Dance Poem
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: RBC Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II
- Horn in F I-II
- Trombone I-II
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Peruccion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Bell Tree
- *Bongo
- *Chromatic Pitch Pipe
- *Crash Cymbal
- *Glockenspiel
- *Hi-hat
- *Marimba
- *Metal Bowl (placed on Timpani)
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Temple Blocks
- *Triangle
- *Vibraphone
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Dance Poem was commissioned by and is dedicated to the Doerre Intermediate School Honor Band. The piece is in two contrasting sections. It starts with textures that are representative of a line from the Book of Job; " ...and all the morning stars sang together" The overall moods are gentle, reflective arid celestial throughout. The first trumpets enter from off stage, one stage left playing "open" and one stage right playing "muted. The melodic materials come from a Lutheran hymn. Lutherans founded the community of Klein and the directors at Doerre wanted a musical connection to the past. The improvisational section (trumpet 2, horns, trombone, euphonium and tuba) should remain within texture and not increase in tempo. The second section "…and all the sons of God shouted for joy," "another line from the Book of Job, is very rhythmical. The bass line gives a feeling of continuously moving forward, while the upper voices interject snippets of melodic material. The excitement builds through a continuous altering of the meter from 4/4 to 7/8. Dance Poem ends with a musical "shout for joy".
- Program Note from Doerre Intermediate School Honor Band concert program, 20 December 2006
Media
- Audio CD: Doerre Intermediate School Honor Band (Susan Scarborough, conductor) - 2006
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Doerre Intermediate School (Klein, Tx.) Honor Band (Susan Scarborough, conductor) – 20 December 2006 (2006 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Alchemist (2022)
- Aluxes
- American Songs
- and fragments of a dream... (2010)
- Ballade for Horn and Band (2010)
- Canciones y Sones de Mexico (2008)
- Chateau Le Bombadier Marche
- Christmas in The Netherlands (1999)
- Dance Poem (2006)
- David's Lyre
- Dia de los Muertos (2001)
- …dim points of lights…
- Down Longford Way & Shenandoah (as transcriber) (1990)
- Shenandoah (as arranger) (1907/1990)
- Elegy: Sixteen Minutes from Home (2005)
- Enigmatic Variations (2002)
- Experience the Adventure (2007)
- Fanfare for a Great Hall (2010)
- Fanfare, Elegy and Dance
- Four Dutch Hymns (1991)
- The Garden of Earthly Delights (2006)
- Hanszen Parish Overture
- The Hanukkah Gift (1999)
- Hebrew Folk Song Suite
- Hebrew Folk Song Suite No. 2 (2005)
- Hebrew Folk Song Suite No. 3 (2003)
- Hebrew Rhapsody (2003)
- Holliday Festival Overture (2002)
- Huapango! (as transcriber) (1941/1986)
- In Memory of a Summer Day
- In the Land of Green Lightning (2010)
- Introduction and Allegro (2015)
- A Lark's Song in the Clear Air (2012)
- March 104 (1998)
- Masada (2007)
- The Midnight Culmination of Sirius
- Prelude and Dance (2000)
- Prelude from "49th Parallel" (as transcriber) (1941/1960/1987/2002)
- The Rabbit and the Coyote (2005)
- Scotch Strathspey and Reel (as arranger) (1901-11/1982)
- Shenandoah. See: Down Longford Way & Shenandoah
- Symphony for Winds and Percussion (1997)
- Tower of The Winds (2009)
- Tuqa Gloria Emmeles
- West Point Songs (1981)
- The Widow's Party (as arranger) (1923/1929/2009)
Resources
- Leroy Osmon website Accessed 12 January 2022