Rag

From Wind Repertory Project
Robert W. Smith

Robert W. Smith


Subtitle: From American Dances

This work is the first movement of the composer's American Dances.


General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 1:33
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Horn in F I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (optional)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II (2 players), including:

  • Tambourine
  • Triangle


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Composed for the Boston Pops Brass, American Dances by Robert W. Smith is a multi-movement work on American popular dances and music. This work was premiered as part of the orchestra's summer season at Tanglewood in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.

This movement, entitled Rag, is based on the unique American ragtime style developed in New Orleans, LA in the late 1800s. Scott Joplin, along with other great artists, created a new style of music that served as the forerunner to jazz and almost every other form of American popular music.

- Program Note from score


Media


State Ratings

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Performances

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  • University of Texas at Arlington Symphonic Band and Winds (Christopher Evans, conductor) - 19 November 2023


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