Orchestra 2 Bassoons, 2 Clarinets, 2 Oboes, 3 Flutes (3rd doubles Piccolo), 3 Tr...(+)
Orchestra 2 Bassoons, 2
Clarinets, 2 Oboes, 3
Flutes (3rd doubles
Piccolo), 3 Trombones, 3
Trumpets, 4 Horns, 4
Trumpets ad lib. (in rear
of hall), Bass Clarinet,
Bass Drum, Cele,
Contrabassoon, Cymbals,
English Horn, Gong, Harp,
Snare Drum, Timpani,
Triangle, Tuba
SKU:
PR.476001370
Composed
by Radie Britain. This
edition: Study Score.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 1946. Duration
13 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#476-00137. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.476001370).
UPC:
680160637140. 9x12
inches.
This piece,
dedicated to the memory
of a heroic feat, does
not desire to be classed
as a Symphonic Poem in
the generally accepted
sense of this term. It
does not attempt to
picture, or to strictly
follow, the various
mechanical and realistic
phases of this heroic
adventure although, on
the other hand, it does
not entirely avoid
allusion to such
realistic phenomena as
are characteristic of and
inseparable from the
nature of this adventure
and the technical means
of its realization. The
composer's main object,
however, was to try to
express in sound the
emotional phases of an
adventure that might be
called a prototype of
modern romance; to touch
upon its human aspect and
its ethical meaning, not
only in the relation to
the individual, but to
humanity in general. To
the individual, the
venturing Hero, refer the
opening phrases; the
sinister aspect of a bold
inspiration at its first
manifestation. To his
human environments, his
character and conquering
spirit, refer certain
lyrical as well as
martial and ethical
themes. According to the
nature of the venture,
the clash of motoric
forces and that of an
indomitable spirit with
the threatening elements
presented themselves for
musical consideration as
well as the plausible
uncertainty of the
outcome, the increasing
confidence and the final
victory, and triumphant
victory itself. And as
emotion in its purest and
most intense form reverts
to the primitive, the
composer thought it not
amiss to make fragmentary
use of the anthems of two
nations, thus symbolizing
the appeal from soil to
soil; an appeal that
found its joyous echo in
all humanity. And in the
midst of the turbulent
rejoicing stands the lone
figure of the Hero whose
daring had materialized
the dream of aeons.