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Danza Sinfonica
Subtitle: For Symphonic Band, Opus 117
Contents
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
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra Alto Clarinet
Bb Contra Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Sax I-II
Bb Tenor Sax
Eb Baritone Sax
Bb 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
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
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
- All Pleasant Things (1998)
- Appalachian Overture (1983)
- Arioso and Presto
- Autumn Soliloquy (1987)
- Breckenridge
- Brookshire Suite (1980)
- Caribbean Hideaway
- Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
- Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
- Century Tower
- Citadel (2015)
- Credo (2016)
- Crossgate
- Danza Sinfonica
- Desperate Pursuit (2012)
- Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
- Dream Journey
- Eagle Bend
- Eagle Crest
- Eisenhower Centennial
- Fanfare and Capriccio
- Fanfare for West Point
- Fanfares and Alleluias
- Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Nicolo Paganini (1988)
- Festival Concert March
- Foxfire
- Golden Festival Overture
- Heatherwood Portrait
- High Plains Overture
- Hobart Centennial March
- Hunter Park
- Impressions of Japan (1994)
- Inspiration Point
- Inventions on Marching Songs
- Invocation and Toccata
- Jubilation Overture
- Legend
- Leroy Anderson Portrait, A (as arranger)
- Light in the Wilderness, A
- Lonely Beach (1993)
- Long Gray Line (1988)
- Lyric Interlude (1980)
- Maracas from Caracas
- Meditation (2017)
- Nulli Secundus
- Old Guard, The
- Pagan Dances (1996)
- Pershing Rifles, The
- Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
- Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
- Quest (2016)
- Rapscallion
- Rhapsodic Essay
- Riverfest
- Romanza
- Silver Gazebo, The
- Solemn Prelude, A
- Sorcery Suite (2002)
- Spitfire Overture (1991)
- Stone Meadows
- Sunflower Saga
- Symphonic Overture (1991)
- Symphonic Requiem (2015)
- Symphony No. 2
- Symphony No. 3 (1997)
- Symphony No. 4
- Symphony No. 5 (2000)
- Symphony No. 9 (2018)
- Tchaikovsky Suite
- Texans, The (1986)
- Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
- Toccata Fantastica
- Torch Dance
- Trail of Tears (1989)
- Trailridge Saga
- Tribute (Barnes) (2011)
- Tuba Concerto
- Twin Oaks
- Variants on a Moravian Hymn
- Very American Overture, A
- Visions Macabres (1984/2006)
- We the People
- Westport Overture
- Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
- Wild Blue Yonder, The (2008)
- Yama Midori
- Yorkshire Ballad (1985)
