Sonants
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Subtitle: For 17 Players
General Info
Year: 1973
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (doubling English horn)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Percussion I-II
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sonants was written in the fall of 1972 for the Baylor University Woodwind Ensemble and premiered by that ensemble at the 1973 MENC Southwestern Division Conference under the composer’s direction. The work is in a single movement containing several contrasting sections. A number of the thematic/harmonic cells presented at the outset serve as sources of later melodic and harmonic material, appearing in various guises throughout the piece.
Sonants was also performed by the Baylor University Wind Ensemble at the 1977 CBDNA National Conference in College Park, Maryland, conducted by Richard Floyd.
- Program Note from Miami University Wind Ensemble concert program, 6 April 2022
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Miami (Ohio) University Wind Ensemble (Gary Speck, conductor) – 8 April 2022 (CBDNA 2022 North Central Conference, Madison, Wisc.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Affirmation (1977)
- Aria and Toccata (1970)
- Celestium (1979)
- Marcia Ostinato (1976)
- Partita (1976)
- Sonants (1973)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Richard Harris." Accessed 1 April 2022
- Willis, R. (1973). Sonants: For 17 Players [score]. R. Willis: [s.l.].