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Overture for Symphonic Band
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General Info
Year: 1972
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig-Masters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Overture for Symphonic Band is comprised of musical elements from the Eastern and Western hemispheres, creating many interesting colors and musical devices. The West has been fascinated with Japanese culture for centuries, especially after the popularity of Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly, which premiered in 1904. Many European composers, including Claude Debussy, were influenced by the exoticism of Eastern musical devices, such as the pentatonic scale and static harmony.
This work resembles the form of a seventeenth-century French overture, with a slow introductory section in triple meter that incorporates dotted rhythms, followed by a quick "Allegro" section in cut-time.
Overture for Symphonic Band was composed in 1970 at the request of the Yamaha Concert Band, which premiered the work in the spring of 1971.
- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class BB
- Louisiana: IV
- Virginia: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Sacramento (Calif.) State University Concert Band (Arianna Guntvedt, conductor) – 25 November 2019
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Ah! (1985)
- Ballade I (1981)
- Ballade V (1999)
- Divertimento (Kaneda) (1967)
- Divertimento for Symphonic Band II (1997)
- Japanese Folk Song Suite (1974)
- March Wakakusa (1982)
- Overture for Symphonic Band (1972)
- Passacaglia for Symphonic Band (1971)
- Song of Youth (1964)
- Suite for Symphonic Band (2000)
- Symphonic ONDO for Symphonic Band (1984)
- Symphonic Variations (1977)
- Symphony for Wind Orchestra (Kaneda) (1994)
- Theme and Variations for Band (1972)
Resources
- Kenada, B. (1972). Overture for Symphonic Band [score]. Ludwig Music: Cleveland, O.
- Schallert, Gary. " Overture for Symphonic Band." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 453-462. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
