Symphonic Dance II (Williams)
Clifton Williams (transcribed by the composer)
Subtitle: The Maskers
General Info
Year: 1964 / 1968
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Sam Fox/Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $87.00; (digital) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornets (trumpets) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Symphonic Dance No. 2 (The Maskers) is one of a group of five works originally commissioned by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. In refashioning the dances for symphonic band, composer Clifton Williams achieves a new dimension of sound and color while adding fresh excitement to contemporary band literature.
The Maskers is programmatic only in that the listener's imagination may conjure up visions of colorfully costumed dancers at a masked ball.
The University of Miami Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Frederick Fennell, presented the first performance of the band version December 1, 1967.
- Program Note from concert program
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Rountree Wind Symphony - 2012
State Ratings
- Florida: IV
- Georgia: IV
- Kansas: IV
- Louisiana: IV
- Maryland: V
- Michigan: Senior High A
- New York: Concert Band V
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: V
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Symphony (M. Gregory Martin, conductor) - 26 February 2023
- Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble (Hampton, Va.) (William Garlette, conductor) - 1 October 2022
- University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor) - 17 November 2020
- West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Symphony (M. Gregory Martin, conductor) – 25 April 2018
- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor) – 1 March 2017
- SUNY Potsdam Crane Concert Band (James Madeja, conductor) – 3 March 2016
- Bloomfield High School (N.J.) Concert Band - 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Variation Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1962/2021)
All Wind Works
- Academic Procession (1961)
- Air Force Band of the West March (1965)
- Anitra's Tanz (as arranger) (1875/1965)
- Arioso (1958)
- Caccia and Chorale (1976)
- Castle Gap (1964)
- Concertino (1960)
- Dedicatory Overture (1964)
- Dramatic Essay (1958)
- Fanfare and Allegro (1956)
- Festival (1962)
- The Hermitage (1976)
- Hill Country Ballad (1953)
- Killian March (1968)
- Laredo (1964)
- March Lamar (1966)
- Pandéan Fable (1970)
- Pastorale (1957)
- The Patriots (1970)
- Postwar Prelude (1943/2012)
- The Ramparts (1967)
- The Sinfonians (1960)
- A Solemn Fugue (1958)
- Sonata Allegro (1949/2012)
- Songs of Heritage (1976/1999)
- Strategic Air Command (1964)
- Symphonic Dance No. 1, "Comanche Ritual" (tr. McBeth) (1965/2013)
- Symphonic Dance No. 2, "The Maskers" (1964/1968)
- Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta" (1964/1967)
- Symphonic Dance No. 4, "Square Dance"
- Symphonic Dance No. 5, "New Generation" (1965/2013)
- Symphonic Essays (1963/2013)
- Symphonic Suite (1956)
- Variation Overture (1962)
- Variation Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1962/2021)
Resources
- Williams, C. (1968). Symphonic Dance No. 2: "The Maskers" [score]. S. Fox: New York.