New York Parade
General Info
Year: 1998
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G and M Brand - British Music Publishers
Cost: Score & Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Drumset
- Glockenspiel
- Tambourine
- Timpani
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In June 1997, I was in New York and had a free weekend. On Sunday morning, I was awoken early by a great deal of banging and saw that barriers and road-blocks had been erected throughout central park. Why?
I soon heard the answer: A great parade. When the Americans put together a parade, they really mean it! This one lasted three hours and brought the centre of New York to a stand still. Bands, choirs and dancers marched passed in celebration of the Jewish faith.
New York Parade is completely original, but its starting point in my imagination was a band, a choir and Broadway. The marching band starts in the distance, passes by and as it moves away we hear the next block of performers singing, almost chanting a hymn (called 'Jewish Song'). The groups suddenly turn into Broadway, as a song from an imaginary show intervenes, but then the band and choir return in counterpoint and all three themes come together.
New York Parade was commissioned in 1997 with the aid of funds provided by Gower Music International. Having organized tours for bands for many years, Gower wished to provide bands planning a tour with an added dimension to their touring projects. The work was played by five bands during their 1998 music tours.
-Program Note from Printed Score
Media
State Ratings
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Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
- Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
- A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (as editor; arr. Wright) (1928/2021)
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
- Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
- See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
- St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
- Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)
All Wind Works
- 1812 and a Half - Novelty Item
- Angel of the North
- Argincort Variations
- Avebury Circles
- Brandenbach
- Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
- Don't Tell William
- Dreams and Fancies
- Fugue à la Gigue (as editor; tr. Holst)
- Flute Feature Chanson de Matin
- Four Temperaments for Tuba
- Glock Around the Clock
- Handel's Largo (as arranger) (1738/2007)
- Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
- Meditation (Brand)
- A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (as editor; arr. Wright) (1928/2021)
- New York Parade
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
- Orpheus Can't Can Can
- Pioneer 10
- Portsmouth
- Prelude in the Dorian Mode (as editor with Brion; scored Grainger) (c. 1550/1937-1941)
- Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
- See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
- Sousa Confuser
- St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
- Surprise Surprise
- Swingtime Rag
- Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)
- Tapestry for Tuba
- Trocadero March
- Two Spirituals
- Windpower
Resources
None discovered thus far.