Soldiers' Procession and Sword Dance
General Info
Year: 1992
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.50
Movements
1. Soldiers' Procession
2. Sword Dance
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- High Drums
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Based on music by Tielman Susato, Soldier's Procession and Sword Dance are the titles of two works taken from Susato's Danserye, a collection of popular music published in 1551.
- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
- Louisiana: I
- Maryland: I
- Massachusetts: I
- Michigan: Junior High C
- North Carolina: II
- Oklahoma: I-A
- South Carolina: I
- Tennessee: II
- Texas: I. Complete
- Virginia: III
- Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band Class M
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Shakopee (Minn.) High School 9th Grade "Omega" Band (Mitch Evett, conductor) – 29 October 2018
- Bridgewater State University (Mass.) Middle School Honor Band (Donald Running, conductor) – 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alien Visitors
- Allegro Brilliante
- The Battle Pavane (as arranger) (1981)
- Belle qui tiens ma vie (as arranger)
- Canzona No. 1 (as arranger) (1597/1985)
- Color (1999)
- Fanfare Ode and Festival
- Fantasia Nova
- Prelude and March (1985)
- The Renaissance Fair (as arranger) (1993)
- Royal Coronation Dances (16th cent./1989)
- Soldiers' Procession and Sword Dance (1999)
- The Stars Asleep, the Break of Day (1995)
- Terpsichore (1930)
- The Two-Minute Symphony (1989)
Resources
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 244-248.
- Susato, T.; Margolis, B. (1992). Soldiers' Procession & Sword Dance: For Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.