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Scherzo for a Bitter Moon
General Info
Year: 1981
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music Publisher
Cost: Score & Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Scherzo for a Bitter Moon is based on a wedge motive that opens the piece in the piccolo. An impressionistic section gives way to more dark and threatening manifestations of the motive, and the piece develops the tension between these and other ideas inherent in the motive. After a story climax, and apparent desolation, a return to the opening brings with it new strength, yet in the end, also new shadows.
Scherzo for a Bitter Moon was written in 1981 for H. Robert Reynolds and the University of Michigan Symphony Band.
- Program Note by composwr
Awards
- NBA/Revelli Award (1983)
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project University of Louisville (Ky.) Symphonic Band (Amy Acklin, conductor) - 20 November 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Fireworks (1987)
- For Those Who Wait (2015)
- Four Chords (1993)
- Frederick Street (2018)
- In the Vernacular (1995)
- Scherzo for a Bitter Moon (1981)
- Three Dragons (1998)
- Trains of Thought (2000)
- Village Dances (1991)
Resources
- Gregory Youtz website
- McCutchen, Mathew G. (2009) An Examination of the History and Winning Pieces of the National Band Association's Composition Contest: 1977-2008. Florida State University, Doctoral Dissertation.
- Youtz, G. (1981). Scherzo for a Bitter Moon [score]. TRN Music: Ruidoso, N.M.