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Gothic Dance
Contents
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $76.00 | Score - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Gothic Dance is based on “Douce dame jolie”, a 14th century love song by the French composer Guillaume de Machaut. A translated excerpt of the lyrics reveals the writer’s undying devotion to his beloved:
Sweet, lovely lady
for God's sake do not think
that I am devoted to any woman
but you alone.
For always, without falsehood
I have cherished you, and humbly
served you all the days of my life
without deception.
Machaut chose not to compose a flowing, tender melody to match his lyrics, but instead crafted a rhythmically vibrant, dance-like tune whose energy is unrelenting. Apart from one note alteration in this band setting, the melody is presented exactly as Machaut wrote it. All other musical material is original and is intended to highlight the passionate spirit of Machaut’s masterpiece of the Middle Ages.
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
- Wisconsin: III
Recent Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
- Always We Begin Again (2010)
- Amazing Grace
- Ancient Dialogue
- Anthem (Theme and Variations on the National Anthem of Poland)
- As I Gaze from the High Mountain
- Be Thou My Vision
- Cadet Parade
- Celebration Fanfare
- Count Not the Hours
- Dances on the Golden Shore
- Desert Caravan
- Energies: Suite for Band
- Enchanted Night
- Fairest Morning (2020)
- Fantasy on "Salve Regina" (2011)
- Flight of Years
- Go and Ask My Mother
- Gothic Dance
- Harford Rhapsody
- Hawk's Revenge, The
- Hometown
- I loved well those cities...
- Impulse to Soar, An
- Joyful Spirit March
- Legend of the Omaha
- Let the Future Begin
- Lighted Streets on Quiet Nights
- Music for a Celebration
- My Love Is Fairer than Any (2019)
- North Country March
- Oasis (2017)
- Oceanport Overture
- Perfect Trip (2006)
- Prayer, A (2016)
- Pride and Purpose
- Regal Ceremony
- Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band (2015)
- Ryukyu-Bushi
- Seize the Day! (Carpe Diem)
- Sempre Avanti (Ever Forward)
- Soundtrack
- Spirit Unseen
- Splendid Star
- Sun Just Touched the Morning, The
- Suspended Animation
- Symphonic Dance (2002)
- Three Prayers (2013)
- Time: A River of Passing Events
- Toccata
- Transformed Spring (2010)
- Valedictory of Saint Paul, The
- Victory Lap
- Vignettes (2017)
- With Every Step, a Memory
- Zephyrus: God of the West Wind
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