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Terracotta Warriors
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Brake Drum
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Floor Tom
- Marching Machine
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Vibra-slap
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Terracotta Warriors was inspired by the extraordinary "spirit army" of clay statues -- numbering more than 6,000 -- created in the third century B.C. for the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China. This astounding array of armed sculptures was placed in the emperor's tomb, along with hundreds of terracotta horses and chariots, to protect the emperor in the afterlife.
The music begins with a brief, plaintive folk chant summoning the army from their centuries-old sleep. The faithful warriors respond, coming to life to protect their emperor with musical representations of uniform marching and weapons display. Terracotta Warriors captures the legend and grandeur of the Qin dynasty in this striking and unique piece for band.
Terracotta Warriors was commissioned by the Albemarle County (Virginia) Middle School Honors Band and was premiered at their November 2016 festival.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Clements High School (Sugar Land, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Daniel Galloway, conductor) - 20 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
- Atlanta (Tx.) Middle School Symphonic Band (Kristen Thompson, conductor) - 15 February 2019 (2019 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Gloucester (Orleans, Ont.) Community Concert Band – 27 May 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Escape from Thunder Mountain (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Rock Solid (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Aesop's Fables (1999)
- Appalachian Hoedown
- Aquatica (2014)
- At the Feast of Stephen (2009)
- Awake the Iron (2010)
- Balkan Seven (2018)
- Celebratory Fanfare (2017)
- Country Dance
- Concert Piece (Horn and Band)
- Dorian Haiku (2014)
- Dragonship (2018)
- El Cid (2014)
- Escape from Thunder Mountain (2020)
- Extraordinary Machines of Clockwork and Steam (2019)
- Fantasy on an Old English Air
- Figurations
- Freedom Brigade
- Galliard (2019)
- Ghosts in the Graveyard
- Golden Legacy
- Hanukah Is Here
- Joyful Rock
- Lion of Ireland (2011)
- Magic Valley
- Morning Star (2005)
- Night Journey (Watson)
- On Holiday
- Rock Solid (2020)
- Siege of Badon Hill
- Slam Jam! (2004)
- Terracotta Warriors (2017)
- Walkin' Cool
Resources
- Perusal score
- Scott Watson website Accessed 8 January 2019