Tango Disappearing, The

Timothy Broege

Timothy Broege

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maestro & Fox

Cost: Score and Parts - $57.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Snare Drum
• Bells
• Castanets
• Claves
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by Madison High School in New Jersey, The Tango Disappearing was composed during the winter of 2005 and was premiered there the following spring. The music is dedicated to the Maroon Band of Madison High School and its band director, Mr. Robert Seibert. The commission was also supported by the Madison Music Association, Ms. Beth Fissel, President.

This one-movement work begins and ends with a tango that is touched with melancholy. In the middle, an anachronistic march "invades" the melancholy mood and attempts to banish all traces of the tango. And yet the tango and its mood of regret return. No longer capable of much energy, however, the sad dance gradually fades away.

This piece was written as a companion movement to the composer's Prelude & Fughetta.

--Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Potsdam (N.Y.) Community Band (Theresa Witmer, conductor) - 11 January 2015
• SDUHSD Middle School Honor Band - 2014

Works for Winds by this Composer

• A Fable and a Folk Tale
• America Verses (1997)
• Bartok Variations
• Blue Alien Accumulation
• Blue Goose Rag (as arranger) (1916/1986)
• Burlesco for Band (2006)
• Charlotte Doyle's Voyage
• The Child and the Kings (1995)
• Climbing Eagle Mountain
• Concerto for Marimba
• Dreams and Fancies (1988)
• El Jardin de Esperanza
• Enumeration of the Actual
• Forest Green
• Four Breton Songs
• Geneva
• Geography of the Dream (Three Pieces for American Band, Set III)
• Green Passacaglia (2005)
• Grizzly Bear Rag
• Headless Horseman, The (1973/1980)
• Jody
• Kum Ba Yah
• Mysterian Landscapes (2001)
• No Sun, No Shadow, Elegy for Charles Mingus
• Peace Song (1990)
• Pilgrim Traveler
• Procession and Torch Dance
• Prelude and Fughetta (2005)
• Rhythm Machine (1986)
• Rhythm Games: The Waukesha Rondo
• Sinfonia III: Hymns and Dances
• Sinfonia IV: Suite for Winds and Percussion
• Sinfonia V: Symphonia Sacra et Profana
• Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements
• Sinfonia XII: Southern Heart, Sacred Harp
• Sinfonia XIII: Storm Variations
• Sinfonia XIV: Three Canzonas
• Sinfonia XV: Ursa Major
• Sinfonia XVI: Transcendental Vienna
• Sinfonia XVII: The Four Winds
• Sinfonia XVIII: Aurora
• Sinfonia XIX: Preludes and Grounds
• Slow March with Celebration
• Song and Variations
• Streets and Inroads (1975/1980/1996)
• Surfboard Blues
• Tango Disappearing, The (2010)
• Theme and Variations
• Three Pieces for American Band, Set I (1974)
• Three Pieces for American Band, Set II (1982)
• Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes (1998)
• Yuletide Dances
• The Water is Wide From A Jack Stamp Suite
• Wicked Story

References

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Timothy Broege." Accessed 9 January 2015.