Symphonic Dance I (Williams)
Clifton Williams (trans. W. Francis McBeth)
Subtitle: Comanche Ritual
General Info
Year: 1965 / 2013
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maestro & Fox
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $67.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Guiro
- Maracas
- Temple Blocks (4)
- Tom-tom
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Symphonic Dance No. 1 , Comanche Ritual, is one of a group of five originally commissioned by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra which first performed the entire set of dances on January 30, 1965, under the baton of the composer.
Williams transcribed Dances 2, "The Maskers," 3, "Fiesta," and 5, "New Generation," for symphonic band, although only 2 and 3 were published initially. Each dance represents a culture which at a given historical time occupied the San Antonio area. The fierce Comanches, who had driven the Apaches from the High Plains, were themselves defeated by the Texas Rangers after the "Council House Fight" in San Antonio in March of 1840.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Symphony (M. Gregory Martin, conductor) - 26 February 2023
- Heart of Texas Concert Band (San Antonio) (Mark Rogers, conductor) - 19 April 2009
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)