Dymaxion
General Info
Year: 2021
Duration: c. 1:50
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Brake Drum (optional)
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Wood Block (small)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The renowned architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller coined the term "dymaxion" as a combination of Dynamic – Maximum – Tension. He created numerous inventions that expressed this idea, including a highly streamlined automobile that was fancied by the like of Leopold Stokowski and Amelia Earhart.
This short fanfare for concert band utilizes a continually rising scalar motive (not unlike the Shepherd Tone), an oppressive percussion ostinato, and several interlocking polyrhythms to create a continuous crescendo to the final cadence.
This work was commissioned by the Waukee middle School Band, Waukee, Iowa, and dedicated to Mary Crandell, 2022-23 president, Iowa Bandmasters Association.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Waukee (Iowa) Middle School 7th Grade Band (Mary Crandell, conductor) – 4 April 2022 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Lookfar (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- March Tumbao (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Menlo Park, 1879 (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Zephyrus (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
All Wind Works
- All Dark Is Now No More (2014)
- Auto '66 (2011)
- Big Four on the River (2014)
- Bright Window (2005)
- Codex Gigas. See: Symphony No. 1
- Dymaxion (2021)
- Flying Jewels (2021)
- From the Shaken Tower: Symphony for Percussion and Winds (2014)
- Ghosts of the Old Year (2016)
- Heartland Verses (2019)
- I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (2017)
- Lookfar (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- March Tumbao (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Menlo Park, 1879 (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Message from Arecibo (2023)
- Octarine Spark (2009)
- Pavillons en L'Air (2009)
- Sinfonietta No 1 (2004)
- Sinfonietta No 3: "Strange and Mysterious Waters" (2010)
- Swing Landscape (2018)
- Symphony No. 1 (2020)
- Tesseract (2023)
- Troublesome Fire (2022)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (2013)
- Urban Light (2021)
- With Soul Serene (2019)
- Zephyrus (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
Resources
- Perusal score
- James M. David website Accessed 29 April 2023