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Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No II
General Info
Year: 1989
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
Cost: Score & Parts - Rental | Score Only - $29.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
Trumpet (in C) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum (2)
- Bell Tree
- Castanets (mounted)
- Cymbals (5)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (or Tam-tam) (low)
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks (low)
- Tenor Drum
- Timbales (2)
- Tom-toms (low)
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Wood Block (2)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 2, was commissioned by Absolut Vodka. The premiere performance was on November 29, 1989, with members of the Orchestra of St. Lukes, Peter Connelly, conductor. It is dedicated with affection to the former general manager of the St. Louis Symphony, Joan Briccetti.
- Program Note by composer
Joan Tower’s first Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman pays homage to Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, employing its same instrumentation and resembling its first theme. The success of this work sparked four subsequent fanfares, some with enhanced instrumentation. The second fanfare, interestingly commissioned by Absolut Vodka, uses the same instrumentation as the first, with some additional percussion.
In 1997, Tower revised and collected her five fanfares, written between 1986 and 1993, into a single work. More than two decades after her fifth fanfare was completed, her sixth was recently premiered in 2016. Tower states that the fanfares are “dedicated to women who take risks and who are adventurous.”
- Program Note from Western Michigan University Symphonic Band concert program, 23 February 2018
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison Wind Ensemble (Herb Payung, conductor) - 2 November 2022
- University of Southern California (Los Angeles) Thornton Winds (Sharon Lavery, conductor) - 1 April 2022
- Eastman Wind Ensemble (Rochester, N.Y.) (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) - 9 October 2020
- Ithaca (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Christopher Hughes, conductor) – 3 March 2020
- University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Wind Symphony (John R. Stewart, conductor) – 17 October 2019
- Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Wind Symphony (Patricia Cornett, conductor) – 26 April 2019
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Wind Ensemble (Cory Near, conductor) – 11 December 2018
- University of Southern California (Los Angeles) Thornton Wind Ensemble (H. Robert Reynolds, conductor) - 5 October 2018
- Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) Symphonic Band (David W. Montgomery, conductor) – 23 February 2018 (CBDNA 2018 North Central Conference, Kalamazoo, Mich.)
- University of South Carolina (Columbia) Wind Ensemble (Tonya Mitchell, conductor) – 15 October 2017
- Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Emily Threinen, conductor) – 18 November 2015
- University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble (Sharon Lavery, conductor) - 1 April 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Black Topaz
- Celebration Fanfare (from Stepping Stones) (arr. Jack Stamp)
- Celebration Fanfare (from Stepping Stones) - Brass Version (arr. Daniel Forlano)
- Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
- Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 2
- Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 3
- Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5 (1993/1997)
- Fascinating Ribbons (2001)
- Made in America (tr. Patterson) (2004)
Resources
- Tower, J. (1989). Second Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman [score]. Associated Music Publishers: New York, N.Y.