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Goddess of Fire
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $98.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos (2)
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Shaker
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam (with bow and mallet)
- Tambourine
- Tom-toms (3)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
In Parts:
- Clarinet II, m. 44-47: Trill on m. 44-46 should continue through m. 47
- Clarinet III, m. 44-47: Trill on m. 44-46 should continue through m. 47
In Score and Parts:
- Flute I, m. 98: Add an accent on beat 4
- Flute I, m. 185: Add an accent on beat 4
- Trumpet I, m. 106: Add an accent on beat 4
- Trumpet I, m. 199: Add an accent on beat 4
- Trombone I, m. 106: Add an accent on beat 4
- Trombone I, m. 199: Add an accent on beat 4
- Timpani, m. 200: Add accent on the downbeat
- Suspended Cymbal, m. 151: Add tremolo on beat 3
- Suspended Cymbal, m. 184: Add tremolo on beat 7
- Suspended Cymbal, m. 232: Add tremolo on beat 3
- Snare Drum, m. 98: Add accents on beats 1, 4, 7, and 9
- Snare Drum, m. 185: Add accents on beats 1, 4, 7, and 9
- Toms, m. 52: Add accent on beat 9
- Toms, m. 54: Add accent on the downbeat
- Toms, m. 195: Add accent on the downbeat
Program Notes
Pele, the goddess of Hawaii's volcanoes, is the most respected and feared deity in Polynesia. She is both creator of the sacred land and destroyer when she devours the land with her flames. The work opens with primordial, mysterious sounds representing the foreboding volcanoes of Hawaii. We are then introduced to Pele as a tall, beautiful young woman. This is one of the forms she can take and it represents her powers of creation and beauty. This gives way to the active and destructive Pele, often taking the form of an old woman, wrinkled and bent with age. The following lyrical section of the piece is the full statement of Pele's theme of creation and beauty. As this theme settles, we begin to hear the ground pop and crack, letting us know that new lava is beginning to bubble and flow. Suddenly and violently, one of her volcanoes erupts, creating massive chaos and destruction. After the eruption subsides, Pele's theme of creation and beauty returns again.
In memory of Mildred Smith, beloved band booster and friend. Dedicated to the students and parents of the Ben Davis High School Symphonic Band, Indianapolis, Indiana - Jim Butz, Shawn McNabb, Gary Rudloph and John Papandria, directors.
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: The Washington Winds (Edward S. Petersen, conductor) – 2007
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- San Dieguito Academy (San Diego, Calif.) Wind Ensemble I (Jeremy Wuertz, conductor) – 30 October 2019
- San Dieguito Academy (San Diego, Calif.) Wind Ensemble I (Jeremy Wuertz, conductor) – 29 October 2019
- Riverside High School (Painesville, Ohio) Wind Ensemble (David A. Schwartz, conductor) – 14 May 2019
- The Hartt Philharmonia Winds (West Hartford, Conn.) (Alan Francis, conductor) – 12 May 2019
- North Hollywood (Calif.) High School Symphonic Band (Robin Sharp, conductor) – 23 February 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- And the Earth Trembled: See Symphony No. 1, "New Day Rising"
- Casey at the Bat (1996?)
- Celebration Fanfare (2007)
- Celebration Fanfare (arr. Romeyn) (2007/2019)
- Defying Gravity (2004)
- Fate of the Gods (2001)
- Fate of the Gods (arr. Conaway) (2001/2009)
- Goddess of Fire (2006)
- Heaven's Light (2004)
- Heaven's Light (arr. Romeyn) (2004/2018)
- Hopetown Holiday
- In the Temple of Zion (1997)
- Into the Raging River (1999)
- Main Street Celebration
- Merry Christmas, Everyone! (2007)
- Mt Diablo: A Symphonic Portrait
- New Day Rising: See Symphony No. 1, "New Day Rising"
- Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons (2002)
- Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons (arr. Conaway) (2002/2012)
- Portrait of Freedom (2002)
- Rise of the Firebird (2006)
- River of Life (1995)
- Sedona (2000)
- Sedona (arr. Romeyn) (2000/2017)
- Sun Valley Flourish (arr. Shaffer) (2008/2020)
- Swans Island Sojourn
- Symphony No. 1, "New Day Rising" (2007)
- Towards a New Horizon
- Where Eagles Soar (2003)
- The Witch and the Saint (2005)
- The Witch and the Saint (arr. Conaway) (2004/2010)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Reineke, S. (2006). Goddess of Fire [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.