Jalousie

Jacob Gade

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General Info

Year: 1966
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Harms
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

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Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Jalousie is reported to have been inspired by an actual drama of passion, with a fatal outcome, that occurred in Copenhagen in 1925. The work was performed for the first time in Copenhagen in connection with a film entitled Don Q, starring Douglas Fairbanks.

After hearing the "gypsy" qualities in Jalousie, listeners are usually surprised to learn that its composer was Danish. However, the abandon and frenzy of the gypsy violinists were traits which were well known to the late 19th-century violinists throughout Europe – as, for example, Brahms' Hungarian Dances. In this arrangement, John Krance has captured the inherent gypsy qualities of the piece and at the same time has used the tonal colors of the wind and percussion instruments in a highly imaginative manner.

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Encore Concert Band (Mokena, Ill.) (Bill Schuetter, conductor) – 1 March 2020
Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Jason McChristian, conductor) - 16 August 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Jalousie (arr. Krance) (1967)
Funeral Music at the Bier of Gustav Esmann
Ils Sont Passes
Bryllup på Himmellind (1941)
Rhapsodietta

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Jacob Gade." Accessed 16 August 2015.
Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 220.
Gade, J.; Krance, J. (1966). Jalousie = Jealousy [score]. Harms: New York.