Geometrics in Sound
Subtitle: Geometrics No. 2
This work bears the designation Opus 29.
General Info
Year: 1962 / 1964
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.
Instrumentation
Full Score
D-flat or C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
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
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet or Cornet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
In Score:
- Bassoon, Baritone Saxophone, m.114, beat 1: Bassoon has a fortissimo; Baritone Saxophone has a sffz; all other wind instruments have fortississimos.
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone, m.4, beat 3: The B-flat should be natural. The second B-flat on beat 4 is correct. (Incorrect accidentals such as this are a recurring problem in this printing.)
In Parts:
- Percussion II, m.101, beat 2: The third note of this figure (an accented "C" above the staff) should be an eighth note, not a sixteenth. Refer to m.103, beat 1 for a correct version.
Program Notes
Geometrics in Sound, Opus 29 is the second in Mailman's series of concert band compositions exploring and developing musical motifs by use of frequent shifts in metric patterns and extensively varying the major themes. This is a characteristic composition approach Mailman developed in many of his concert band compositions, particularly the five works in his Geometrics series. Composed without a key signature, subtitled Geometrics No. 2, the work is dedicated to Herbert L. Carter and the East Carolina College Symphonic Band for which he served as long-time and universally respected conductor and teacher.
- Program note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Tennessee: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Jacksonville (Fla.) University Wind Ensemble (Chris Cresswell, conductor) - 24 September 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alarums for Band, Op. 27 (1962)
- Alleluia for Chorus and Band, Op. 15 (1960)
- Associations
- Association No. 1 for Band, Op. 45 (1968)
- Bouquets (1991)
- Commencement March for Band, Op. 14 (1960)
- Concertino for Clarinet and Band, Op. 83 (1990)
- Concertino for Trumpet and Band, Op. 31 (1963)
- Concerto for Wind Orchestra (Variations), Op. 89 (1993)
- Decorations for Band, Op. 54 (1974)
- Exaltations, Op. 67 (1981)
- For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night (1988)
- Four Miniatures for Band, Op. 19 (1960)
- Four Variations in Search for a Theme for Narrator and Band, Op. 36, (1965)
- From the Leaves of Grass for Narrator, Chorus, and Band, Op. 30b (1963)
- Geometrics No. 1 for Band, Op. 22 (1961)
- Geometrics No. 2. See: Geometrics in Sound
- Geometrics No. 3 for Band (1965)
- Geometrics No. 4 for Band, Op. 43 (1968)
- Geometrics No. 5 for Band, Op. 58 (1976)
- Geometrics in Sound (1964)
- Jewel in the Crown, Op. 78 (1987)
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men for Band, Narrators, and Solo Voice, Op. 56 (1975)
- Liturgical Music for Band, Op. 33 (1963)
- Night Vigil, Op. 66 (1980)
- Overture 1962
- Partita for Band, Op. 10 (1958)
- Pledges for Band, Op. 98(1998)
- Secular Litanies, Op. 90 (1993)
- Shouts, Hymns, and Praises for Band, Op. 52 (1972)
- Simple Ceremony: In Memoriam John Barnes Chance, Op. 53 (1973)
- The Whaleman's Chapel, from "Moby Dick"
- Toward the Second Century, Op. 82 (1989)
Resources
- Mailman, M. (1964). Geometrics in Sound [score]. Mills Music: New York.
- Martin Mailman, Wikipedia Accessed 20 April 2020