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Latin American Dances No 2
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 8:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Movements
1. Salsa – 3:10
2. Bossa Nova – 2:15
3. Rumba – 3:20
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
String Bass
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Claves
- Conga
- Guiro
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Latin American Dances 2 is a new suite of three original dances for symphonic band which use dance rhythms from Latin America. The first movement is Salsa, a fast, lively dance which has its origins in Puerto Rico and Cuba. The second movement is a Bossa Nova from the beaches of Brazil, a much more relaxed and quiet style of music. The suite picks up the pace to close with a Rumba from Cuba.
The three dances in this set each use a repeating two-measure claves pattern of 2+3 or 3+2, which is often used in contemporary Latin music. Also, each movement begins with the same five-note motif, beginning on the 5th scale degree of the key (5-6-5-4-5) and then 'spins' out and develops melodic material within the movement.
Latin American Dances 2 was premiered by and is dedicated to the Austin Symphonic Band and its director Richard Floyd.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Austin (Tx.) Civic Wind Ensemble (Robert Laguna, conductor) - 20 October 2017
- Austin (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 25 February 2011
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- Canyon Lake Reflections
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- Chorale Prelude on "Nettleton" (2020)
- Highclere Castle
- Holy Night, Silent Night (as arranger) (1847/2014)
- Latin American Dances #2 (2012)
- Louisiana Sketches (2015)
- Make Sail!
- New Orleans Sunday Morning
- Rising (2022)
- Rondo Picoso
- Saddle Up! (2012)
- Sandringham Castle
- Song of a Summer Night
- Tango en Siete
- Variations on "La Folia"
- Vision (2007)
- Westwood Manor