Suite for Winds and Percussion
Subtitle: Remembering Daniel Pratt
General Info
Year: 2008 / 2009
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Movements
1. Fanfare for a New Era
2. Ode: The Southern Landscape
3. Perpetual Motion: Machines
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Hi-hat
- Mark Tree
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Daniel Pratt was born in Temple, New Hampshire, in 1799. In 1831, Pratt, a carpenter, builder, and architect by trade, realized the advantage of taking cotton gin manufacturing to the South, and he and his family moved to Autauga County, Alabama. In 1836, Pratt purchased land on Autauga Creek. It was on this land that he would realize a lifelong goal: the building of a town, Prattville, as the site for his enterprises. He established a cotton gin factory, a cotton mill, a grist mill, a woolen mill, and a foundry, which employed more than 200 people combined. After a while, Pratt's gin business had grown so large that he contracted with business firms in six southern cities to sell his gins. Pratt had become the largest cotton gin manufacturer in the world. At the end of the Civil War, he shifted his reliance upon a cotton economy to the new industrial standard: iron and railroad transportation.
Daniel Pratt helped Alabama achieve a place in the industrial world. In the process, he made an enduring mark for himself in the history of the state. Today, he is known as "Alabama's First Industrialist."
Suite for Winds and Percussion was commissioned by and dedicated to the Prattville High School Band and its director, Jon Bowman. Written during August and September 2008, the three movements of the suite endeavor to look back on the life of Daniel Pratt and the time and place where he lived.
The first movement, Fanfare for a New Era: The Industrial Revolution, hails the arrival of the period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation had a profound effect on the socio-economic and cultural conditions in the world. It was during this time that Pratt lived.
The second movement, Ode: The Southern Landscape, is a musical poem reflecting on the lush green land, filled with abundant game and water, that Pratt found in Autauga County, Alabama.
The final movement, Perpetual Motion: Machines, recalls the constant driving energy of the machinery at work in Pratt's cotton gin factory.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Tennessee: IV
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Addams Family Theme (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2011)
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012)
- Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2005/2019)
- Baby Elephant Walk (as arranger) (1962/2007/2013)
- Back to the Future (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1985/2016)
- Brazilian Sleigh Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2017)
- City of Stars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2017)
- Disco Lives (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2009)
- Disney Film Favorites (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
- Disney on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
- Eye of the Tiger (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)
- God Bless America (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1939/2011)
- God Bless the USA (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1984/2004/2013)
- The Great Escape (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2014)
- Highlights from "Jurassic Park" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1993)
- Highlights from "Moana" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2016/2017)
- Highlights from "Phantom of the Opera" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
- Highlights from "Rocketman" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019/2020)
- Hogan's Heroes March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2012)
- Jazzy Holidays (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012)
- Jump, Jive an' Wail (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2010)
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2017)
- The Lord of the Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1997/2010)
- Mah-Ná Mah-Ná (as arranger) (1966/2018)
- Mars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2009)
- Michael Jackson Hit Mix (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
- Music from "Aladdin" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1992)
- Music from "Frozen" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2014)
- Music from "Frozen II" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
- Music from "Home Alone" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1992/2022)
- Music from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017)
- Nettleton (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2016)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (as arranger) (1918/2011)
- The Polar Express (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
- Respect (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2019)
- St. Petersburg March (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2008)
- Selections from "Black Panther" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018)
- Selections from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- Selections from "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
- Selections from the Motion Picture "Les Misérables" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1980/2013)
- Silver Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2009)
- Skyfall (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2013)
- Soul Bossa Nova (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2012)
- Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2018)
- Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1891/2008)
