Song of Stone and Steel, A
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional Flute II)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Hi-Hat
- Rainstick
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The title of this work is inspired by ancient tales told through the eyes of those men and women who crafted the tools of the trade for knights. The bombastic crash of steel (cymbals) and the crack of an anvil (brake drum) fill the air, ushering the sounds of war. Blacksmiths and their apprentices toil by the forge, pumping air into the kiln and bending iron to their will. Knights and their squires polish and oil plated armor and pull taught leather straps in great anticipation, and terrible anxiety. All singing the song of stone and steel.
I had immense fun writing this work, and I hope that not only are you inspired to play, but inspired to explore the fascinating world of the tales of old.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Georgia (Athens) Middle School Band Festival Jimenez Band (Josey Jimenez, conductor) - 10 December 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Capstone (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- House of the Rising Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
All Wind Works
- All the While (2018)
- Amazing Grace (2017)
- Anthem of Triumph (2019)
- Aurora Eclipsed (2018)
- Avalon (2018)
- Bring to Light (2020)
- Capstone (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- A Christmas Tiding (2022)
- Gothic (2020)
- Gryphon (2015)
- Hard Rock Fanfare (2016)
- A Heart to Treasure (2019)
- Highlander (2019)
- House of the Rising Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- L'Acenagina (2019)
- The Last to Fall (2017)
- Meditation from Thaïs (2019)
- Mission Control (2019)
- Phoenix (2019)
- Qin Shi’s Stone Army (2015)
- Radiant (2020)
- Ringtone Christmas (as arranger) (2020)
- The Snake Pit (2018)
- Solar Flare (2018)
- A Song of Stone and Steel (2022)
- Stryker (2018)
- Tempt the Machine (2019)
- Threshold (2020)
- To Be Found (2015)
- To Soar with Broken Wings (2022)
- A Torch Was Brought (2019)
- Tumbleweed (2016)
- When We Go (2019)
- Zephyr (2016)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Tyler Arcari website Accessed 30 December 2022