Go: Galop (arr. Contorno)

From Wind Repertory Project
Henry Fillmore

Henry Fillmore (arr. Nicholas J. Contorno)


General Info

Year: 1916 / 2009
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Crash Cymbals (optional)
  • Snare Drum


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

This is band music of a bygone era: music to accompany acrobats, wild animals and clowns. A rip-roarin' galop, this music is fun.

- Program Note adapted from publisher


Fillmore wrote his Go Galop in 1916 under the name of Will Huff, one of seven pseudonyms that he used during his composing career. As the story goes, the name Will Huff came from an argument Fillmore had with his father over the young man's direction as a composer. He father wanted him to concentrate on church music. Henry apparently said, "I will huff and puff and write my own music!" Fillmore's first published march (1903) was written under the name Will Huff.

By a strange coincidence, Will Huff turned out to be the name of a real composer who lived near Chillicothe, Ohio, and whose works were later published by the Fillmore company.

- Program Note adapted from score


Media


State Ratings

  • Indiana: ISSMA JH/MS/ELEM BAND GROUP I


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

  • Courage (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1919/2003/2012)
  • His Honor March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1933/2014)


All Wind Works


Resources

  • Fillmore, H.; Contorno, N. (2009). Go: Galop [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glaurus, Wisc.