- Three Czech Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2010)
- Thriller (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)
All Wind Works
- The Addams Family Theme (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2011)
- And Hold in Memory... (2006)
- America (as arranger) (1963/2018)
- Armenian Rhapsody (2016)
- The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (s arranger) (2012)
- Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2005/2019)
- Back to the Future (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1985/2016)
- Ballad and Dance (2004)
- The Bare Necessities (as arranger) (1967)
- Beguine for Band (as arranger) (1954/2006)
- Born to be Wild (as arranger) (1968/2004)
- Brazilian Sleigh Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2017)
- British Invasion, The (as arranger) (2001)
- Cahaba Dances (2015)
- Charlie Brown Celebration, A (as arranger)
- Cheerio March (as arranger) (1999)
- Christmas Swings (as arranger) (2010)
- City of Stars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016/2017)
- Disco Lives (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2009)
- Disney Film Favorites (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
- Disney on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
- Echoes of the Hollow Square (2010)
- Eye of the Tiger (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)
- Flourish and Processional (2019)
- God Bless America (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1939/2011)
- God Bless the USA (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1984/2004/2013)
- Grand Galop (2013)
- The Great Escape (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2014)
- Highlights from "Jurassac Park" (as arranger) (1993)
- Highlights from "Les Misérables" (arr. Vinson) (1980/1991)
- Highlights from "Moana" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2016/2017)
- Highlights from "Phantom of the Opera" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
- Highlights from "Rocketman" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019/2020)
- Highlights from "Toy Story 4" (as arranger) (2019)
- Hogan's Heroes March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2012)
- Hooked on a Feeling (as arranger) (1968/2017)
- How to Train Your Dragon (as arranger) (2010/2013)
- The Incredibles (as arranger)
- A Jazzy Christmas (as arranger) (2011)
- Jazzy Holidays (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012)
- Jump, Jive an' Wail (as arranger) (1998)
- Jump, Jive an' Wail (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999/2010)
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee (as arranger) (2002)
- Kingsfold (as arranger) (2015)
- Lady Gaga Fugue (as arranger) (2009/2012)
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2017)
- Like a Mighty Stream (2016)
- Limehouse Blues (as arranger)
- The Lord of the Dance (as arranger) (1996)
- The Lord of the Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1997/2010)
- The Marches of John Williams (as arranger)
- Mars (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2009)
- Michael Jackson Hit Mix (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013)
- Mountain Country Dances (2011)
- Music from "Aladdin" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1992)
- Music from "Braveheart'' (as arranger)
- Music from "Frozen" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2014)
- Music from "Frozen II" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
- Music from "Home Alone" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1992/2022)
- Music from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2017)
- Nessun Dorma (as arranger)
- Nettleton (as arranger) (2008)
- Nettleton (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2016)
- New Forest March (2009)
- Newcastle March (1975/2002)
- O'er the Land of the Free (as arranger) (2014)
- Ol' Man River (as arranger)
- One (as arranger) (1975/1981)
- Overture to "Miracle on 34th Street" (as arranger)
- Phantom of the Opera, The: Medley (as arranger)
- Pie in the Face Polka (as arranger)
- The Polar Express (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
- Remember Me (as arranger) (2017)
- Respect (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2019)
- Rey's Theme (as arranger) (2015/2016)
- Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/2003)
- Selections from "Black Panther" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2018)
- Selections from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- Selections from "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2019)
- Selections from the Motion Picture "Les Misérables" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1980/2013)
- Selections from "The Music Man" (as arranger)
- Selkie (2014)
- Silver Bells (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1950/2009)
- Skyfall (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2013)
- Smoke on the Water (as arranger)
- Soul Bossa Nova (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1962/2012)
- St. Petersburg March (2005)
- St. Petersburg March (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2008)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (arr. Vinson) (1814/1983?)
- Stille Nacht (as arranger, with Davis) (1818/1985)
- Suite for Winds and Percussion (2009)
- Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1916/2018)
- Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1891/2008)
- Three Czech Folk Songs (1992)
- Three Czech Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2010)
- Thriller (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1982/2009)
- To Realms of Endless Day (2011)
- Tribute to Ray Charles (as arranger) (2005)
- Variants on a Shaped Note Tune (2006)
- Wallace & Gromit (as arranger) (1997/2006)
- William Byrd Portrait (as arranger) (2003)
- Yakety Sax (as arranger) (1992)
Resources
- Johnnie Vinson website Accessed 7 May 2021
- Perusal score