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Danzas
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 11:15
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $225.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drum (regular and small)
- Bongos
- Brake Drum
- Claves
- Concert Tom
- Conga
- Cowbell
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Guataca
- Jam Block
- Kenare
- Kick Drum
- Maracas
- Rainstick
- Salsa Bell
- Shekere
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks
- Timbales
- Triangle (regular and small)
- Wind Chimes (metal and glass)
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Danzas takes a journey through the colorful and unique musical traditions in Cuban folklore. Heavily influenced by Afro-Cuban heritage and diaspora, this work sets to celebrate and honor its rich music history.
This collage of styles starts its tribute with a musical tradition that began in West Africa and migrated to Cuba, the bembé. The bembé is traditionally in 6/8 and was introduced to the world by the Yorubá people. This work quickly travels through other important folkloric fusions, such as the songo, a section inspired by colonial Cuba, and a dream-like son, or song.
This work is dedicated to my Cuban grandparents, Ireneo and Onelia Santos.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Texas (Austin) Wind Symphony (Drew Dickey, conductor) - 21 April 2023
- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Orchestra (Giovanni Santos, conductor) - 20 April 2022 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Aphelion (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bove) (2020/2021)
- El Zape (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- In Blue or Green (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Jesu dulcis memoria (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- La Moto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wacyk) (2021)
- Lamento Cubano (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wacyk) (2021)
- Lost in Tijuana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Mayagüez (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Rattlesnake Blues (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Ricochet (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Shifting Grounds (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Tumbao de Carlitos (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Zoom Stomp (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- The Annapolis Fanfare (2019)
- Aphelion (2020/2022)
- Aphelion (chamber) (2020)
- Aphelion (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bove) (2020/2021)
- Blue Dances (2018)
- BOOM! (2020)
- Chávez 1927 (2022)
- Danzas (2022)
- David's Big Green Caboose (2020)
- Dolores, AmeriCan (2023)
- El Zape. See: Three Latin American Dances
- Fanfarria (2018)
- I Dream Awake (2022)
- In Blue or Green (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- It is our light... (2019)
- Jesu dulcis memoria (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Joy Is a Bird
- Lost in Tijuana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Mayagüez (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Miniatures (2020)
- Passionately Curious (2019)
- Rattlesnake Blues (2020)
- Reunion (2020)
- Ricochet (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Shifting Grounds (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Three Latin American Dances (2020)
- Timba (2022)
- Voyages
- Zoom Stomp (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Resources
- "DANZAS for Wind Orchestra by Giovanni Santos (USA, 1980)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 20 February 2023). Accessed 21 February 2023
- Giovanni Santos website – Accessed 19 April 2022
- Perusal score