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Contents
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
Contra-Bassoon
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 needed)
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 by 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
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- 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
Works for Winds by this Composer
- After Hafiz (2016)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 (Grantham) (2009)
- Stomp (Grantham) (2009)
- Trumpet Gloria (2006)
- Tuba Concerto (Grantham) (2012)
- Variations on an American Cavalry Song (2001)
- What Comes Around (2017)
References
- 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.
