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Prelude and Presto
Subtitle: Iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 7:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bar Chimes
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Orchestra Bells
- Ribbon Crasher
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine, mounted
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom
- Wind Machine
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
David R. Holsinger returns to the band world with this first major composition written since his 2015 stroke. Commissioned to pay homage to Phi Beta Mu Band fraternity, it contains all those Holsinger compositional fingerprints we enjoy playing: the plaintive opening prelude, the poly-chordal texture, followed by the robust presto we expect from this composer. Vigorous asymmetrical melodies are evident, along with jubilant rhythms, fluctuating accents, poly-lineal textures, multi-layered, and electrifying excitement to the end.
- Program Note from publisher
Phi Beta Mu was established as a result of the respect and appreciation Colonel Earl D. Irons had for his professional associates and school band directors. Col. Irons was bandmaster and chairman of fine arts at the University of Texas at Arlington, then known as North Texas Agricultural College. He envisioned an organization that would honor outstanding band directors whose dedication and devotion to their profession was paramount, but whose admirable traits and services were not necessarily known nationally. Col. Irons sought to honor deserving individuals on a state level similar to the manner in which the American Bandmasters Association had honored him in 1936.
I admit that when I first read the history of this organization, and by word association, the Proverbs 27 verse that mentions “Iron sharpens iron...” immediately jumped into my mind. Having worked at the University of Texas at Arlington as the conductor of their summer camp band for almost 15 years, I was very used to seeing the picture of Col. Irons on the music building wall. Of course, my long history with Charles “Pete” Wiley had given me a lot of insight, as his father, Dr. D. O. Wiley was a close associate of Irons, and a charter member of this band fraternity in 1936. Beyond the obvious play on words, I quickly realized that the importance of that phrase went beyond the first words. "Iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." People helping people. Experience mentoring the less experienced.
This phrase from Proverbs seemed highly appropriate as a secondary line to the title of this composition, the first written since my stroke two years ago. It was a chance to write this piece for a fraternity who saw fit to honor me in 2011 with their Outstanding Bandmaster of the Year award. Their faith in my craft sharpened my resolve to overcome the challenges of that health event
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Florida (Gainesville) Symphonic Band (John M. Watkins, Jr., conductor) – 23 April 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Abram’s Pursuit (1998)
- Adagio (2000)
- The Adventures of Kid Cam, the Rocketman! (2014)
- American Faces (1996)
- Ancient Dances (2020)
- The Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf (1981)
- Army Ants March and Boogie (2005)
- At the Strongholds of En Gedi (1996)
- Ballet Exaltare (1999)
- Ballet Sacra (1990)
- Battle Music (1990)
- A Call to Celebration (2012)
- Canticles! (2001)
- The Case of the Mysterious Stranger (1990)
- The Chase (2003)
- A Childhood Hymn (as arranger) (1862/1991)
- City Symphony
- The Cluster Bluster Fluster March (1991)
- Connacht Rhapsody (2017)
- Consider the Uncommon Man (1992)
- Deborah's Triumph/Jael's Revenge (2016)
- Deerpath Dances (1996)
- Divertimented Dances (2006)
- The Easter Symphony (1986-1997)
- Elegy on an American Folk Tune (2006)
- Elegy on an Evening Hymn (2013)
- Every Morning New (2002)
- Falcon Attack! (2002)
- Fanfare for Brass and Timpani (2003)
- Fanfare for Such a Time as This (2007)
- Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart (2001)
- Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong (1999)
- Fantasy on Old Hundred (2019)
- Festiva Jubiloso (2000)
- Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
- Fort Canterbury March (1989)
- The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron (1988)
- Gears Pulleys Chains (2006)
- Gmyway’s Revenge! (1994)
- Graysondance (1993)
- Gypsydance (1994)
- Havendance (1985)
- The Helm Toccata (1991)
- Hero Music (2005)
- Homage: Three Tapestries (1999)
- Hopak Raskolniki (1980)
- If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else (1990)
- In Praise of Gentle Pioneers (1996)
- In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War (1991)
- A Jolly Walk in Hibbertland (1991)
- Kaylen Dreaming (2006)
- Kansas City Dances (1978)
- L'Arco della Vita (2021)
- Lake Canterbury Regatta (1993)
- Last Run (2020)
- A Little Adventure Music (2002)
- Little Fantasy on an American Hymn (2009)
- A Little Mystery Music (1996)
- Liturgical Dances (1984)
- The Maelstrom (2009)
- The March of the Combat Patrol (1991)
- March of the Grand High Poobah (2006)
- March on a Russian Hymnsong (2003)
- Mobbusters! (1994)
- Nilesdance (1987)
- On a Childhood Sunday Song (2004)
- On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason (1990)
- On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1989)
- On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowry (1993)
- On a Southern Hymnsong (1993)
- On an American Spiritual (1991)
- On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances (1988)
- On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon (1999)
- On the Grand Prairie Texas (1989)
- On the Overland Stage to El Paso (2006)
- One Day in a Small Town (2004)
- Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince (2009)
- Partita Allegro (1997)
- The Peasant Village Dance (1990)
- Praises! (2001)
- Prairie Dances (1998)
- Prelude and Presto (2018)
- Prelude and Rondo (1976)
- The Pride of Buxmont (2000)
- Providence Unfinished (2002)
- Quiet River (2011)
- Reagan of Illinois (2011)
- Reagan of Illinois Part II (2013)
- Riding With the Frontier Battalion (2000)
- Scaling the North Wall (1990)
- Scootin’ on Hardrock (1999)
- Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary (1981)
- Sinfonia Voci (1993)
- Solemn Hymn & Rowdy Dance (2010)
- Soliloquy (2020)
- Some Give All (2016)
- A Song of Moses (1999)
- Summer to Fall: A Love Song (2006)
- Symphonia Glorioso (2006)
- Symphonic Movement (2000)
- Texas Promenade (1999
- Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword (2004)
- To Live a Life Triumphant (2007)
- To Tame the Perilous Skies (1990)
- Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March (1994)
- The War Trilogy: 1971 (1999)
- The White Rose (as arranger) (1917/)
- Zinphonia (2017)
Resources
- David Holsinger website Accessed 29 August 2021
- Holsinger, D. (2018). Prelude and Presto: For Concert Band (2019) [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Perusal score