Danse Folâtre

Claude T. Smith

Claude T. Smith

The title translates from the French as Exuberant Dance.

General Info

Year: 1987 / 1991 / 2012
Duration: c. 9:15
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Claude T. Smith Publications, Inc., through Wingert-Jones Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $130.00   |   Score Only - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Cello
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Cabasa
• Castanets
• Chimes
• Claves
• Cowbell
• Crash Cymbals
• Crotales
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Tam-tam
• Temple Blocks
• Triangle
• Tubo
• Vibraphone
• Wood Block
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Danse Folâtre was commissioned by the United States Air Force Band following the success of Festival Variations (1982). It was premiered in December 1986 at the Midwest Clinic, conducted by Lieutenant Colonel James M. Bankhead. An English translation of the title is “dance exuberant”, and it was tailored for the excellent musicianship and talents of the U.S. Air Force Band, including high-pitched, fanfare brass, detailed and high-tempo passages, and complex rhythms.

A major virtuoso effort to display the exceptional capabilities of each section of the band, Danse Folâtre remains a crown jewel in the concert band repertoire and a tour de force among Smith’s compositions. The vivace finale is as thrilling as any ever written.

- Program Note from Tokyo Geidai Wind Orchestra concert program, 17 December 2016

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: Tokyo Geidai Wind Orchestra (Masahiro Yamamoto, conductor) – 2015
• Audio CD: Naniwa Orchestral Winds (Shigenori Nakagawa, conductor) – 2012
• Audio CD: United States Air Force Band – 2011

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
• North Carolina: VI
• South Carolina: VI
• Tennessee: VI
• Virginia: VI

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Wind Ensemble (Scott Hagen) – 24 September 2019
• University of North Texas (Denton) Symphonic Band (Dennis W. Fisher, conductor) – 26 April 2018
• Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa) Wind Ensemble (Craig A. Hancock, conductor) – 3 February 2018
• Tokyo (Japan) Geidai Wind Orchestra (Masaharu Yamamoto, conductor) – 17 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic)
• United States Army Band (Ft. Myer, Va.) (Richard K. Henebry, conductor) – 16 June 2016
• Hong Kong Youth Windophilics – 2014
• Siena Wind Orchestra (Fukuyama, Japan) (Yutaka Sado, conductor) – 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Avondale Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1986/2020)
• Castlebrook Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1985/1996/2021)
• Declaration Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1976/2020)
• Dramatic Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1966/1994/2021)
• Emperata Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1964/1992/2020)
• Stone Mountain Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1984/2021)

All Wind Works

• Acclamation (1969)
• Across the Wide Missouri
• Affirmation and Credo
• Allegheny Portrait
• Allegro and Intermezzo
• America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/1983)
• American Folk Song Trilogy
• Anthem for Winds and Percussion (1978)
• Avondale Overture (1986)
• Avondale Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1986/2020)
• Bainbridge Fair
• The Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger) (1861/1982/1997)
• Beguine on a Brazilian Folk Song (1984/1998)
• Black Watch March
• Bombasto (as editor) (1895/1985/1998)
• Boys of the Old Brigade (as editor)
• Bulgarian Folk Dance (1983)
• Canticle: All Creatures of Our God and King
• Castlebrooke Overture (1985/1996)
• Castlebrook Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1985/1996/2021)
• Chorale and Allegro (1968/1996)
• Chorale and Fugato (1989)
• Chorale Prelude on a German Hymn Tune
• Chorale Prelude: All Things Bright and Beautiful (as arranger) (1848/1985)
• Chorale Prelude: For the Beauty of the Earth (as arranger) (1859/1984)
• Chorale Prelude: Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart
• Citation March (1959)
• Commemoration Fanfare and Chorale (1985)
• Concert Celebration
• Concert Dance and Intermezzo
• Concert Piece (1980/2020)
• Concert Suite for Low Brass (/ 2016)
• Concert Variations
• Credence
• Cresset Variations
• Dance Prelude
• Danse Folâtre (1991)
• Danza Sonora
• Declaration Overture (1976)
• Declaration Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1976/2020)
• Distant Trumpet, The
• Dramatic Prelude (1966/1994)
• Dramatic Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1966/1994/2021)
• Emperata Overture (1964/1992)
• Emperata Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1964/1992/2020)
• Eternal Father, Strong to Save (1860/1975)
• Fanfare, Ballad and Jubilee
• Fantasia for Alto Saxophone (1983)
• Fantasy for Trumpet (1967)
• Festival Variations (1982)
• Festive Proclamation
• Flight (1985)
• Flourish and Hymn of Praise (1981/1994)
• Gala XXV (1982/1991/2000)
• Galop Humoresque (1985)
• God of Our Fathers (as arranger) (1876/1974)
• Golden Regiment (1987)
• Greensleeves (1979)
• Harry S. Truman (1996)
• Honor Guard March (1959/2017)
• Horizons West
• Hymn to Saint Avold
• Incidental Suite (1966)
• Indiana State Band March (as editor) (1896/1986)
• Inscriptions for Band
• Intrada: Adoration and Praise
• Introduction and Caccia
• Introduction and Fugato (1979/1989)
• Invocation and Jubiloso
• Island Fiesta
• Joyance (1977)
• Jubilant Prelude
• Jubilee for Winds
• Jubilesta
• Jubilo, a Concert Overture
• Legacy for Band
• March on a Scottish Air
• March on an Irish Air (1978/1996)
• March Spiritoso
• Meramec Rhapsody (1986)
• Moresca (1980)
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel
• Overture for a Festival
• Overture for Winds and Percussion. See: Emperata Overture
• Overture on an Early American Folk Hymn
• Overture Romantique
• Oxford Point Overture
• Peter Schmoll (as arranger)
• Prelude and Toccata
• Prelude for Band (1972)
• Prelude Variations
• Raise Your Voice In Song
• Rejoice in Glorious Hope
• A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols (1987)
• Rondo for Trumpet
• Royal Lancer
• Santiago Carnival (1980)
• Serenade and Dance
• Shenandoah: A Sea Fantasy
• Silver Salutation
• Sonus Ventorum (1970)
• Spirit of Texas
• Star Song (1986/1996)
• Stone Mountain Overture (1984)
• Stone Mountain Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1984/2021)
• Suite for Solo Flute, Clarinet and Alto Saxophone (1987/2002)
• Summer in Rio (1981)
• Sunbird
• Symphonic March on an English Hymn Tune (1985/1994)
• Symphonic Prelude on "Adeste Fidelis" (1983)
• Symphonic Psalm (1979)
• Symphonic Variations on "In Dulci Jubilo"
• Symphonic Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1987)
• Symphony No. 1 for Band (1979)
• A Thousand Hills Overture (1980)
• Three Contrasts for Horn and Wind Ensemble (1977/1994)
• Variations on a Hymn by Louis Bourgeois (1984)
• Variations on a Revolutionary Hymn
• Variations on an English Folk Song (1981)
• Variations on an English Hymn
• The Water Is Wide
• Were You There When They Crucified My Lord (Four Symphonic Chorales)
• Windgate Festival
• Windstar
• World Freedom March
• Zia, Zia!

Resources

• Smith, C. (1991). Danse Folâtre [score]. Wingert-Jones Music: Kansas City, Mo.
• Walker, Joshua Daniel. Compositional Innovations in Claude T. Smith's Masterworks for the United States Air Force Band. 2020. University of Alabama, DMA dissertation.