Danzón (arr Krance)

Leonard Bernstein

Subtitle: Third Sailor's Dance from the Ballet Fancy Free

General Info

Year: 1944 / 1963
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty:(see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Harms
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

Instrumentation

Full Score
Condensed 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
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Maracas
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Fancy Free is a ballet by Jerome Robbins, made on Ballet Theatre, to a score by Leonard Bernstein. The premiere took place on Tuesday, April 18th, 1944, at the old Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

The scene is a bar and the outside sidewalk in New York City, in wartime. Three sailors on liberty boisterously arrive, have a drink (two of their number conning the third into paying), and head outside looking for female companionship. A beautiful girl passes by and the three sailors vie for her attention. She demurs and escapes, pursued by two of the sailors. The third, having been left in the dust, encounters another beautiful passer-by, and invites her to have a drink with him. He impresses her with a pantomime of his military exploits, and they dance a passionate pas-de-deux.

The other two sailors arrive with the first girl, who recognizes the second girl as a friend. The sailors realize their predicament: Three men, but only two girls. The couples dance and change partners, with one always left dancing alone. Finally, it is decided that the three sailors will hold a contest, and the loser will go dateless. Each sailor performs a solo variation (a galop, a waltz, and a danzón), but they're so equally matched that the girls can't decide, and the boys come to blows. In the midst of the fistfight, the girls flee in terror. Seeing their dates vanish, the sailors pick themselves up, have another drink (again, the first two conning the third into paying) and head outside again. Another beautiful girl passes by, and the three sailors take off in hot pursuit.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio CD: United States Navy Band (George N. Thompson, conductor) – 2011
Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporon, conductor) – 2014

State Ratings

Iowa: V
Louisiana: VI

Performances

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South Dakota State University (Brookings) Wind Symphony (Kevin Kessler, conductor) - 2 April 2023
University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) Concert Band (Travis Higa, conductor) - 7 March 2022
University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Symphonic Band (Eric LaPrade) - 1 March 2022
Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band (David Thornton, conductor) – 23 April 2019
Skidmore Community Concert Band (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Milton Lee, conductor) – 7 April 2019
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Symphony Band (Erin Colleen Cooper, conductor) – 5 December 2018
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday, conductor) – 5 November 2018
Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Wind Ensemble (John Stanley Ross, conductor) – 23 April 2018
Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Wind Ensemble (Steven M. Knight, conductor) – 19 April 2018
University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Hannah Rudy, conductor) – 18 April 2018
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Symphonic Band (Jamal Duncan. conductor) – 5 March 2018
Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Gregory Drane, conductor) – 1 March 2018
Boston (Mass.) University Wind Ensemble (David Martins, conductor) – 13 February 2018
Middlesex Concert Band (Wakefield, Mass.) (Mark Olson, conductor) – 10 June 2017
University of Missouri (Columbia) Symphonic Band (Erin Colleen Cooper, conductor) – 13 October 2016
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Summer Band (Stephen Peterson, conductor) – 23 June 2016
University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Ryan Kelly, conductor) – 4 May 2016
Austin (Texas) Civic Wind Ensemble (Robert Laguna, conductor) – 9 November 2014
Sierra Nevada Wind (Yuba City, Calif.) (Robert Halseth, conductor) – 4 May 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Cool (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1957/2018)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1957/2015)

All Wind Works

Almighty Father (arr. Hunsberger) (1971/1974)
America (arr. Vinson) (1963/2018)
America from "West Side Story" (arr. Brown)
A Bernstein Tribute (adapt. Grundman) (1991)
Candide Suite (arr. Grundman) (1956/1993)
Cool (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1957/2018)
Dance Suite (1990)
Danzón (arr. Bocook) (1944/1990)
Danzón (arr. Krance) (1944)
Divertimento (arr. Grundman) (1980/1984)
- BSO Forever, The
Fanfare for the 25th Anniversary of the High School of the Arts (orch. Ramin)
Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (orch. Ramin) (1961/1995)
Fanfare from "Dance Suite"
Four Dances from "West Side Story" (tr. Polster) (1957/1980)
Gee, Officer Krupke (arr. Murtha) (1957/2015)
Glitter and Be Gay (arr. Frenkel) (1956/)
Glitter and be Gay from "Candide" (tr. Davis)
Highlights from "West Side Story" (arr. Ingram) (1963)
I Hate Music! (arr. Nowlin) (1943/)
Make Our Garden Grow (arr. Kreines) (1956/2017)
Make Our Garden Grow (arr. John Gibson) (1956/)
Mambo from "West Side Story" (arr. Sweeney) (1957/2013?)
Maria (arr. Murtha) (1957/2003)
Maria from "West Side Story" (arr. McCoy) (1957)
Meditation No. 2 (arr. Hunsberger) (1971/1973)
A Musical Toast (tr. Grundman) (1982)
Overture to "Candide" (trans. Beeler)
Overture to "Candide" (tr. Grundman) (1955/1986)
Overture to "Candide" (arr. Howell) (1955/2020)
Overture to "Candide" (tr. Hunsberger) (1955/)
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (1974/1991)
Presto Barbaro from "On the Waterfront" (arr. Erickson)
Prologue from "West Side Story" (arr. Gilmore) (1962)
Selections from "Wonderful Town" (arr. Saurer) (1953)
Shivaree (1970)
A Simple Song (arr. Sweeney) (1971/2010)
Slava! (tr. Grundman) (1977)
Slava! (arr. Linden) (1977/2011)
Slava! (tr. Longfield) (1977/)
Somewhere (arr. Brown) (1957/2012)
Somewhere from "West Side Story" (arr. Bocook)
Suite from "MASS" (arr. Sweeney) (1971/2009 )
Suite from "On the Town" (arr. Higgins) (1944)
Suite from "West Side Story" (arr. Davis)
Symphonic Dance Music from "West Side Story" (arr. Polster) (1980)
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (arr. Leon) (1967/2007)
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (tr. Lavender) (1967/2008)
Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" (arr. Bocook) (1954/2011)
Symphony No. 1 (tr. Bencriscutto) (1942/1952)
- Profanation from "Symphony No. 1"
- Lamentation from "Symphony No. 1"
Three Dance Episodes from "On The Town" (arr. Lavender) (1944/2016)
Three Dance Episodes from "On The Town" (tr. Stith) (1944/1972)
West Side Story: Highlights (tr. Ingram)
West Side Story: Medley (arr. Bocook) (1957/1991)
West Side Story: Selection (arr. Duthoit) (1957/1959)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1957/2015)
West Side Story (arr. Norris)
A White House Cantata (tr. Nowlin) (1997/)
Wrong Note Rag (arr. Ricketts) (1953/2005)

Resources

Bernsten, L.; Krance, J. (1950). Danzón: Third Sailor's Dance from the Ballet Fancy Free [score]. Harms: [s.l.]
Fancy Free (Ballet), Wikipedia
Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 38. Print.