Fugal Overture, A

Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst (arr. Paul Noble)

General Info

Year: 1922 / 2014
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Noble Music Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00

Instrumentation

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

• Glockenspiel
• Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Gustav Holst began composition of A Fugal Overture in 1922, completing the full score in January 1923. Despite its name, the overture is not strictly fugal. It belongs to the era of neo-classicism, but apparently by coincidence, for Holst had not yet heard some of the Stravinsky and Hindemith works which set this fashion. The “fugal” subject is full of spiky cross-rhythms – Holst grouped the eighth notes of his 4/4 into a pattern of 3 + 3 + 2, thus giving a bar of three unequal beats, creating an intense and exciting work.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) – 8 April 2022 (CBDNA 2022 North Central Conference, Madison, Wisc.)
• Oregon State University (Corvallis) Wind Ensemble (Chris Chapman, conductor) – 23 May 2019
• California State University, Fresno, Wind Festival Orchestra (Frank Tracz, conductor) - 22 March 2015 (2015 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Chaconne from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2016)
• Fantasia on the "Dargason" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2013)
• Intermezzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2017)
• Jupiter (arr. Deterling) (Flex instrumentation) (1916/2020)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1916/2020)
• March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2010)
• March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
• March from Second "Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1911/2018)
• March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
• Mars (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2009)
• A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wright; ed. M. Brand) (1928/2021)
• Songs from the "Second Suite" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2012)
• Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2018)

All Wind Music

• Ave Maria (tr. Woodley) (1900)
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Brand). See: Fugue à la Gigue
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Mitchell) (1707/1928/2005)
• Brook Green Suite (tr. Curnow) (1933/2006)
• Capriccio (tr. Boyd) (1932/1967/1974)
• Capriccio (arr. Paul Noble) (1932/1967/2019)
• Chaconne from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2016)
• Chorale from Jupiter (arr. James Curnow)
• Christmas Day (arr. Daehn) (1910/2011)
• Christmas Day (arr. Beringen) (1910/2010)
• Country Song (arr. Klein) (1906)
• Dance of the Spirits of Fire (trans. Harpham) (1918/1922/1971)
• Dirge for Two Veterans
• Fantasia on the "Dargason" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2013)
• Fantasia on the "Dargason" (arr. Story) (1911/2000)
• First Suite in E-flat (1909/1921)
• First Suite in E-flat (ed. Matthews) (1909/1921/1984)
• First Suite in E-flat (ed. Ito) (1909/2011)
• First Suite in E-flat (arr. Longfield) (1909/2006)
• First Suite in E-flat for Military Band (ed. Fennell) (1909/2006)
• First Suite in E-flat Themes (arr. Sweeney). See: Themes from "First Suite in E-flat"
• A Fugal Concerto (arr. Brand) (1923/1993?)
• A Fugal Overture (arr. Noble) (1922/2014)
• A Fugal Overture (trans. Ponto) (1922)
• Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Brand) (1707/1928/2008)
• Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Mitchell). See: Bach's Fugue à la Gigue
• Gustav Holst Band Classics (arr. Edwards) (2020)
• Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo (1930)
• A Holst Suite (trans. Thompson) (2018)
• Hymns from the Rig Veda (tr. Windram, ed. Mitchell) (1908/1917/2017)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (setting Vaughan Williams; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (arr. Knorr) (1921/2017)
• Illumination (arr. Gene Milford)
• In the Bleak Midwinter. See: Winter Suite
• Intermezzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2017)
• Japanese Suite (adapt. Boyd) (1915/1982/1999)
• Jupiter (arr. Deterling) (Flex instrumentation) (1916/2020)
• Jupiter from "The Planets" (arr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Jupiter from "The Planets" (arr. Branchfield) (1916/2014)
• Jupiter (arr. Brown) (1916)
• Jupiter (tr. Curnow) (1916/1990)
• Jupiter (arr Hurt) from "The Planets" (arr. Hurt) (1916)
• Jupiter (arr. Owens) (1916/2006)
• Jupiter Hymn (arr. de Meij) (1916/1921/1990)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1916/2020)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (tr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1916/2003)
• March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2010)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (arr. Story) (2011)
• March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
• March from Second "Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1911/2018)
• Marching Song (1906/1930)
• Marching Song (arr. Moss) (1906/2006)
• Marching Song (ed. Reynish) (1906/1983)
• Mars (arr. Bocook) (1916/1998)
• Mars (arr. Owens) (1916/2009)
• Mars from "The Planets" (tr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Mars, from "The Planets" (tr. Singleton) (1916/2001)
• Mars (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2009)
• Midwinter (arr. Phillips) (2012)
• Moorside March (arr. Jacob) (1928/1960)
• A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wright; ed. M. Brand) (1928/2021)
• A Moorside Suite (arr. Wright)
• Morris Dance Tunes (arr. Wagner) (1910/2010)
• On This Day the Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (2001)
• The Perfect Fool (arr. Short) (1922/2005)
• The Planets (tr. Inagaki) (1916)
• The Planets (tr. Janssen) (1916/2017)
• The Planets (tr. Patterson) (1916)
• The Planets (arr. Schrijvers) (1916/2005)
• The Planets (tr. Vives) (1916/2007?)
• Planets, The (tr. Smith) (1916/1921)
• Scherzo (tr. Patterson) (1933/2021)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Fennell; score assembly Schissel) (1911/2006)
• Second Suite in F (arr. Johnston) (1911/2011)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Matthews) (1911)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Neumann) (1911)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Ito) (1911/1922/2012)
• Second Suite in F (adapt. Longfield) (1911/2007)
• A Somerset Rhapsody (tr. Clare Grundman) (1906/1927/1980)
• The Song of the Blacksmith (arr. Loest) (1911/2011)
• Songs from the "Second Suite" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2012)
• Songs of the West (arr. James Curnow) (1907/1986)
• St. Paul's Suite (arr. Sparke) (1912-1913/2017)
• Suite from "The Planets" (arr. Custer) (1916/1991)
• Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2018)
• Themes from "First Suite in E-flat" (arr. Sweeney) (1909/2006)
• Two Songs Without Words (arr. Erickson) (1906/1996)
• Uranus (tr. Curnow) (1916/1991)
• Winter Suite
  • On This Day Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (1924/2001)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Bullock) (1906/1996)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Giroux) (1906/2018)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Smith) (1906/1992)
  • Old Brenton Carol (arr. Smith) (1910/2001)

Resources

None discovered thus far.