Symphony I for Band (Smith)

From Wind Repertory Project
Claude T. Smith

Claude T. Smith


General Info

Year: 1979
Duration: c. 12:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Claude T. Smith Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Movements

1. Flourish
2. March
3. Lyric Song
4. Toccata


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Chimes
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Marimba
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-tam
  • Vibraphone
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Commissioned by the National Honorary Band Fraternity and Sorority of Kappa Kappa Psi, this brilliant work is exemplary of Claude T. Smith's consummate mastery of the concert band medium. The four definitive movements reflect his rhythmic inventiveness, melodic exuberance and distinctive harmonic sense. The work was originally entitled Divertimento I.

- Program Note from publisher


Commissioned by Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity, and Tau Beta Sigma, National Band Honorary Sorority, 1977.

- Program Note from score


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class AA
  • Florida: VI
  • Georgia: VI
  • Kansas: VI
  • Michigan: Senior High AA
  • New York: Concert Band VI
  • Tennessee: VI


Performances

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  • Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group I (Darren Allen, conductor) - 28 January 2024 (Severance Music Center)
  • Reno (Nev.) Wind Symphony (A.G. McGrannahan, III, conductor) – 16 March 2016 (CBDNA Reno)
  • Heart of Texas Concert Band (San Antonio) (Mark Rogers, conductor) – 2015
  • Inter-Collegiate Band (Claude T. Smith, conductor) - 11 August 1977 *Premiere Performance*


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