Seis Manuel

Shelley Hanson

Subtitle: From Islas y Montañas

General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn (optional)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Cornet I-II (optional)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Harp or Synthesizer (optional)
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Guiro
Maracas
Triangle (optional)

Errata

In parts:

Horn IV. m.147: Missing # on A Major chord.
Trombone II. m.147: Missing # on A Major chord.

Program Notes

The seis is the traditional song and dance form of the Jibaro people, the peasant farmers of the mountains of Puerto Rico. At least 50 distinctive types of seis have been identified, "Seis" means "six" in Spanish; the term originally meant a dance for six men or six couples. The movement Seis Manuel is based on a traditional recurring harmonic pattern called the seis mapeye over which a singer improvises a melody.

Because of the very long history of military bands in Puerto Rico, with a particular importance placed on low brass and clarinets, those instruments are given solos. In keeping with the Puerto Rican tradition of naming a seis after someone important to its creation, this seis was re-named in honor of conductor Manny Laureano, who commissioned and premiered the piece.

This work is part three of the four-movement suite Islas y Montañas.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Rutgers Wind Ensemble (William Berz, conductor) - 2006

State Ratings

Texas: IV. Complete

Performances

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Carlisle High School (Henderson, Tx.) Band (Christopher Clifton, conductor) – 10 February 2023 (2023 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.) Symphonic Winds (Todd Nichols, conductor) - 12 December 2021
Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) Wind Ensemble (Joseph Higgins, conductor) - 27 April 2021
Mineola (Tx.) High School Band (Chris Brannan, conductor) - 14 February 2020 (2020 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
Alaska All-State High School Band (Anchorage) (David Vickerman, conductor) – 23 November 2019
Westchester (N.Y.) Symphonic Winds (Albert Nguyen, conductor) – 10 November 2019
Callanwolde Concert Band (Decatur, Ga.) (Glenn Moore, conductor) – 29 September 2019
State University of New York, Potsdam, Symphonic Band (Brian K. Doyle, conductor) – 27 February 2019
Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Concert Band (Alan Johnson, conductor) - 26 February 2019
Syracuse University (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Timothy Diem, conductor) – 2 October 2018
Allegheny College (Meadville, Penn.) Band Camp for Adult Musicians (Timothy W. Foley, conductor) - 15 June 2018
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Maroon Campus Band (Matthew Pilmer, conductor) – 30 April 2018
Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, Tex.) (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 4 March 2018
Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa) Wind Ensemble (Craig A. Hancock, conductor) – 5 November 2017
Austin (Tx.) Civic Wind Ensemble (Robert Laguna, conductor) - 20 October 2017
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Symphony Band (Phillip Ostrander, conductor) – 13 October 2017
The Gold Coast Band (Boynton Beach, Fla.) (Ken Wilbanks, conductor) – 5 May 2017 (ACB 2017 Annual Convention (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.))
University of Texas, Arlington, Symphonic Band (Christopher Evans, conductor) – 30 April 2017
University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (unconducted) – 1 March 2017
Los Angeles (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Stephen Piazza, conductor) – 23 October 2016
Austin (Tex.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 3 April 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Dances with Winds (Flex instrumentation) (2008)
Evening Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1855/1873/2016)
Toccata "Atalanta" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1602/2017)

All Wind Works

Albanian Dance (2005)
Dances with Winds (Flex instrumentation) (2008)
El Gato Montés (as arranger) (1918/2014)
Elegy for Albinoni (2011)
Evening Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1855/1873/2016)
Islas y Montañas
- Tocata & La Tumba de Alejandro Garcia Caturla (2001)
- Volver a la Montaña (2001)
- Seis Manuel (2003)
Patapan (as arranger) (1720/2005)
Toccata "Atalanta" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1602/2017)
Verbovaya Doschechka

Resources

Hanson, S. (2003). Seis Manuel: From Islas y Montañas [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: New York.