Golliwog's Cakewalk (flex)

Claude Debussy

Subtitle: From Children's Corner

General Info

Year: 1908 /
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

Flute (Piccolo)
Oboe
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
B-flat Cornet
B-flat Flugelhorn
Violin

Part 2

B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
B-flat Cornet
E-flat Alto Horn
F English Horn
Horn in F
Violin

Part 3

B-flat Soprano Clarinet
F English Horn
E-flat Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Alto Horn
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Baritone
Viola

Part 4

Bassoon
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Alto Horn
Trombone
Euphonium
Baritone
Violincello

Part 5

Bassoon
B-flat Clarinet
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Trombone
Euphonium
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Violincello

Percussion I (optional)

Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tom-Tom, low

Percussion III (optional)

Glockenspiel
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A very entertaining presentation of Debussy’s cultural curiosity for piano. Voicings and doubling can be varied to enhance dynamics and melodic color, as well as create solo opportunities. Delightful, but not demanding.

- Program Note from publisher

The Children’s Corner Suite was first published for piano, and later scored for orchestra by Debussy's friend André Caplet. The last movement of the suite is Golliwog’s Cakewalk, a piece in ragtime style with syncopation and rag-time effects. At that time, Gollowog’s were in great fashion. These were stuffed black dolls with red pants, red bow ties, and wild hair, reminding one of the black-faced minstrels of the time. A cakewalk is a dance or a strut, and the dancer with the most elaborate steps won a cake.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Shobi Wind Orchestra, Tokyo

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Iowa (Iowa City) University Band (J.T. Womack, conductor) - 7 December 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Danse (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa)
Golliwog's Cakewalk (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1908)

All Wind Works

The Afternoon of a Faun (arr. Walters) (1894/1950/1999?)
Beau Soir (arr. Warner) (1880/1971)
Children's Corner Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1908)
Clair de Lune (arr. Hautvast) (1890/1905/2011)
Clair de lune (arr. De Meij) (1890/1905/2017)
Clair de Lune (arr. Wallace) (1890/1905/1995)
Danse (arr. Boyd) (1890/1983)
Danse (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa)
Danses Sacrée et Profane (arr. Odom) (1904/2019)
Danses Sacrée et Profane (tr. J. Lloyd) (1904)
Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Akey) (1910/1995)
The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Longfield) (1910/1987)
The Engulfed Cathedral (arr. Miller) (1910/1986)
The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Patterson) (1910/1993)
The Engulfed Cathedral. See also: La Cathédrale Engloutie
Fêtes (arr. Schaefer) (c. 1899/1959)
Fêtes from "Nocturnes" (arr. Patterson) (c. 1899/2007)
Fêtes from "Three Nocturnes" (tr. Tatebe) (c.1899/1999)
Four Debussy Songs (trans. Anderson) (2018)
Golliwog's Cakewalk (arr. Curnow) (1908/1985)
Golliwog's Cakewalk (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1908)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Beyrent) (1910/2013)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Brand) (1910)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Bernotas) (1910)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Moss) (1910/2007)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Sparke) (1910/2007)
Hommage à Rameau (arr. Hunsberger) (1905/2009)
La Cathédrale Engloutie (arr. Mortimer) (1910/2016)
La Cathédrale Engloutie. See also: The Engulfed Cathedral
La Mer (trans. Odom) (1905/)
L’isle joyeuse (arr. Mashima) (1904/2005)
L'isle joyeuse (arr. Volans) (1904/1995)
Marche Écossaise (tr. Onodera) (1891/1908/2015(?))
Marche Écossaise (tr. Onodera) (Octet) (1891/1908/2015(?))
Marche Écossaise (tr. Schaefer) (1891/1908/1964)
Marche Écossaise (tr. Scatterday) (1891/1908)
'Menuet' from Suite Bergamasque (arr. Southard) (1890/2012)
Minstrels (tr. Scarbrough) (1910/2016)
Pagodes from "Estampes" (arr. Grainger) (1996)
Petite Suite (arr. Brakkee) (1889/1999?)
Petite Suite (tr. Winterbottom) (1889)
Petite Suite (arr. Kimura) (1889/1998)
Premiere Arabesque (1891)
Première Rhapsodie (arr. Yodo)
Première Rhapsody (tr. Baars) (1910/12016)
Première Rhapsody (arr. Walker; ed. Pappas) (1910/1963/2004)
Reverie (arr. Boo) (1890/)
Rêverie (tr. Thompson) (1890/2011)
Sarabande (tr. Bennefield) (1894/1901/2020)
Sarabande (tr. Erickson) (1894/1967)
Sarabande (arr. Howland; ed. Gregory) (1894/2018)
Suite Bergamasque Mvt 2 Menuet (arr. Thompson)
Three Debussy Pieces (arr. Singletary)
Three Pieces from "Children's Corner" (orch. Sheen) (1908/1988)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Claude Debussy." Accessed 2 July 2016