Brass Band - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.DHP-0890139-030
Composed by Jacob De
Haan. Inspiration Series.
Concert Piece. Set (Score
and Parts). Composed
1989. De Haske
Publications #DHP
0890139-030. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-0890139-030).
This fantasy
tells the story of
Oregon, one of Americas
north-western states.
Traveling by train on the
Northern Pacific
Railroad, the listener is
taken through the
fascinating Oregon
landscape. Indians,
cowboys, golddiggers and
hooded wagons willfile
past on this adventurous
journey. The piece has
some similarities with a
soundtrack of a movie.
Various melodies, which
could be the main themes
of a movie, pass the
review.The piece begins
in a slow movement,
introducing the first
theme inminor. Then we
hear in the following
fast movement the
trombones imitate the
train, whistling the
steam-flute. We hear the
characteristic minor
theme again, but now in
different variants(also
in major). The rythmic
structure of western
stile androck succeed
each other. This is
leading to the slow
movement, where the
signals of horns and
trumpets introduce a
wonderful vocal melody.
After this characteristic
melody, the fast movement
appears shortly again,
the trombones whistling
thesteam-flute again (now
in major). We hear also
some musical elements,
that plays a part in the
following Presto.
Barchanges, jazzy chords,
interesting rhytmic
patterns (with bongo) and
an original theme are the
characteristics of this
Presto. Afterthis, the
horns announce the last
section of the piece.
Interesting is the fact
that we hear in this
Allegro section a variant
of the vocal melody in
the slow movement. Also
the Presto theme returns
shortly, followed by the
Allargando, which is
agrand characteristic end
of a soundtrack. The
movie of our travelling
fantasy has come to an
end.
Deze fantasie
vertelt het verhaal van
Oregon, een van de
noordwestelijke staten
van Amerika. Een
treinreis over de
Northern Pacific Railroad
voert de luisteraar mee
door het boeiende
landschap van Oregon.
Tijdens deze
avontuurlijke reis
isdromen over een ver
verleden onvermijdelijk.
Indianen, cowboys,
goudzoekers en huifkarren
met paarden ervoor
passeren hierbij de
revue. Het werk heeft
overeenkomsten met de
soundtrack van een
film.
In
Oregon entführt
Sie Jacob de Haan auf
eine abenteuerliche
Zugfahrt durch die
faszinierende Landschaft
einer der nordwestlichen
Staaten Amerikas. Ein
langsames Thema in Moll,
gepaart mit Variationen
in Western- und
Rockrhythmen
undmelodiösen Passagen
sind nur einige der
Elemente, die diese Reise
so spannend und
abwechslungsreich
gestalten.
Cette
pièce est un voyage
musical travers
lâ??Oregon, Ã?tat du
nord-ouest des
Ã?tats-Unis. bord
dâ??un train de la
Northern Pacific
Railroad, lâ??auditeur
est invité
découvrir les paysages
somptueux de lâ??Oregon.
Au fil du trajet, sur la
route empruntéepar les
chariots des pionniers,
on rencontre des Indiens,
des cowboys et des
chercheurs dâ??or. Et la
musique prend la forme
dâ??une aventure digne
dâ??un western.