Impressions of Japan
General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 11:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $195.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Movements
1. Joetsu Asahi (Dawn in Joetsu)
2. Todaiji (The Great Buddha at Nara)
3. Askusa Matsuri (Festival in Asakusa)
Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flutes I-II-III
Oboes I-II (II doubles English Horn)
Bassoons I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinets I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-alto Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophones I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpets I-II-III-IV
F Horns I-II-III-IV
Trombones I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Double Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves, large (optional)
- Crash Cymbals (optional)
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals
- Tambourine (optional)
- Tom-Toms (3) (small and large)
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes, metal and bamboo
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A tone poem in three sections expressing the composer’s personal portrayal of his experiences in visiting Japan: I. Joetsu Asahi (Dawn in Joetsu) II. Todaiji (The Great Buddha at Nara) III. Askusa Matsuri (Festival in Asakusa).
Media
State Ratings
- Arkansas: IV
- North Carolina: VI
- Virginia: VI
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Morningside College (Sioux City, Iowa) Wind Ensemble (Shane Macklin, conductor) – 3 March 2019
- Orange County Wind Symphony (Anaheim, Calif.) (Anthony Mazzaferro, conductor) – 9 April 2017
- Banda Sinfónica "ELITE" (Monterrey, Mexico) (Daniel Marines, conductor) 14 October 2014
- West Winds, Band of the Bukit Batok Community Club, Singapore (Philip Tng Liat Png, conductor) – 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
- Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)
All Wind Works
- All Pleasant Things... (1998)
- Alpine Holiday (2014)
- Alvamar Overture (1981)
- Appalachian Overture (1983)
- Arioso and Presto (2001)
- Autumn Soliloquy (1987)
- Bayerisches Osterfest (2014)
- Beautiful Oregon (2007)
- Breckenridge (1989)
- Brookshire Suite (1980)
- Burnished Brass (2020)
- Caribbean Hideaway (1997)
- Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
- Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
- Century Tower (1984)
- Chorale and Jubiloso (1998)
- Chorale Prelude on a German Folk Tune (1986)
- Citadel (2015)
- Concerto for Euphonium (2011)
- Concerto for Tuba (tr. Rogers) (1996)
- Credo (2016)
- Crossgate (1984)
- Dance Variants (2017)
- Danza Sinfonica (2005)
- Desperate Pursuit (2010/2012)
- Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
- Dramatic Overture (2021)
- Dream Journey (1997)
- Eagle Bend (2000)
- Eaglecrest (1984)
- Eighth Symphony (2017)
- Eisenhower Centennial (1992)
- Escenas de los Aztecas (2012)
- Fanfare and Capriccio (2001)
- Fanfare and Processional (2018)
- Fanfares and Alleluias (1996)
- Fantasy Variations (1988)
- Festival Concert March (1982)
- Fifth Symphony (2003)
- First Symphony. See: Symphony
- Fourth Symphony (ed. Rogers) (1999/2001)
- Foxfire (2001)
- Golden Festival Overture (1997)
- Goldene Kameraden (2014)
- Heatherwood Portrait (1983)
- High Plains Overture (1991)
- Hobart Centennial March (2002)
- Home on the Range (as arranger; harm. Ralston) (1873/1992)
- Hope Arises
- Hunter Park (1974)
- Impressions of Japan (1994)
- Inspiration Point (1997)
- Inventions on Marching Songs (1996)
- Invocation and Toccata (1982)
- Jubilation Overture (2005)
- Legend (1992)
- A Leroy Anderson Portrait (as arranger) (1982)
- A Light in the Wilderness (1995)
- The Lightning Brigade (2018)
- Lonely Beach (1993)
- The Long Gray Line (1988)
- Lyric Interlude (1980)
- Majestic (2023)
- Malagueña (as arranger) (1928/2016)
- Maracas from Caracas (2002)
- Meditation (2017)
- My Old Kentucky Home (as arranger) (1853/1997)
- Ninth Symphony (2019)
- Nulli Secundus (1999)
- The Old Guard (1994)
- Pagan Dances (1996)
- The Perishing Rifles (1997)
- Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
- Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
- Prairie Winds Festival (2016)
- A Prayer for Higashi Nihon (2011)
- Quest (2016)
- Rapscallion (1976)
- Rhapsodic Essay (1999)
- Ritmico (2018)
- Riverfest (1985)
- Romanza (1989)
- Scarlet and Silver Jubilee (2007/2009)
- Second Symphony (2000)
- Seventh Symphony. See: Symphonic Requiem
- The Silver Gazebo (1996)
- Sixth Symphony (2006)
- A Solemn Prelude (2003)
- Sorcery Suite (2002)
- Spitfire Overture (1991)
- Sterling Brass (1981/1998)
- Stone Meadows (1987)
- Sunflower Saga (1994)
- Symphonic Essay (2012)
- Symphonic Overture (1991)
- Symphonic Requiem (2015)
- Symphony (1974-75)
- Symphony No. 1. See: Symphony
- Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony
- Symphony No. 3. See: Third Symphony
- Symphony No. 4. See: Fourth Symphony
- Symphony No. 5. See: Fifth Symphony
- Symphony No. 6. See: Sixth Symphony
- Symphony No. 7. See: Symphonic Requiem
- Symphony No. 8. See: Eighth Symphony
- Symphony No. 9. See: Ninth Symphony
- Tchaikovsky Suite (as arranger) (1878/2004)
- The Texans (1986)
- Third Symphony (1997)
- Threnody (2015)
- Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
- Toccata Fantastica (2001)
- Torch Dance (1985)
- Trail of Tears (1989)
- Trailridge Saga (1988)
- Tribute (2011)
- Twin Oaks (2000)
- Variants on a Moravian Hymn (1993)
- A Very American Overture (1996)
- Visions Macabres (1978/1984/2006)
- We the People (1990)
- Westport Overture (1988)
- Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
- Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
- The Whistler and His Dog (as arranger) (1905/2005)
- The Wild Blue Yonder (2008)
- Wildwood Overture (2003)
- The Wizard of Oz (as arranger) (1939/1995)
- Yama Midori (2003)
- Yorkshire Ballad (1985)
- Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)
Resources
- Barnes, J. (1994). Impressions of Japan [score]. Southern Music Company: Sam Antonio, Tex.
- Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association. (2013). AR Required Music List by Grade (12-5-13). Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association. pp. 26.