Passo a sei
Gioacchino Rossini (trans. Patrick Dunnigan)
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Subtitle: From William Tell
The title translates from the Italian as "Dance of the Sixes."
General Info
Year: 1829 /
Duration: c. 6:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - $150.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Passo a sei, or "Dance of the Sixes," is from the first act of Rossini's famous opera William Tell. William Tell is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L.F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play William Tell, which, in turn, drew on the William Tell legend.
The opera was Rossini's last, although he lived for nearly 40 more years. Fabio Luisi said that Rossini planned for William Tell to be his last opera even as he composed it. The often-performed overture in four sections features a depiction of a storm and a vivacious finale, the "March of the Swiss Solders."
- Program Note from Florida State University Wind Ensemble concert program, 13 April 2021
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Ensemble (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) - 13 April 2021
- University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Ryan S. Kelly, conductor) – 31 March 2017
- Heart of Texas Concert Band (San Antonio) (Ferd W. Vollmar, conductor) - 2013
- Leon High School (Tallahassee, Fla.) Symphonic Band (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) – 26 February 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Southern Division Conference, Oxford, Miss.)
- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Symphonic Band (Bentley Shellahammer, conductor) – 24 February 2006 (CBDNA 2006 Southern Division Conference, Nashville, Tenn.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1829/2009)
- William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1829/2005)
All Wind Works
- Barber of Seville (arr. Meyrelles) (1816/1899)
- The Barber of Seville (arr. Williams) (1816/2005)
- Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Lake) (1816/1927)
- The Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Duthoit) (1816/1940)
- The Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Singleton) (1816/2002)
- Figaro in Stereo (adapt. Yoder) (1970)
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia (arr. Cesarini) (1816/2011)
- Inflammatis from "Stabat Mater" (arr. Laurendeau and Meyrelles) (1842/1911)
- Introduction, Theme and Variations (arr. Tamanini) (1819/2017)
- Italian en Argel
- Italian in Algiers (arr. Cailliet) (1952)
- La Boutique Fantasque (arr. Respighi; tr. Mahaffey) (2009)
- La Boutique Fantasque (adapt. Respighi; arr. Godfrey) (1922)
- La Cenerentola (arr. Daehn) (1817/2007)
- La Corona d'Italia (orch. Milone) (1868/2000)
- La Danza (arr. Erickson) (1835/1967)
- La Gazza Ladra (tr. Cailliet) (1817/1954)
- La Gazza Ladra (arr. Molenaar) (1817/2000)
- L'italiana in Algeri (tr. Sedlak; ed. Lonoce) (1813/1992)
- L'italiana in Algeri (tr. Van der Beek) (1813/2008)
- March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid (arr. Townsend) (1851/1967)
- Overture from the Opera "La Gazza Ladra" (arr. Oliver) (1817)
- Overture to "The Barber of Seville" (arr. Boll) (1816/2013)
- Overture to "The Barber of Seville" (arr. Sedlak) (1816/1983)
- Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" (arr. Cailliet) (1813/1952)
- Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" (tr. Mose-Tobani; arr. Laurendeau) (1813/1898/1947)
- Passo a sei (tr. Dunnigan)
- Scherzo for Band (scored by Schaefer) (1864/1977)
- Semiramide (arr. Safranek; ed. Robertson) (1823/1939)
- Soirées musicales (arr. Britten and Brown) (1830-1835/1946)
- String Quartet No. 1
- Tancredi Overture (tr. Falcone) (1813/1975)
- Three Marches for the Marriage of the Duke of Orléans (ed. Townsend) (1827/1972)
- Una Voce Poco Fa from "Barber of Seville" (arr. Barrow) (1816/1973)
- William Tell Overture (arr. anon) (1829)
- William Tell Overture (arr. Elkus) (1829/1988)
- William Tell Overture (arr. Griffin) (1829/)
- William Tell Overture (arr. Leidzen; ed. Fry) (1829/1938/2007)
- William Tell Overture (tr. Sousa and Schissel) (1829/2014)
- William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1829/2009)
- William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1829/2005)
Resources
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