Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber (arr. Richard Saucedo)
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Subtitle: From the School for Scandal Overture
General Info
Year: 1931 / 2005
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Based on Samuel Barber's Overture to the School for Scandal, wind band craftsman Richard Saucedo takes the distinctive and haunting lyrical theme and weaves it into a varied and rewarding concert setting.
- Program Note from publisher
Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5, is a concert overture by Samuel Barber. It is Barber's first work for full orchestra, composed in 1931 while he was completing his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The premiere was given on August 30, 1933, by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Alexander Smallens.
The title refers to the comedy The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the overture was intended by Barber to reflect the spirit of the play. The overture helped to establish Barber's national reputation and became a more regular part of the repertoire of American orchestras in the 1950s. It won the Joseph H. Bearns Prize of Columbia University in 1933.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Midwest Wind Ensemble - 2015
- Audio CD: Krimmel Intermediate School (Spring, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Joel Wren, conductor) - 2009
Media
State Ratings
- Louisiana: III
- Mississippi: VI-A
- Tennessee: V
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
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- Clark College (Vancouver, Wash.) Concert Band (Doug Harris, conductor) – 13 March 2020
- Liberty Memorial Middle School (Brownsville, Tx.) Honor Band - 2015
- Krimmel Intermediate School (Spring, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Joel Wren, conductor) – 17 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adagio (arr. Linden) (1936/2006)
- Adagio (arr. Warner) (1936/1997)
- Adagio for Strings (arr. Wilkinson) (1936/2003)
- Adagio for Young Concert Band (arr. Jennings) (1936/1991)
- Adagio from "Adagio for Strings" (arr. Custer) (1936)
- Andante and Tranquillo (arr. Saucedo) (1943/2009)
- Commando March (1943)
- Commando March (ed. Collinsworth) (1943/2009)
- Commando March (arr. Curnow) (1943/1990)
- Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (arr. Saucedo) (1931/2005)
- First Essay (arr. Joseph Levey) (1937/1972)
- Funeral March (1943)
- Intermezzo (from “Vanessa") (arr. Beeler) (1962)
- Knoxville, Summer of 1915 (tr. Singleton) (1949/2004)
- Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op 23a (arr. Hudson)
- Mutations from Bach (1968)
- Overture to “The School for Scandal” (arr. Hudson) (1941/1971
- Second Essay (arr. Schneider) (2011)
- Summer Music (1956)
- Sure on This Shining Night (arr. Saucedo) (1938/2004)
- Symphony in One Movement (tr. Duker) (1936/1970)
Resources
- Richard Saucedo website Accessed 14 March 2020
- Saucedo, R.; Barber, S. (2005). Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber : (from The school for scandal overture) [score]. G. Schirmer: [New York].
- The School for Scandal (Barber), Wikipedia Accessed 14 March 2020