Kwyjibo
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 4:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Montoya Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Brake Drum
- Concert Tom (3)
- Crash Cymbals
- Finger Cymbals
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Rainstick
- Ride Cymbal
- Shekere
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The term Kwyjibo was coined in an early The Simpsons animated TV episode in which son Bart invents the word to escape a boring game of Scrabble. When challenged, he defines the word as a big, dumb, balding, North American ape with no chin … and a short temper, which of course refers to his father, Homer Simpson.
The composition Kwyjibo is Montoya's interpretation of what Homer would be like as Bart alternately toys with and taunts him, with just a hint of The Simpsons' musical theme.
- Program Note adapted from recorded explanation by composer
Commissioned by the Westwood High School Symphonic Band, Austin, TX, David Jennison, Director.
- Program Note from score
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kent (Ohio) Roosevelt High School Wind Ensemble (Wendy K. Matthews, conductor) – 23 February 2020
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Heath Nails, conductor) – 13 November 2017
- Van Wert (Ohio) High School Symphonic Band (Robert H. Sloan, conductor) - Spring 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Axe to Grind (2019)
- Catalyst (2017)
- Crystal Microphone (2007)
- Danse Moods (2002)
- Einstein on 6th Street (Saxophone quartet) (2016)
- Einstein on 6th Street (2016/2017)
- Get On Up (2019)
- Hoverboard (2016)
- Kwyjibo (2011)
- Light the Fuse (2014)
- ...my consciousness (2015)
- Myth (2005)
- Red Hilled Crown (2019)
- Release the Hounds (2012)
- Second Time Is Forever, The (2015)
- Winter's First Whisper (2008)
- X (2013)
Resources
- Daniel Montoya Jr. website Accessed 13 November 2017
- Perusal score