Escenas de los Aztecas

James Barnes

This work bears the designation Opus 141.

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 12:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $160.00 | Score Only - $36.00

Movements (played without pause)

1. Jaguar Dance
2. Cantares (Ghost Songs)
3. Human Sacrifice

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo (doubles Ocarina (optional C Piccolo or Recorder))
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubles English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Bell Tree
Bongos
Cabasa (large, or metal shaker)
Chimes
China Cymbal
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Egg Shakers (or Maracas)
Glockenspiel (extended range required (high D))
Gong (small)
Guiro (large)
Log Drums (3, or Tom-toms)
Marimba (5.0 octaves (optional 4.3))
Mark Tree (metal)
Rain Stick
Rattle Stick
Sistrum
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum (Piccolo)
Splash Cymbal
Suspended Cymbals (2, medium or large)
Tam-Tam
Tambourine
Temple Blocks (5)
Tenor Drum
Tom-toms (low, 3)
Triangle
Vibraphone
Vibraslap (or Jawbone)
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Using a large percussion section (with many world instruments), the music is cast in several sections. The opening Jaguar Dance is based on driving and powerful rhythms before the evocative and mysterious Ghost Dance. This leads into Human Sacrifice, an emboldened 7/8 dance that approaches moments of chaos that lead to a powerful and dark ending.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Association of Texas Small School Bands (Melissa) Symphonic Band (Brian Balmages, conductor) - 12 June 2021
Koninklijk HarmonieOrkest Schelle (Belgium) (Dirk De Caluwe, conductor) - 9 November 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

All Wind Works

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Alpine Holiday (2014)
Alvamar Overture (1981)
Appalachian Overture (1983)
Arioso and Presto (2001)
Autumn Soliloquy (1987)
Bayerisches Osterfest (2014)
Beautiful Oregon (2007)
Breckenridge (1989)
Brookshire Suite (1980)
Burnished Brass (2020)
Caribbean Hideaway (1997)
Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
Century Tower (1984)
Chorale and Jubiloso (1998)
Chorale Prelude on a German Folk Tune (1986)
Citadel (2015)
Concerto for Euphonium (2011)
Concerto for Tuba (tr. Rogers) (1996)
Credo (2016)
Crossgate (1984)
Dance Variants (2017)
Danza Sinfonica (2005)
Desperate Pursuit (2010/2012)
Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
Dramatic Overture (2021)
Dream Journey (1997)
Eagle Bend (2000)
Eaglecrest (1984)
Eighth Symphony (2017)
Eisenhower Centennial (1992)
Escenas de los Aztecas (2012)
Fanfare and Capriccio (2001)
Fanfare and Processional (2018)
Fanfares and Alleluias (1996)
Fantasy Variations (1988)
Festival Concert March (1982)
Fifth Symphony (2003)
First Symphony. See: Symphony
Fourth Symphony (ed. Rogers) (1999/2001)
Foxfire (2001)
Golden Festival Overture (1997)
Goldene Kameraden (2014)
Heatherwood Portrait (1983)
High Plains Overture (1991)
Hobart Centennial March (2002)
Home on the Range (as arranger; harm. Ralston) (1873/1992)
Hope Arises
Hunter Park (1974)
Impressions of Japan (1994)
Inspiration Point (1997)
Inventions on Marching Songs (1996)
Invocation and Toccata (1982)
Jubilation Overture (2005)
Legend (1992)
A Leroy Anderson Portrait (as arranger) (1982)
A Light in the Wilderness (1995)
The Lightning Brigade (2018)
Lonely Beach (1993)
The Long Gray Line (1988)
Lyric Interlude (1980)
Majestic (2023)
Malagueña (as arranger) (1928/2016)
Maracas from Caracas (2002)
Meditation (2017)
My Old Kentucky Home (as arranger) (1853/1997)
Ninth Symphony (2019)
Nulli Secundus (1999)
The Old Guard (1994)
Pagan Dances (1996)
The Perishing Rifles (1997)
Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
Prairie Winds Festival (2016)
A Prayer for Higashi Nihon (2011)
Quest (2016)
Rapscallion (1976)
Rhapsodic Essay (1999)
Ritmico (2018)
Riverfest (1985)
Romanza (1989)
Scarlet and Silver Jubilee (2007/2009)
Second Symphony (2000)
Seventh Symphony. See: Symphonic Requiem
The Silver Gazebo (1996)
Sixth Symphony (2006)
A Solemn Prelude (2003)
Sorcery Suite (2002)
Spitfire Overture (1991)
Sterling Brass (1981/1998)
Stone Meadows (1987)
Sunflower Saga (1994)
Symphonic Essay (2012)
Symphonic Overture (1991)
Symphonic Requiem (2015)
Symphony (1974-75)
Symphony No. 1. See: Symphony
Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony
Symphony No. 3. See: Third Symphony
Symphony No. 4. See: Fourth Symphony
Symphony No. 5. See: Fifth Symphony
Symphony No. 6. See: Sixth Symphony
Symphony No. 7. See: Symphonic Requiem
Symphony No. 8. See: Eighth Symphony
Symphony No. 9. See: Ninth Symphony
Tchaikovsky Suite (as arranger) (1878/2004)
The Texans (1986)
Third Symphony (1997)
Threnody (2015)
Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
- Fanfare for West Point
Toccata Fantastica (2001)
Torch Dance (1985)
Trail of Tears (1989)
Trailridge Saga (1988)
Tribute (2011)
Twin Oaks (2000)
Variants on a Moravian Hymn (1993)
A Very American Overture (1996)
Visions Macabres (1978/1984/2006)
We the People (1990)
Westport Overture (1988)
Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
The Whistler and His Dog (as arranger) (1905/2005)
The Wild Blue Yonder (2008)
Wildwood Overture (2003)
The Wizard of Oz (as arranger) (1939/1995)
Yama Midori (2003)
Yorkshire Ballad (1985)
Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

Resources

Barnes, J. (2012). Escenas de los Aztecas = Scenes of the Aztecs : op. 141 [score]. HAFABRA Music: [Fourons, Belgique]