Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik

Adam Gorb

General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G and M Brand
Cost: Score & Parts - $85.00 | Score Only - $12.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum (with pedal)
Cymbals
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Triangle
Woodblock
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusic is a synthesis of Scott Joplin ragtime and Jewish folk song. The effect is haunting and evocative of 1930's Berlin.

- Program Note from score

Gorb composed a series of short works which feature varying musical elements in creatively accessible ways. This notion was first presented in his 2003 composition, Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik. This work demonstrates a brilliant synthesis of ragtime (particularly that of Scott Joplin) with Jewish folk music (Klezmer), reminiscent of 1930s Berlin. He followed this piece with others in a similar vein: A Little Tango Music (2007), A Little Salsa Music (2008), and Eine Kleine Walzermusik (2009).

- Program Note by Tiffany Engle for Calvin University Wind Ensemble concert program, 1 May 2021

Media

Audio: MP3 at G and M Brand - British Music Publishers
Audio CD: North Hardin Wind Symphony (Charles Campbell, conductor) - 2004

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Bishop Carroll High School (Calgary, Alta., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Chris Herard, conductor) - 23 June 2021
Calvin University (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Wind Ensemble (Tiffany Engle, conductor) - 1 May 2021
Marywood University (Scranton, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (F. David Romines, conductor) - 10 November 2019
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Summer Band (Jeananne Nichols, conductor) - 19 July 2018
Gold Coast Wind Ensemble (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (Michael Doty, conductor) - 10 Jun 2018
University of British Columbia (Vancouver) Concert Winds (Robert Taylor, conductor) – 10 November 2016
Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 23 April 2015
Marquette University Symphonic Band (Jason S. Ladd, conductor) 12 April 2015
Buchholz High School (Gainesville, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Bruce Amman, conductor) - 6 March 2014 (ABA 2014 Annual Convention (Montgomery, Alabama))
Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 24 April 2008
North Hardin Wind Symphony (Radcliff, Ky.) (Charles Campbell, conductor) – 15 December 2004 (2004 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

A Little Tango Music (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)

All Wind Works

Adrenaline City (2006)
African Samba (2006)
Ascent (1996/2004)
Awayday (1996)
Awayday (arr. Wintringham) (1999/2015)
Battle Symphony (1999)
Bells Across the Atlantic (2013)
Bermuda Triangle (1994)
Bohemian Revelry (2013)
Bohemian Revelry: For Chamber Ensemble (2013/2021)
Bohemian Revelry (tr. Holland) (2013/2017)
Bridgewater Breeze (1996)
Candlelight Procession (2001)
Concerto for Euphonium (1997)
Concerto for Violin, Viola and Wind Ensemble (2022)
Dances from Crete (2003)
Downtown Diversions (2000)
Eine Kleine Walzermusik (2009)
Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik (2003)
Elements (1998)
Farewell (2008)
French Dances Revisited (2004)
A Little Salsa Music
A Little Tango Music (2007)
Metropolis (1992)
Midnight in Buenos Aires (2007)
Parade of the Wooden Warriors (1999)
Pikes Peak (2017)
Repercussions (2011)
Scenes from an English Landscape
Scenes from Bruegel (1994)
Suite for Winds (1993)
Summer Dances (2012)
Symphony No. 1 in C (2000)
Three Way Suite
Towards Nirvana (2002)
Tranquility (2009)
Viderunt Omnes (2014)
Yiddish Dances (1997)
Yiddish Dances (Chamber) (1997/2020)

Resources

Adam Gorb website