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Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band
General Info
Year: 1978 / 1999
Duration: c. 6:05
Difficulty: IV (solo), III (ensemble) (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Curnow Music, Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts - $79.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat 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
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bar Chimes
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Originally written by the composer as a teaching piece for his own euphonium students, Rhapsody for Euphonium is dedicated to the memory of the composer’s teacher, Leonard Falcone. Since its first release in 1978, Rhapsody for Euphonium has gone on to become a very important part of the euphonium literature.
The composition begins with an unaccompanied soliloquy by the soloist. This beautiful melody, set in the Dorian mode, establishes the molto espressivo style of the first third of the composition. Six measures later, the ensemble enters, playing undulating rhythmic patterns that help to create intensity. The solo continues with the euphonium presenting musical material, which is imitated and answered by the accompanying ensemble.
The second third of the composition features an exciting scherzo that presents call and response type statements between the soloist and the ensemble. Contrasting dynamics, exciting syncopation and fast-paced sixteenth passages also highlight this portion of the solo.
The last section of the solo features the extremely melodious tone of the euphonium in a lovely obbligato passage. This obbligato flows over melodic material from the first third of the piece. Via a rapid accelerando, the solo moves into a brilliant coda, which recapitulates many of the thematic ideas from earlier passages.
-Program note from score
Media
Reference recording: soloist and ensemble unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Mount Vernon (Ohio) Nazarene University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (John Packard, conductor; Jeremy Smith, euphonium) - 23 April 2022
- State University of New York, Potsdam, Symphonic Band (Brian K. Doyle, conductor; William Sutton, euphonium) – 21 November 2019
- Montgomery County Concert Band (Hatfield, Penn.) (Chuck Neidhardt, conductor; Jan Jochems, euphonium) – 23 April 2019 (ACB 2019 Annual Convention (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.))
- St. Cloud (Minn.) State University Wind Ensemble (Catherine Bushman, conductor; Ryan Anselment, euphonium) – 20 March 2018
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Edward Cumming, conductor; Bonnie Denton, euphonium) – 11 February 2018
- Cuesta Wind Ensemble (Jennifer Martin, conductor; Carlos Gama, Jr., euphonium) - 12 December 2012
- Woodland (Calif.) Community Band (Bobby Rogers, conductor; Steve Drivon, euphonium) - 4 June 2011
- West Virginia State University (Institute) Wind Ensemble (Scott E. Woodard, conductor; Kenneth W. Morrison, euphonium) – 15 April 2010
- Brooklyn (N.Y.) Wind Symphony (Jeff W. Ball, conductor) - 14 March 2010
- Omaha Symphonic Winds (William Hall, conductor) - 28 February 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
All Wind Works
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- Album for the Young (Op. 39) (as arranger) (1878/2007)
- Amber Waves of Grain (1994)
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
- Appalachian Dances (2008)
- Apple Island Legend (1997)
- Beyond the Stars
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (as arranger) (1985)
- Blazon (1997)
- Bridge of the Gods (2012)
- Canadian Sketches (1996)
- Canterbury Coronation (1996)
- Canticle at Christmastide (2006)
- Canticle of the Creatures (1984)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- The Carnival of the Animals (as arranger) (1886/2008)
- Celebration Fanfare
- Celebration (1994)
- Ceremonial Flourishes (1988)
- Chinese Folk Fantasy (2013)
- Christmas Classics (1993)
- Christmas Fancies (2000)
- Christmas Flourish, A (1998)
- Christmas Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Christmas Travelogue (as arranger)
- Classical Suite for Piano and Band (as arranger) (2006)
- Concertino for Tuba and Band (1978/2001)
- Concertpiece (1990)
- Concertpiece for Clarinet, Winds and Percussion (1990)
- Dance Episodes (2006)
- Day at the Circus, A (1998)
- Day at the Museum, A (1997)
- Day in Space, A
- Dialogues for Saxophone Quartet, Winds and Percussion (2005)
- Dimensions of Seven
- Dublin Sketches
- Fanfare and Flourishes (1995)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Fanfare for Christmas (2004)
- Fanfare for Spartacus (1996)
- Fanfare Prelude: "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (1999)
- Fanfare Prelude on "God of Our Fathers" (1876/1983)
- Fanfare Prelude on "Joy to the World" (1985)
- Fantasia di Falcone
- Fantasy on a Colonial Air
- Festive Fanfare for the Holidays (2006)
- Festivity (1993)
- Festivo Fantastico (1998)
- Fiddle Tunes (as arranger) (2002)
- Finale for a Winter Festival (2004)
- Folk Dances (as arranger (1942/2000)
- Freedom Road (1994)
- Freedom's Song (2009)
- French Christmas Carol Fantasy (1989)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (as arranger)
- Guadalcanal March (as arranger) (1952/1989)
- Heroic Tribute (2006)
- Illini Fantasy (2006)
- In Storm and Sunshine (as arranger) (1884/1986)
- In the Valley of the Sun (2013)
- International Christmas Salute (1996)
- Inventions from the Sacred Harp (2005)
- Irish Legends (1994)
- Journey (2009)
- Jubilee (2012)
- Kentucky Kaleidoscope
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (1988)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Land of Tomorrow (2010)
- Lion of Lucerne (1986)
- Lone Star Celebration (1995)
- Megaforce (1997)
- Midway March (as arranger)
- Moment in Time, A
- Mutanza (1981)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (1990)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Nexus (2015)
- Nulli Secundus (Curnow)
- Nutcracker Suite (as arranger) (1891/1987)
- Overture to a Winter Festival (1995)
- Peter and the Wolf (as arranger) (1936/1986)
- Praetorius Variations
- Prelude and Celebration (1996)
- Prelude on a Hymn of Praise (1996)
- Prelude on Lobe Den Herren (1982/1997)
- The Promise of Living (as arranger) (1954/2012)
- Quintessence
- Rejouissance (1988)
- Renaissance Festival (as arranger) (2008)
- Renaissance Suite (as arranger) (c.1551/1983)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band (1978/1999)
- Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies (1996)
- Romanza (2017)
- Russian Christmas Music (as arranger) (1944/1990)
- Russian Folk Fantasy (1992)
- Sea to Shining Sea (2006)
- Seacliffe Overture (1983)
- Selections from "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46 (as transcriber) (1878/)
- Selections from "Suite of Old American Dances" (as arranger) (1950/2005)
- Selections from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1992)
- Slavonic Dances, The (as transcriber)
- Songs of the West (as arranger) (1907/1986)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (as arranger) (1897)
- Sovereign Variants
- Spirit of the Pioneers (2007)
- Suite from "Messiah" (as transcriber) (1741/1989)
- Suncatcher (2000)
- Symphonic Chorale for Band (1989)
- Symphonic Suite from "The Right Stuff" (as arranger) (1983/1984)
- Symphonic Triptych (1978)
- Symphonic Variants (1998)
- Three Colonial Ballads (as arranger)
- The Three Drummers (2004)
- Toward the Sunrising (1999)
- Turkish March (as arranger) (1809/2001)
- Valdres (arr Curnow) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
- Vanguard (2003)
- Voluntary on Old Hundreth (as transcriber) (/2000)
- A Wexford Reverie (as arranger) (2005)
- When the Morning Stars Sang (2005)
- Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew (1993)
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