Renaissance Festival and Dances
Tielman Susato (arr. Pearson)
General Info
Year: c. 1551 / 1995
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: II 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Movements
1. Festival – 1:40
2. Pavane – 1:45
3. Courtly Dance – 2:15
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
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
Cornets/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Rehearsal Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Finger Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Xylophone
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
An excellent transcription of music from the 16th century composers Susato and Anthony Holborne. Both stately and elegant, the dances are arranged in suite form, and consist of Festival, Pavanne and Courtly Dance.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class CC
- Florida: III
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
- Kansas: II
- Louisiana: I
- Maryland: II
- Michigan: Junior High A
- North Carolina: III
- Oklahoma: II-A
- South Carolina: III
- Tennessee: III
- Virginia: III
- Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band Grade C Standard Repertoire
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of British Columbia (Vancouver) Summer Music Institute Intermediate Concert Band (Chris Haas, conductor) – 8 July 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Curnow) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Selected Movements from "The Danserye" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Allen) (1551/2020)
- Susato Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shiraiwa) (1551/)
- Two Renaissance Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Cowles) (1999)
All Wind Works
- Battle (arr. Hartke)
- The Battle Pavanne (arr. Margolis) (1981)
- Knightly Procession (arr. Wilds) (2014)
- Renaissance Dance Fever (arr. Singleton) (2014)
- Renaissance Dances (arr. Williams)
- Renaissance Festival (arr. Curnow) (c. 1551/2008)
- Renaissance Festival and Dances (arr. Pearson) (1995)
- A Renaissance Revel (arr. Singleton) (2002)
- Renaissance Suite (arr. Curnow) (c.1551/1983)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Curnow) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Selected Movements from "The Danserye" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Allen) (1551/2020)
- Selections from "The Danserye" (arr. Dunnigan) (1551/2002)
- Susato Dance Suite (arr. Marlatt) (1551/2016)
- Susato Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shiraiwa) (1551/)
- Susato Prelude - Douglas Akey
- Susato Suite (arr. Iveson) (1551/1975)
- Susatos Tune - Stouffer
- Three Susato Dances (arr. Minakuchi) (2013)
- Two Renaissance Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Cowles) (1999)
Resources
- Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 185-188.
- Pearson, B.; Susato, T.; Holborne, A. (1995). Renaissance Festival & Dances [score]. Neil A. Kjos Music Co.: San Diego, Calif.
- Perusal score