Largo and Finale for Band (from the New World Symphony)

Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák (arrangement by Joel Blahnik)

General Info

Year: 1893 / 1996
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Brass quartet
Publisher: Alliance Publications
Cost: Score & Parts - $40.00 | Score Only - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Baritone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Largo and Finale (from the New World Symphony) was arranged for band by Joel Blahnik. This work was originally arranged for brass quartet for the "Remembering Dvorak Centennial Festival" 1893-1993, celebrating the composer's 1893 summer residency in Spillville, Iowa. In attendance at the Festival were Antonín Dvořák III, IV and V from the Czech Republic.

After the summer of 1893 spent in Spillville, Iowa, Dvořák returned to New York and worked on the New World Symphony with Anton Seidl, the New York Philharmonic's German conductor. The piece was first performed on December 15, 1893. It was reviewed as one of the greatest symphonies performed since the death of Beethoven. Dvořák did not use actual melodies from the African American and Native American cultures, but adapted them to his own original constructions.

- Program Note from score

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kiefer) (1893/2013/2020)

All Wind Works

Adagio - Allegro Molto from "Symphony No 9" (arr. Johnson) (2015)
Allegro con brio from "Symphony No. 8" (arr. Hartman) (1889/2013)
Carnival Overture (arr. Clarke) (1891/1922?)
Carnival Overture (arr. Mayes) (1891/2019)
Carnival Overture (tr. Patterson) (1891/2023)
Carnival Overture (arr. Schyns) (1891/2012)
Carnival Overture (tr. Steiger) (1891/1982)
Carnival Overture (tr. Walker; ed. Yeago) (1891/2000)
Czech Suite (arr. Sheen) (1879/1988)
Festival March (arr. Bourgeois) (1879/2012)
Festmusik (arr. Woodley) (1901/2007)
Finale from "New World Symphony" (tr. Hindsley) (1893)
Finale from "Symphony No. 9" (tr. Buckley) (1893/2018)
Finale from "Symphony No. 9" (tr. Leidzén) (1893/1936)
Finale Excerpts, "Symphony No 9" (arr. Daehn) (1893/2010)
Finale Symphony No. VIII (scored Schaefer) (1889/1980)
Four Slavonic Dances (arr. Spink) (1886)
Goin' Home (arr. Villanueva) (1893/1996)
The Golden Spinning Wheel (tr. Johnson) (1896/2018)
Humoresque (arr. Glover) (1894/2017)
Largo (arr. Safranek) (1893/1912)
Largo and Finale for Band (from the New World Symphony) (arr. Blahnik) (1893)
Largo and Finale for Brass Choir (from the New World Symphony) (1893)
Largo and Scherzo from "Symphony No 9 in E minor, Opus 95" (tr. Kappey) (1893/1903)
Largo from "New World Symphony" (arr. Williams) (1893/2007)
Legends, Op. 59, Nos. 1 - 5 (arr. Thompson) (1881/2019)
New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kiefer) (1893/2013/2020)
Psalm of Praise (arr. Gardner) (1874/1966)
Selections from "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46 (tr. Curnow) (1878/)
Serenade, opus 22 (arr. Moehlmann) (1967)
Serenade in D minor (1878)
Slavonic Dance No. 5 (tr. Curnow)
Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46 (arr. Linklater) (1878/)
Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46 (arr. Longfield) (1878/2001)
Slavonic Dance No. 3, Op 46 (arr. Safranek) (1878/1912)
Slavonic Dance, Op 46 No 7 for Woodwind Choir (1878/1999)
Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 46 (arr. Pyter) (1878/2020)
Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46 (tr. Balent) (1878/2010)
Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 (arr. Longfield) (1878/1991)
Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 (arr. Harnsberger) (1878/2004)
Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2001)
Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (arr. Tobani) (1886/1929)
Slavonic Dance No 3, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2003)
Slavonic Dance No 4, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/1996)
Slavonic Dance No 4 (arr. Sebesky) (1970)
Slavonic Dance No 6, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2002)
Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/1996)
Slavonic Dances, The (tr. Curnow) (1878/1984)
Slavonic Dances (arr. Johnson) (1878/1960)
Slavonic March (arr. Longfield) (1878/2017)
Slawischer Tanz Nr. 4 (arr. Goldhammer) (1878/1995)
Symphony No. 8: Finale (arr. Schaefer). See: Finale Symphony No. VIII
Symphony No. 9: Finale (arr. Harnsberger) (1893/1999)
Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement (arr. Bělohoubek) (1893/)
Song to the Moon (orch. Silbert) (1901/)
Themes from "New World Symphony" (arr. Sweeney) (1893)
Three Slavonic Dances (arr. Hanna)
Two Biblical Songs for Symphonic Wind Band (arr. Grotenhuis) (1894/2003)

Resources

Dunker, Amy. Analysis of Largo and Finale for Band