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Ghost Tale
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $145.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba (4.3 octaves)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals (2: medium and large)
- Tam-tam (very large)
- Tom-toms (2: small and medium)
- Triangles (2: medium and large)
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The classic ghost stories most of us know today have their roots in the Victorian Age, but they have existed since the dawn of recorded history, from ancient Rome, from Greece, and from Egypt.
Ghost Tale opens with a mischievous melody sounding in the low winds, followed by a more suspenseful episode; but it is the third section -- a set of five variations on a repeated phrase of eight dark chords -- that most vividly expresses the unease of a ghostly presence. Beginning quietly, this section slowly builds in intensity, finally exploding into a huge climax. Just as it seems the mood cannot get any more foreboding, the playful little melody that began the piece returns, reminding the listener not to take this, or any ghost tale too seriously.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Wind Symphony (Ted Shistle, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Symphony Band (Shaun Popp, conductor) - 12 March 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
- Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
- Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
- Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
- Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
- Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
- Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
All Wind Works
- Abracadabra (2005)
- Acadiana (2016)
- Amazing Grace (Ticheli) (1994)
- Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
- Amen! (2009)
- An American Elegy (2000)
- Angels in the Architecture (2009)
- Angels Rising (2023)
- Apollo Unleashed. See: Symphony No. 2
- Ave Maria (as arranger) (1825/2004)
- BASH (2021)
- Belle. See: Cajun Folk Songs: Belle
- Blue Shades (1996)
- Boundless River (2020)
- Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
- Cajun Folk Songs, Part One (1990)
- Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two (1997)
- Concertino for Trombone (1987/2007)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2014)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2010)
- Concerto for Trumpet (1990/2021)
- Dance. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
- Dancing on Water (2015)
- December Snow (2015)
- Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
- Earth Song for Band (2012)
- First Light (2013)
- Fortress (1988)
- Gaian Visions (1990)
- Ghost Tale (2020)
- Here Take This Lovely Flower. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
- In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- In Yonder Valley. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
- Joy (2005)
- Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Joy Revisited (2005)
- Korean Folksongs from Jeju Island (2013)
- Life-Stream (2022)
- Loch Lomond (2002)
- Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
- Lux Perpetua (2020)
- Midnight in Nairobi (2019)
- Midnight (2019)
- Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
- Music for Winds and Percussion (withdrawn)
- Nitro (2006)
- Over the Moon (2023)
- Pacific Fanfare (1994/2002)
- Peace (2015)
- Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
- Portrait of a Clown (1988)
- Postcard (1991)
- Rest (2011)
- Sailing the Sky (2021)
- San Antonio Dances (2010)
- Sanctuary (2006)
- Serenade for Kristin (2018)
- A Shaker Gift Song (2004)
- Shenandoah (1999)
- Silver Lining (2017)
- Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (2002)
- In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Songs of Love and Life (2012)
- Sun Dance (1997)
- Symphony No. 1 (tr. Green) (2001/2011)
- Symphony No. 2 (2004)
- The Tyger (2008)
- Under the Big Top (2019)
- Vesuvius (1999)
- Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
- Wild Nights! (2007)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Ticheli, F. (2020). Ghost Tale: For Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.