Danza Sinfonica

James Barnes

James Barnes

Subtitle: For Symphonic Band, Opus 117

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 11:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
Eb Alto Sax I-II
Bb Tenor Sax
Eb Baritone Sax
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Trombone IV (Bass)
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Bass Drum
• Castanets
• Chimes
• Cymbal (crash, suspended and finger)
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Tambourine
• Tam-Tam
• Triangle
• Tubular Bells
• Vibraphone
• Whip
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Music in the Spanish Style composed by non-Spaniards is certainly nothing new. One need only consider orchestral works such as Emmanuel Chabrier's España Rhapsody, Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore, Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol, Jules Massenet's Le Cid, Richard Strauss' Don Quixote, Claude Debussy's Iberia and Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole to grasp the fact that music written in the distinctive Spanish idiom has truly become an international affair in the past 150 years or so. Major works such as Roger Nixon's Fiesta del Pacifico and Clifton Williams's Symphony No. 3 have made music with a Spanish color a significant part of the rapidly expanding repertoire of the wind band. James Barnes' Danza Sinfonica continues this tradition.

The first fifty measures encapsulate the thematic material employed in Danza Sinfonica. After opening with solo marimba and bassoon, brief flurries introduce the principal motive of the piece, before the timpani fades into silence. An abrupt fanfare by the full band introduces the other principal theme of the work. The remainder of Danza Sinfonica is cast in a broad three-part format. To some extent the piece is rhapsodic and partially a series of variations, but all of it is dance music. Danza Sinfonica is permeated with colorful solistic passages, brilliant outbursts by the full band, surprise modulations and splashes of pure instrumental color, as the music transports the listener on a brief journey to the Iberian peninsula for a taste of classic Spanish flamenco.

Danza Sinfonica was commissioned by the Auburn University Symphonic Band. It was premiered on April 17, 2004, in Auburn, Alabama, with Dr. Johnnie Vinson conducting. The Osaka Municipal Band premiered the work in Japan in June 2004.

- Program Note from Rundel Music Publications

Media

• Audio: recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Fox Valley Concert Band (St. Charles, Ill.) (Colin Holman, conductor) – 5 May 2019
• Heart of Texas Concert Band (San Antonio) (Mike Olson, conductor) - 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
• Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

All Wind Works

• All Pleasant Things... (1998)
• Alpine Holiday (2014)
• Alvamar Overture (1981)
• Appalachian Overture (1983)
• Arioso and Presto (2001)
• Autumn Soliloquy (1987)
• Bayerisches Osterfest (2014)
• Beautiful Oregon (2007)
• Breckenridge (1989)
• Brookshire Suite (1980)
• Burnished Brass (2020)
• Caribbean Hideaway (1997)
• Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
• Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
• Century Tower (1984)
• Chorale and Jubiloso (1998)
• Chorale Prelude on a German Folk Tune (1986)
• Citadel (2015)
• Concerto for Euphonium (2011)
• Concerto for Tuba (tr. Rogers) (1996)
• Credo (2016)
• Crossgate (1984)
• Dance Variants (2017)
• Danza Sinfonica (2005)
• Desperate Pursuit (2010/2012)
• Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
• Dramatic Overture (2021)
• Dream Journey (1997)
• Eagle Bend (2000)
• Eaglecrest (1984)
• Eighth Symphony (2017)
• Eisenhower Centennial (1992)
• Escenas de los Aztecas (2012)
• Fanfare and Capriccio (2001)
• Fanfare and Processional (2018)
• Fanfares and Alleluias (1996)
• Fantasy Variations (1988)
• Festival Concert March (1982)
• Fifth Symphony (2003)
• First Symphony. See: Symphony
• Fourth Symphony (ed. Rogers) (1999/2001)
• Foxfire (2001)
• Golden Festival Overture (1997)
• Goldene Kameraden (2014)
• Heatherwood Portrait (1983)
• High Plains Overture (1991)
• Hobart Centennial March (2002)
• Home on the Range (as arranger; harm. Ralston) (1873/1992)
• Hope Arises
• Hunter Park (1974)
• Impressions of Japan (1994)
• Inspiration Point (1997)
• Inventions on Marching Songs (1996)
• Invocation and Toccata (1982)
• Jubilation Overture (2005)
• Legend (1992)
• A Leroy Anderson Portrait (as arranger) (1982)
• A Light in the Wilderness (1995)
• The Lightning Brigade (2018)
• Lonely Beach (1993)
• The Long Gray Line (1988)
• Lyric Interlude (1980)
• Majestic (2023)
• Malagueña (as arranger) (1928/2016)
• Maracas from Caracas (2002)
• Meditation (2017)
• My Old Kentucky Home (as arranger) (1853/1997)
• Ninth Symphony (2019)
• Nulli Secundus (1999)
• The Old Guard (1994)
• Pagan Dances (1996)
• The Perishing Rifles (1997)
• Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
• Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
• Prairie Winds Festival (2016)
• A Prayer for Higashi Nihon (2011)
• Quest (2016)
• Rapscallion (1976)
• Rhapsodic Essay (1999)
• Ritmico (2018)
• Riverfest (1985)
• Romanza (1989)
• Scarlet and Silver Jubilee (2007/2009)
• Second Symphony (2000)
• Seventh Symphony. See: Symphonic Requiem
• The Silver Gazebo (1996)
• Sixth Symphony (2006)
• A Solemn Prelude (2003)
• Sorcery Suite (2002)
• Spitfire Overture (1991)
• Sterling Brass (1981/1998)
• Stone Meadows (1987)
• Sunflower Saga (1994)
• Symphonic Essay (2012)
• Symphonic Overture (1991)
• Symphonic Requiem (2015)
• Symphony (1974-75)
• Symphony No. 1. See: Symphony
• Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony
• Symphony No. 3. See: Third Symphony
• Symphony No. 4. See: Fourth Symphony
• Symphony No. 5. See: Fifth Symphony
• Symphony No. 6. See: Sixth Symphony
• Symphony No. 7. See: Symphonic Requiem
• Symphony No. 8. See: Eighth Symphony
• Symphony No. 9. See: Ninth Symphony
• Tchaikovsky Suite (as arranger) (1878/2004)
• The Texans (1986)
• Third Symphony (1997)
• Threnody (2015)
• Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
  • Fanfare for West Point
• Toccata Fantastica (2001)
• Torch Dance (1985)
• Trail of Tears (1989)
• Trailridge Saga (1988)
• Tribute (2011)
• Twin Oaks (2000)
• Variants on a Moravian Hymn (1993)
• A Very American Overture (1996)
• Visions Macabres (1978/1984/2006)
• We the People (1990)
• Westport Overture (1988)
• Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
• Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
• The Whistler and His Dog (as arranger) (1905/2005)
• The Wild Blue Yonder (2008)
• Wildwood Overture (2003)
• The Wizard of Oz (as arranger) (1939/1995)
• Yama Midori (2003)
• Yorkshire Ballad (1985)
• Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

Resources

• "Danza Sinfonica." Rundel Music Publications
• Wurster, Miles. In-Depth Analysis and Program Notes for a Selection of Wind Band Music. 2013. Minnesota State University - Mankato, MM thesis.