Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op 23a

Samuel Barber

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General Info

Year: 1953 / 1994
Duration: c. 13:15
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II-III (2 Flutes doubling on C Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Tam-Tam
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Whip

Errata

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Program Notes

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Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Jason K. Fettig, conductor) – 20 November 2016
University of Cincinnati (Ohio) Conservatory of Music Wind Orchestra (Glenn Price, conductor) – 14 October 2016
Florida International University Wind Ensemble (Catherine Rand, conductor) - November 19, 2009

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adagio (arr. Linden) (1936/2006)
Adagio (arr. Warner) (1936/1997)
Adagio for Strings (arr. Wilkinson) (1936/2003)
Adagio for Young Concert Band (arr. Jennings) (1936/1991)
Adagio from "Adagio for Strings" (arr. Custer) (1936)
Andante and Tranquillo (arr. Saucedo) (1943/2009)
Commando March (1943)
Commando March (ed. Collinsworth) (1943/2009)
Commando March (arr. Curnow) (1943/1990)
Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (arr. Saucedo) (1931/2005)
First Essay (arr. Joseph Levey) (1937/1972)
Funeral March (1943)
Intermezzo (from “Vanessa") (arr. Beeler) (1962)
Knoxville, Summer of 1915 (tr. Singleton) (1949/2004)
Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op 23a (arr. Hudson)
Mutations from Bach (1968)
Overture to “The School for Scandal” (arr. Hudson) (1941/1971
Second Essay (arr. Schneider) (2011)
Summer Music (1956)
Sure on This Shining Night (arr. Saucedo) (1938/2004)
Symphony in One Movement (tr. Duker) (1936/1970)

Resources

Heyman, Barbara B. (1992). Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.