Time into Music

Yasuhide Ito

The title is written Time-into-Music

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III (I div.)
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet (3 players)
B-flat Trumpet (3 players)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Castanets
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work was composed to celebrate the 80th birthday of Mr. Timothy Reynish. The age of 80 reminded me of Verdi who was still in his musical enthusiasm at that age and wrote his last opera, Falstaff. Well, there was an association in my mind of the stout title role with Tim. It was my intention to celebrate the occasion with this little lucid (like the opera) piece in C major.

The eighth-note phrases at the beginning get longer as they are repeated. It is to mimic the form of a verse by Emperor Yuryaku in Manyoshu, an 8th century anthology of Japanese poetry: Komoyo, Mikomochi, Fukushimoyo, Miukushimochi. In the verse, syllables are added one by one, in a manner that is said to symbolize auspice and bliss.

Quoted in the middle is the beginning of the fugue at the closing of Falstaff: "Tutto nel mondo e burla" (All the world is a joke). The title implies musical moments. This little piece is filled with gentle melodies and is slightly less than five minutes in duration. You may notice the name "Tim" hidden in the title.

- Program Note by composer

Tim san, 80 sai omedeto!

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Philharmonic Winds (Singapore) (Timothy Reynish, conductor) – 17 June 2018 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adagio for Band (2006)
A la Suite Classique (1996)
As Time Is Passing On (2000)
Carmen Fantasy (as arranger) (1875/2009)
Choral Fantasy
Cioccolata d'amore
Concertino for piano and band (Ito) (2007)
Concerto for Tsugaru-Shamisen and Band (2013)
Diferencias on an Old Spanish Song (2020)
Evocation (Ito)
Fanfares for National Athletic Meet at Fukushima
Fantasia Classica (1992)
Fantasia on a Bach Chorale Prelude (2002/2013)
Fantasy Variations (2004/2012)
Festal Ballade for Band (2016)
Festal Scenes (1986)
Festeggiamo e Cantiamo, Musica Festiva per Banda
Fuji, Symphonic Sketch for Band (1992)
Funa-Uta (1993/1999)
Gloriosa ("Gururiyoza") (1990/2013)
Go For Broke (2000)
Hamamatsu Overture
Hanyang Forever! (2010)
Kokiriko alla Marcia (1999)
La Follia nel Bosco (2013)
La Vita (1998)
Liturgia Sinfonica
Maiko Spring March
March 'Over the Century'
March 'Over the Wind'
March 'The Three Tops Hill'
March, Wind & Sun
Meguru Kisetsu ni
Melodies for Wind Ensemble
Morning Songs in Hiroshima (2009)
Mt. Fuji March (2003)
On the March (1978/1991)
Pacem et gloriam pro nobis
Peace, Peace, so Sing the Birds (2018)
Piano Concerto (Ito)
The Planets
Preludio Celebrativo
Progress
Rag-Time-March
Rapsodia di Toyama
Rapsodia Formosa (1992)
Remembrance II
Ryukuan Fantasy for Band (1997/1998/2013)
Ryukuan Fantasy for Saxophone Quartet (1997/1999)
The Seashell Song (2012)
Sinfonia Singaporiana (2005)
Solo Una Volta! (2013)
Soma Festival March
Soma Festival March No.2
Sonata Classica (1996)
Tableau
Taiwanese Posy (2007)
That Which He Has Taught Us (2015)
Time into Music (2018)
Variations from the Northern Sea (1993)

Resources

The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 521.
Perusal score
Yasuhide Ito website Accessed 7April 2021