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General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 6:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €116.00 | Score Only (print) - €26.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Choir (optional)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sa Música is based on the history and atmosphere of the Spanish island of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands. It begins with a majestic introduction inspired by the Greek colonists who founded the temple of Heracles Maliorcas and the Romans who occupied Mallorca in 123 BC under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus. This is followed by a theme that conjures up the traditional processions on Mallorca. The Spanish influences are clear in the next fast theme, a real fiesta. After that we hear a slow lyrical theme, which Jacob de Haan composed on the words from the famous poem about pirates:
Canción del pirata by José de Espronceda:
Que es mi barco mi tesoro,
que es mi dios la libertad,
mi ley, la fuerza y el viento,
mi única patria, la mar.
(My treasure is my gallant barque,
My only God is liberty,
My law is might, the wind my mark, My country is the sea.)
This theme can also be sung in the original Spanish with one or more singers or choir. We then hear a cheerful dance combined with the procession theme, followed by sounds from La Balanguera, the official anthem of the island. Finally the Spanish theme is returns, assuring a festive conclusion.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by 'La Banda de Música de Llucmajor' from Mallorca (Spain), Juan Ramon Xamena Vidal (conductor).
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- World Adult Wind Orchestra Project (WAYOP) (Schladming, Austria) (Jacob de Haan, conductor) – 13 July 2019
- Orchestra Accademica (Varese, Italy) (Jacob de Haan, conductor) – 19 October 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Blue March and Boogie (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
- Europa (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
- Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999)
- Orlando Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1989)
All Wind Works
- Ammerland (2001)
- Arioso (as arranger) (1729/2000)
- Blue March and Boogie (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
- Call of the Valley (2013)
- Concerto D'Amore (1995)
- Contrasto Grosso (1998)
- Elegy I: Jealousy (2009)
- Europa (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
- Fanfare for Korea (2011)
- Festa Paesana (2000)
- Kraftwerk (2006)
- Legend of a Mountain (2008)
- Let Me Weep (as arranger) (1711/2004)
- Monterosi (2009)
- Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999)
- Odelia (2013)
- Oregon (1989)
- Orlando Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1989)
- Pasadena
- Queen's Park Melody (1989/1997)
- Ross Roy (1997)
- River City (2015)
- Sa Música (2012)
- The Saint and the City (2003)
- Salamander Symphony
- Spring Song (2013)
- Susato Variations (2009)
- Virginia (2001)
- Yellow Mountains (1998)
Resources
- Jacob de Haan website Accessed 16 July 2019
- Perusal score