Debutante, The
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Subtitle: Caprice Brilliante
General Info
Year: 1912 / 1917
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: V (solo) / IV (ensemble) (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bovaco
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00; | Score Only (print) - $8.00
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Piano Score
Solo Cornet
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I and Soprano Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-III
E-flat Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
B-flat Tenor I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Drum and Bells
(Percussion detailed desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Clarke often composed the solo works he performed, tailoring each to showcase his virtuosity and tone. Clarke wrote The Debutante to perform with the Sousa Band on their 1913 national concert tour.
- Program Note from Marine Band concert program, 7 July 2016
A large part of the Gilmore and Sousa band tradition was the inclusion of virtuosic cornet
features on each concert. Clarke claimed to have given 7,000 of these solo performances in his
career. Not only did he perform these showpieces, but thanks to the encouragement of fellow
bandsman Arthur Pryor, he composed them.
Published in 1912, The Debutante was one of Clarke’s five most commonly performed solos. The piece is full of technical passages comprised of scales, arpeggios and multiple tonguing. Two lyrical themes are played freely, and call to mind polite society of the early twentieth century. The term “debutante” refers to a young aristocratic woman who has reached adulthood and is introduced to society through a formal debut. Coincidentally, female trumpet virtuoso Edna White recorded this piece as part of her first professional recording in 1920.
- Program Note by Anne Kovarik McNamara
Media
- Audio CD: Royal Nowegian Navy Band (Ole Edvard Antonsen, cornet) - 2010
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Michelle A. Rakers, conductor; Robert Bonner, cornet) – 7 July 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bride of the Waves (arr. Appler) (1915/2013)
- Carnival of Venice (as arranger) (1950)
- Carnival of Venice (as arranger; adapt. Kellner) (1950)
- Colonel Gross March (1903)
- Cousins (arr. Cramer) (1912)
- The Debutante (1912/1917)
- Fraternity Overture (1935)
- From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific (1912)
- Il Guarany Overture (as arranger) (1870/1904)
- Nearer My God to Thee (as arranger) (1856)
- New England's Finest March (1902)
- Pacific Southwest Exhibition (1929)
- Side Partners (arr. Marlatt) (1912/2010)
- The Southern Cross (1911)
- Stars in a Velvety Sky (1919)
- The Three Aces (1919/1936)
- Twilight Dreams (1915)