Fanfare Band - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.DHP-0930518-020
Composed by Jan Van der
Roost. Inspiration
Series. Concert Piece.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 1993. De Haske
Publications #DHP
0930518-020. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-0930518-020).
‘Toccata
Festiva’ was
commissioned in 1994 by
the Dutch Brass Band
Championships. The wind
band version was made a
year later by the
composer himself.
Historically speaking,
the toccata is considered
to be one of the first
independent instrumental
forms for keyboard
instruments. Originally
the toccata was typically
more or less improvised,
later this musical form
was given a more
regulated structure. Both
elements are used in the
‘Toccata
Festiva’: on the
one hand the different
themes are developed
freely, on the other, the
piece has an orderly
structure. It is in a
three part form
(quick-slow-quick) and
includes both strong
rhythmical figures and
broad melodic lines.
Partof the composition is
written in a more or less
archaic tone idiom,
referring to the period
from which the toccata
form originates (16th
century).
