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Subtitle: For Harvey Phillips
General Info
Year: 1966
Duration: c. 14:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Movements
1. Dancing | Rolicking
2. Singing | Pensive
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Tuba
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Contrabass
Harp
Piano
Timpani
Percussion (7 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Marimba
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Clay Flowerpots or Pyrex Bowls (6)
- Suspended Cymbals (2)
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by the Ithaca (N.Y.) High School Band. Premiered at the 1967 MENC Eastern Division Conference in Boston, Mass.
Media
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Media
Audio available on the composer's website
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Ithaca (N.Y.) High School Band (Frank Battisti, conductor; Harvey Phillips, tuba) – 12 February 1967 *Premiere Performance*
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- The Beaded Leaf (1974)
- Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1955)
- Danzon-Memory (1991)
- Daughter of the Stars (1998)
- Dawn's Early Light (1987)
- Divertissement No. 1 (1993)
- The Drums of Summer (1997)
- Ginger Marmalade (1978)
- Helix (1966)
- The Leaves Are Falling (1964)
- Mask of Night (1968)
- Meditation on “I Am for Peace” (1990)
- The Passing Bell (1974)
- Polyphonies for Percussion (1960)
- Remembrance (1962)
- Recuerdo (1966)
- Scherzo, Chorale, and Aria Serena (2002)
- Shadow Wood (1968/1993)
- The Solitary Dancer (1969)
- Star Edge (1965)
- Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra (1963)
- Symphony No. 2, "Lost Songs"
- Transylvania Fanfare (1953)
- Variations on a Handmade Theme (1961/1976/2015)
- Wings (1984)