Prelude and Dance (Osmon)
Subtitle: Akdam ve Reekood
General Info
Year: 2000
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: RBC Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II
- Trombone I-II
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Crash Cymbal
- *Crotales
- *Glockenspiel
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tambourine
- *Tam-tam
- *Triangle (2: small and large)
- *Tubular Bells
- *Vibraphone
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Prelude and Dance is a combination of my more recent style (the Prelude) and my earlier more traditional "Hebrew" style (the dance). The Prelude is somewhat dark and mysterious with a wide variety of colors and textures for younger musicians to experience. The parallel fourths set an ominous and almost brooding feeling. While the stopped horns (optional muted) and muted trombones, in conjunction with the percussive effects, offer contrast in color and texture, the paint a particularly interesting mood for the melody.
The Dance should be performed on the "fast" side of allegro, in full force and with a great deal of "smaltz". It is in total contrast to the Prelude and should be a total surprise to the listener. The Dance is in the style of the traditional Klezmer or Jewish wedding band. Like the traditional Jewish band, there are several clarinet solos that can be played in the Klezmer style as well as a saxophone trio, bassoon solo, baritone horn solos, and timpani solo.
- Program Note by composer
Scott McAdow commissioned this work in honor of his father, Maurice McAdow (a legend in Texas band directing) for performance at the 2000 Midwest International Music Clinic in Chicago.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Moores School of Music Symphonic Winds (David Bertman, conductor)
- Audio CD: Langham Creek High School Symphonic Band (Chris Batchelor, conductor) – 2000
- Audio CD: Moores School of Music Symphonic Winds (David Bertman, conductor) – 2008
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Langham Creek High School (Houston,Tx.) Symphonic Band (Chris Batchelor, conductor) – 24 December 2000 (2000 Midwest Clinic) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by this Composer
- The Alchemist (2022)
- Aluxes
- American Songs
- and fragments of a dream... (2010)
- Ballade for Horn and Band (2010)
- Canciones y Sones de Mexico (2008)
- Chateau Le Bombadier Marche
- Christmas in The Netherlands (1999)
- Dance Poem (2006)
- David's Lyre
- Dia de los Muertos (2001)
- …dim points of lights…
- Down Longford Way & Shenandoah (as transcriber) (1990)
- Shenandoah (as arranger) (1907/1990)
- Elegy: Sixteen Minutes from Home (2005)
- Enigmatic Variations (2002)
- Experience the Adventure (2007)
- Fanfare for a Great Hall (2010)
- Fanfare, Elegy and Dance
- Four Dutch Hymns (1991)
- The Garden of Earthly Delights (2006)
- Hanszen Parish Overture
- The Hanukkah Gift (1999)
- Hebrew Folk Song Suite
- Hebrew Folk Song Suite No. 2 (2005)
- Hebrew Folk Song Suite No. 3 (2003)
- Hebrew Rhapsody (2003)
- Holliday Festival Overture (2002)
- Huapango! (as transcriber) (1941/1986)
- In Memory of a Summer Day
- In the Land of Green Lightning (2010)
- Introduction and Allegro (2015)
- A Lark's Song in the Clear Air (2012)
- March 104 (1998)
- Masada (2007)
- The Midnight Culmination of Sirius
- Prelude and Dance (2000)
- Prelude from "49th Parallel" (as transcriber) (1941/1960/1987/2002)
- The Rabbit and the Coyote (2005)
- Scotch Strathspey and Reel (as arranger) (1901-11/1982)
- Shenandoah. See: Down Longford Way & Shenandoah
- Symphony for Winds and Percussion (1997)
- Tower of The Winds (2009)
- Tuqa Gloria Emmeles
- West Point Songs (1981)
- The Widow's Party (as arranger) (1923/1929/2009)
Resources
- Leroy Osmon website – Accessed 14 July 2022
- Osmon, L. (2000). Prelude and dance = (Akdam ve reekood) [sxore]. RBC Publications: San Antonio, Tx.