JS Dances

Donald Grantham

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General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Piquant Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $300 (Rental) | Score Only - $45.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Bass Flute (optional)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano/Celesta
Timpani
Percussion (4 players)

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by the University of Akron Symphony Band, Robert Jorgensen, Director.

Based on two dances from J. S. Bach's Partita No. 1 (Clavierübung, Part 1).

- Program Note from publisher

J.S. Dances is a free fantasy on "Menuet II" and "Gique" from J.S. Bach's Partita I (Clavierübung, part 1). After a brief, slow introduction, the piece is relentessly "fast and reckless" to the end, with the gique character predominating. Both of Bach's dances appear in more or less their original forms, complemented by other material that develops and elaborates upon some of the many interesting aspects of Bach's two dances.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio CD: North Texas State Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 2004
Audio CD: Indiana University Wind Ensemble (Ray E. Cramer, conductor) – 2003

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Purdue University Fort Wayne (Ind.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Daniel Tembras, conductor) - 20 April 2023
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble (Bobby R. Francis, conductor) - 5 October 2017
University of Oklahoma (Norman) Wind Symphony (William K. Wakefield, conductor) – 3 October 2016
University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Ensemble (Benjamen Blasko, conductor; Juan Guillermo Vizcarra, piano) – 28 April 2016
San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) - 28 September 2014
Texas Tech School of Music - 1 May 2014
Indiana University (Bloomington) Wind Ensemble (Ray E. Cramer, conductor) – 18 December 2003 (2003 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

After Hafiz (2016)
Amber Sky
Baron Cimetiere's Mambo (2004)
Baron Piquant on Pointe (2011)
Baron La Croix's Shuffle (2007)
Baron Samedi's Sarabande (and Soft Shoe) (2005)
Bum's Rush (1994)
Chant and Hymn for Our Lady
Circa 1600 (2018)
Cloudless Day, Bitter Sky (2002)
"Come Memory..." (2002)
Concerto in One Movement for Bass Trombone (1979)
Court Music (2005)
Don't You See? (2001)
Effulgent Light (2017)
Exhilaration and Cry (2008)
Fantasy on "In Dulci Jubilo" (2015)
Fantasy on "La Golondrina" (2003)
Fantasy on Mr. Hyde's Song (1998)
Fantasy Variations (1927/1998)
Farewell to Gray (2001)
Fayetteville Bop (2002)
From "An Alabama Songbook" (2007)
- Honey in the Rock (2008)
JS Dances (2003)
J'ai été au bal (1999)
Kentucky Harmony (2000)
Let Evening Come (Grantham) (2014)
Lone Star Twister (2008)
Music for the Blanton (2006)
Northern Celebration (2001)
Phantasticke Spirites (2002)
Shenandoah (2017)
Southern Harmony (1998)
- Wondrous Love (2008)
Sol y Sombra (2014)
Spangled Heavens (2010)
Starry Crown (2007)
Symphony for Winds and Percussion (2009)
- Stomp (Grantham) (2009)
Summer of 2008 (2008)
Thunderbird
Trumpet Gloria (2006)
Tuba Concerto (Grantham) (2012)
An Uneasy Mrch
Variations on an American Cavalry Song (2001)
What Comes Around... (2017)
A Winter Sky (2022)

Resources

Donald Grantham website (Piquant Press)
Grantham, D.; Bach, J. (2003). J.S. Dances: Wind Ensemble [score]. Piquant Press; Austin, Tex.
Kitelinger, Shannon. "JS Dances." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 652-659. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.