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Sinfonia Noblissima
General Info
Year: 1968
Duration: c. 6:25
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $120.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This overture is a work in the neo-romantic style and is in three sections. After a short introduction, a dramatic and syncopated fast section begins. After several false climaxes, as well as a brief fugue, the slow, more emotional middle section begins. In the final section of the work, a fast, syncopated style abruptly returns and the overture ends with several deceptive, then complete chords.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Japan Air Self-Defense Force Western Air Band (Hiroyuki Kayo, conductor)
- Audio CD: Naniwa Orchestral Winds – 2011
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class AA
- Arkansas: IV
- Georgia: V
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
- Kansas: V
- Minnesota: I
- Mississippi: VI-A
- North Carolina: VI
- New York: Concert Band V
- Oklahoma: IV-A
- South Carolina: VI
- Tennessee: V
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- New Orleans (La.) Concert Band (Charles Taylor, conductor) - 26 March 2023
- North Suburban Wind Ensemble (Libertyville, Ill.) (Randy Sundell, conductor) - 7 November 2021
- Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Jay Gephart, conductor) - 22 November 2020
- University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Symphony (Chad Shoopman, conductor) – 10 December 2019
- Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Orchestra (Roger Hall, conductor) – 17 April 2019
- Encore Winds (Traverse City, MI) (Timothy Topolewski, conductor) - 8 December 2018
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Symphony Band (Donald Peach, conductor) – 8 October 2018
- Sanger (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Dan Peña, conductor) - 15 April 2018
- Bellefonte (Penn.) Community Band (Joshua Long, conductor) – 7 May 2017
- NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo) Wind Section (Shigeo Genda, conductor) - 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Apocalypse (1972)
- Appalachian Carol Festival (1983)
- Blithe Bells (as arranger) (1989)
- Bold Venture (1990)
- Carpathian Sketches (1978)
- Cliff Island Suite (1990)
- Chorale and Toccata (1967/1971)
- Colonial Airs and Dances (1987)
- A Commemorative Suite (1987)
- Concert in the Park (2004)
- Concerto for Band (1981)
- Concerto for Bass Tuba and Concert Band (1981)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1985)
- Concerto for Percussion and Band (1984)
- Concerto No. 2 for Alto Saxophone (1977)
- Courage to Serve March (1971)
- Diamond Variations (1968)
- Eagle Rock Overture (1986)
- Epilogue: "Lest We Forget" (1992)
- Esprit de Corps (1984)
- Eternal Vigilance (2008)
- First Suite for Band (1995)
- Hebraic Rhapsody (2000)
- Heroic Saga (1986)
- Highland Fling (2005)
- In Sunshine and Shadows (2004)
- Japanese Prints (1976)
- Joan of Arc (2008)
- Jubilate (1978)
- The Last Full Measure of Devotion (1995)
- Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire (1997/2013)
- Lord, Guard and Guide (1993)
- March Dramatic (1967/1996)
- March of the Dragonmasters (1984)
- Meditations on an Old Scottish Hymn Tune (1993)
- Mystic Chords of Memory (1999/2001)
- Old Time Spirit (1986/1997)
- Pastorale and Country Dance (1979)
- Potomac Festival Overture (1990)
- Preamble (1975)
- Prelude: Concert Liberte (1976)
- Prelude on an Old Southern Hymn (1983)
- A Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire. See: Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire
- Second Suite (1965)
- Shivaree (1976)
- Sinfonia Hungarica (1998)
- Sinfonia Noblissima (1965)
- Sinfonietta (1973)
- Stars and Bars (1965)
- Symphony for Band (1965)
- Symphony No. 2 (1976)
- Symphony No. 3 (2003/2018)
- Tableau (1982)
- The Tennessean March (1968)
- Testament (1988)
- Third Suite (1966)
- Three Chinese Miniatures (1993)
- To Music (2003)
- The Tour de Force March (1970)
- Triumph and Tradition (1985)
- Uncommon Valor March (1991)
- Under the Big Top (1987)
- Variants on the Air Force Hymn (2000)
- Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann (1968)
- The Wall (1993)
- The World Turned Upside Down (1983)
Resources
- Jager, R. (1968). Sinfonia Nobilissima [score]. Elkan-Vogel: Bryn Mawr, Penn.