."
Czech Suite was composed in 1972 for, and is dedicated to, W. W. Chunn and the Malan Junior High School Band in Harrisburg, Illinois.
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Andante and Toccata (1966)
- Antiphonale (1972)
- Ballad (1976)
- Chorale (1965)
- Chorale and Allegro (ed. Richardson)
- Christmas in Poland (1983/2010)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Band
- Concerto Grosso for Tubas and Band (1981)
- Corsican Litany (1976)
- Czech Suite
- Dance of the Dead Souls (1975)
- Estampie (1966)
- Festivo
- Praise to the Lord
- Prelude and Chorale
- Prelude and Fugue (1966)
- Procession to the End of Time
- Songs of Praise (1983/1997)
- Suite from Bohemia (1969)
- Symphonic Movement (1966)
- Sinfonia Resurrectionis (1981)
- Three Revolutionary Marches
- Trio for Brass (1965)
- Trittico (1963)
- Variants on a Czech Love Song
Additional Resources
- Dunker, Amy. Analysis of Czech Suite
