Spitfire (Story)
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $51.00; (digital) - $51.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
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 (optional)
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals (or Suspended Cymbal)
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Make a strong musical statement with this bold, beginning-level march. Characterized by the marcato style, an enticing countermelody adds to the interest and builds to a dynamic conclusion.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Thomas Jefferson High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) Concert Band (Carl Rowles, conductor) - 13 December 2022
- Midway Middle School (Dunn, N.C.) Symphonic Band (Joshua Tew, conductor) – 10 March 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Christmas Holiday March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
All Wind Works
- 25 or 6 to 4 (as arranger)
- And to All a Good Night (with Robert W. Smith) (2004)
- Annunciation (2020)
- Astronomica (2020)
- Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Ayrshire Portrait (as arranger) (2001)
- Aztec Dance (1997)
- Barnburner (2017)
- The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1966/1989)
- The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1989/1997)
- Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
- Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
- Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
- A Cartoon Christmas (as arranger) (2001)
- Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
- The Chase (2013)
- A Christmas Celebration (1985)
- Christmas Holiday March (2020)
- Contempo (2004)
- Creepy Crawlies (1999)
- The Curse of Tutankhamun (2001)
- Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
- Dragon Dance (2010)
- Duel of the Fates (as arranger) (1999)
- Encore! (2013)
- España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
- Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
- Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
- Ghost Ship (2012)
- Ghostbusters (as arranger) (1984/2016)
- The Gladiator (as arranger) (1886/2015)
- Good King Nutcracker (as arranger) (2012)
- Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
- Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 1 (as arranger) (1948/2015)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger) (1966/1994/2000)
- Highlights from "The Wizard of Oz" (as arranger) (1939/1999)
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
- Irish Air and Dance (2008)
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (as arranger) (1963/2001)
- Jingle Bell Rock (as arranger) (1957/2001)
- Land of the Thunder Dragon (as arranger) (2019)
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger, with Smith) (1945/2008)
- Livin' la Vida Loca (as arranger)
- Macarena (as arranger) (2014)
- The Magic of Harry Potter (as arranger) (2013)
- Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
- March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger) (1909/2011)
- March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
- Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
- Medieval Legend (2001/2012)
- Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
- Once Upon a December (as arranger) (1997)
- The Oregon Trail (1999)
- Overture 1812 (as arranger, with Smith) (1882/2012)
- Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
- Pax Americana (2019)
- Pentagram (2016)
- The Pioneer Spirit (2010)
- Plaza de Toros (2011)
- Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
- Rockin' on Top of the World (as arranger) (2004/2005)
- A Saint-sational Trio! (as arranger) (2013)
- Sakura (1995)
- Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger) (1940/1968)
- Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
- Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
- Shenandoah (as arranger with Smith) (2003)
- Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
- Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
- Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
- Spitfire (2007)
- Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
- Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
- The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
- Time Warp (as arranger) (1975/2011)
- To Honor, Thank and Remember (2002)
- Trittico: Movement I (as arranger) (1963/2011)
- Üsküdar (as arranger, with Robert W. Smith) (2005)
- Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
- The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
- Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2013)
- The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/1998)
- You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch (as arranger) (1966/1994)
- Zombie Dance (2017)