March Grandioso (arr Glover)
Roland F Seitz (arr. Andrew Glover)
General Info
Year: 1901 / 2001
Duration: c. 2:48
Difficulty: III 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I
E-flat Alto Saophone/Alto Clarinet
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet/Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This dramatic march opens with a theme from Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14 (Allegro Eroico section). Like Huffine's Them Basses March, March Grandioso has a minimum of important simultaneous melodic lines and can thus be performed with very few instruments. When played at a football half-time show or during a parade by a band with 200 to 300 performers (such as the University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band), the powerful unison strains can be heard for a considerable distance. This may explain Grandioso's current popularity in Great Britain and Western Europe.
-Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Karl L. King Municipal Band (Fort Dodge, Iowa) (Jerrold P. Jimmerson, conductor) - 9 July 2023
- Lamar University (Beaumont, Tx.) Symphony Band (Eric Shannon, conductor) - 7 October 2021
- Cedar Park (Tex.) Winds Community Band (Christopher Yee, conductor) - 20 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
- Maplewood (N.J.) Community Concert Band (Steve Kimmons, conductor) - 11 April 2015
- Round Rock (Tex.) High School Wind Ensemble - Winter 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Abendlied
- Acorn Club March (1901)
- Brooke's Chicago Marine Band March (1901/1957)
- Encomium (1889)
- March Grandioso (1901)
- March Grandioso (arr. Reed) (1901/1969)
- March Grandioso (arr. Smith) (1901/2007)
- March Grandioso (arr. Glover) (1901/2001)
- Port Arthur (arr. Rhea) (1904/2006)
- Salutation
- The Trombone Hustler March (1899)
- University of Pennsylvania Band March (1900)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Roland F. Seitz." Accessed 11 April 2015
- Seitz, R.; Glover, A. (2001). March Grandioso [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 540.