Ethos

Larry Clark

Larry Clark

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe (opt. Flute II)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

“Ethos,” a Greek word meaning character, is often used to describe the ideals and beliefs that define a nation, community, or idea. In Greek culture the word was also used when referring to the power of music, specifically its ability to influence emotions, behaviors, and morals. Built on the Lydian mode, this expertly scored, Copland-esque sounding composition intends to describe the ethos of American culture while inspiring young musicians to strive for high achievement.

A soft, expressive introduction in time leads to a faster, more rhythmic main section that features an inspiring melody stated initially by the flutes. This motif then serves as the basis for the remainder of the piece. A brief, majestic Tempo I passage leads to a driving final section that brings the piece to an exciting conclusion.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class D

Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• All-Purpose Performance Collection (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Armed Forces - The Pride of America! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger)
• Bardic Air and Reel (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2021)
• Cold Mountain Saga (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2015)
• Digital Prisms (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2013)
• Radetzky March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1848/2015)
• Shining Moments (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Spirit of an Eagle (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2012)

All Wind Works

• Acclaim March
• Achievement
• Admiration March
• Adversary
• Aftershock
• Air and Caprice
• All-Purpose Performance Collection (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
• Allegiance
• Alliance
• Antagonist
• Antiphony
• Armed Forces - The Pride of America! (as arranger) (2006)
• Armed Forces - The Pride of America! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2017)
• Ascending (2013)
• Autumn Mist
• Band-o-rama March
• Bardic Air and Reel (2020)
• Bardic Air and Reel (Flex instrumentation) (2020/2021)
• Be Thou My Vision
• Canticle of the Sun
• Cartoon Symphony (as arranger) (1997)
• Celebrity March
• Character
• Christmas "a la" Big Band (1998)
• Chronicles LC
• Cimarron
• Clarion Call, The
• Clash and Roar
• Cloud Dancing (2016)
• Cold Mountain Saga (2006)
• Cold Mountain Saga (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2015)
• Colossus
• Confidence March
• Conflict
• Conquest LC
• Consensus
• Contredanse
• Convergence
• Conviction
• Crystal Moon
• Da Vincian Visions
• Dance of the Harlequins
• Dance of the Thunderbolts
• Declaration and Dance (1996)
• Digital Prisms (2001)
• Digital Prisms (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2013)
• Dream, Imagine, Live (2015)
• Elite March
• Engines of Resistance
• Envisage
• Epic
• Equinox
• Ethos (2014)
• Excelcia
• Exhilaration (2009)
• Fanfare Acclamations
• Fanfare Supernova
• Festival Chorale and March
• Flaming Arrow
• Fleur-de-lis March
• Flourish LC
• Genesis
• Genius (as arranger) (1937/2005)
• Geology - The Study of Rock
• His Honor March (as arranger) (1934/2014)
• Honor March
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger)
• Impressions
• Instinct
• Integrity
• Joust
• Kinetic Energy LC
• Land Remembered, A
• Legacy of Honor LC
• Legends
• Loyalty March
• Magma
• March to the Movies (1998)
• Meet the Band
• Monmouth March
• More Perfect Union, A
• Mustangs-The Spirit of the West
• Mystic Legacy
• Natural Blues, A
• Omega One
• Out of the Winter
• Penta
• Phantom Echo
• Pieces of Eight
• Pinnacle of Distinction March
• Precision (as Harold Bennett) (as arranger) (1926/2011)
• Prestige March
• Primus
• Pursuit of Knowledge, The
• Quest for the Throne (2018)
• Quintus
• Radetzky March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1848/2015)
• Recognition March
• Recorder Rag
• Red Hill Special March (as arranger) (2003)
• Red Thunder
• Reflections LC
• Resurgence
• Royal Irish Regiment, The (2015)
• SCDBA Fanfare
• Scottish Bobber
• Sentinel
• Seven Springs
• Shenadoah's Simple Gifts (2008)
• Shining Moments (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Shockwave
• Silent Night (as arranger)
• Sleep, My Child (2018)
• The Spirit of an Eagle (2008)
• The Spirit of an Eagle (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2012)
• Suo Gan (as arranger) (2014)
• Swords of Evolution
• Talons of Fire
• Tartan Tapestries (2018)
• Tell-Tale Heart, The
• Torch Burns Bright
• Triumph of the Vikings
• Twist of Fate
• Upon A New Horizon
• Valor March
• Vires Artes Mores
• Whispers
• Zodiac

Resources

• New Music Reviews. The Instrumentalist 70(2), September 2015, p. 42