Tapor I

From Wind Repertory Project
Alan Hovhaness

Alan Hovhaness


Subtitle: Processional for Band
This work bears the designation Opus 14.


General Info

Year: 1968
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V
Publisher: C. F. Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - $38.50   |   Score Only - $9.75


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

A tapor is an Armenian congregational procession led by the priest. The earliest of the Hovhaness band compositions, Tapor No. 1 was composed while he was organist at St. James Armenian Church in Watertown, Massachusetts, and is written in the modal and contrapuntal styles that became features of Hovhaness’s music.

- Program Note by Keith Brion for liner notes for Naxos CD Alan Hovaness


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State Ratings

North Carolina- Grade IV


Performances

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  • Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.) Wind Ensemble - 13 November 2011


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