Onward-Upward
Edwin Franko Goldman (ed. Ed Lisk)
General Info
Year: 1931 / 2007
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Onward-Upward was written in 1930 during a period when the composer was deeply involved in efforts to standardize concert band instrumentation. Only a few months earlier he had organized the American Bandmasters Association to raise wind music to a higher standard of artistic excellence and to secure the adaptation of universal instrumentation so that band publications of all countries would be interchangeable. At the time, wind bands contained varying number of musicians and instruments, and little music was composed specifically for band.
The title of this composition reflects optimistic conviction that bands would evolve "onward" to a bright and flourishing future, and standardized orchestration would enable "upward progression of the genre.
- Program Note from University of Alabama Wind Ensemble concert program, 5 March 2020
Onward and Upward is a charming toe-tapper of a march with literal musical depictions of its title in its many upward chromatic flourishes throughout the march.
- Program Note from United States Marine Band concert program, 1 August 2019
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band (Charles Menghini, conductor) - 2007 Midwest Clinic
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- River Valley Wind Ensemble (Bourbonnais, Ill.) (David Conrad, conductor) - 12 May 2023
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Wind Ensemble (David Kish, conductor) - 5 March 2020 (86th Annual ABA National Convention)
- Hanover Wind Symphony (Whippany, N.J.) (Peter Boor, conductor) – 12 February 2020
- United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Bryan P. Sherlock, conductor) - 1 August 2019
- Timber Creek High School (Gilmer Cty., Ga.) and West Orange High School (Winter Garden, Fla.) Wind Ensembles (Kenneth Boyd and Rhett Cox, conductors) – 18 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Edward S. Lisk, conductor) – 21 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)
- United States Air Force Band (Washington, D.C.) (Lowell Graham, conductor) – 21 February 2001 (CBDNA 2001 National Conference, Denton, Tx.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The ABA March (arr. Lisk) (1931/2003)
- Birthday March (ed. Leidzén) (1937)
- A Bit of Syncopation
- Boy Scouts of America (1931)
- The British Grenadiers (arr. Tobani) (1915)
- The Bugler (tr. Leidzén) (1943)
- Bugles and Drums (1936)
- Cheerio March (1933)
- Cheerio March (arr. Erickson) (1933/1968)
- Cheerio March (arr. Vinson) (1933/1999)
- The Children's March (arr. Lake) (1934)
- The Chimes of Liberty (1922/1937)
- The Chimes of Liberty (arr. Custer) (1922/1995)
- Chimes of Liberty (arr. Schissel) (1922/1998)
- Christmas March (1940)
- Christmas March (arr. Rogers) (1940/2016)
- Espanita
- Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (as arranger) (1703-7/1957/2012)
- The Free Lance March (as arranger) (1906/1959)
- From Coast to Coast (1940)
- Golden Gate March (1939)
- Illinois March (trans. Leidzén) (1953)
- Interlochen Bowl (1934)
- Jubilee March (arr. Leidzén) (1937)
- Jupiter (Goldman) (arr. Tobani) (1915)
- Kentucky March (1949)
- Let Freedom Ring (1932)
- My Old Kentucky Home (arr. Tobani) (1915)
- On Guard
- On Parade (arr. Lisk) (1934/2009)
- On the Air
- On the Alert (1931)
- On the Campus
- On the Farm
- On the Go
- On the Green
- On the Heights
- On the Hudson (1940)
- On the Hunt
- On the Mall (1923)
- On the Mall (arr. Lake) (1923)
- On the Mall (ed. Lisk) (1923/2004)
- On the Mall (arr. Leidzén) (1923/1938)
- On the Pier
- On the Road
- Onward-Upward (1931)
- The Pride of America (arr. Laurendeau) (1912)
- Scherzo
- Springtime Fancies
- Star of the Evening
- Sunshine and Shadows
- V.F.W. (arr. Leidzén) (1949)
Resources
None discovered thus far.