Sword Dance

From Wind Repertory Project
Jehan Tabourot

Jehan Tabourot (arr. Bob Phillips and Jerry Dennison)


N.B. This edition lists the composer as "Traditional."


General Info

Year: 1588 / 2008
Duration: c. 1:20
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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/Bassoon
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Tambourine
  • Triangle


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Students will love this high-energy delight from the Renaissance era. Accessible by very young bands, every section has the melody at various times. Lively percussion helps keep the dance tune invigorating as the piece catapults toward the surprise presto ending.

- Program Note from publisher


Sword Dance is taken from Orchesographie by Thoinot Arbeau, written in 1588. Arbeau's collection of dance tunes is considered a definitive source of dance music of the era. The Sword Dance melody is one of the variations of Air des Buffoons.

Dedicated to the Allendale, Michigan, Bands and their director, Tony Bush.

- Program Note from score


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State Ratings

  • North Carolina: I


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