In a Persian Market

Albert Ketèlbey

General Info

Year: 1920
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bosworth
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat or C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Tom-Tom
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Colorful music straight from the Romantic period, this concert work is programmatic and describes the hustle and bustle of a crowded open market place and its ever-changing scenes of camel trains, jugglers, arrival of a princess, beggars, and of course a snake charmer. It’s one of the very early works for concert band in this style that has endured.

- Program Note from BandMusic PDF

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Karl L. King Municipal Band (Fort Dodge, Iowa) (Jerrold P. Jimmerson, conductor) - 26 June 2022
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwabe, conductor) – 8 March 2020
Taylor University (Upland, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Al Harrison, conductor) – 1 November 2017
West Virginia State University (Institute) Wind Ensemble (Scott E. Woodard, conductor) - 4 December 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Bells Across the Meadows (arr. Godfrey) (1923
Chal Romano (1924)
In a Chinese Temple Garden (1923)
In a Monastery Garden (arr. J. Ord Hume) (1915/1920)
In a Monastery Garden (arr. Musser; ed. Rapp) (1915/2009)
In a Persian Market (1920)
In the Mystic Land of Egypt (1931)
Mayfair Cinderella, A
With Honour Crowned (1935)

Resources

Ketèlbey, A. (1920). In a Persian Market: Intermezzo-scene [score]. Bosworth: [London].