Concert Band (Full Score)
- Grade 5
SKU:
HL.35005444
Composed
by Elliot Del Borgo.
Shawnee Press. Print on
demand - publisher prints
this title after order is
received. Score. 44
pages. Shawnee Press
#JC0581. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35005444).
UPC:
840126922325.
8.5x11.0x0.12
inches.
The Dylan
Thomas poem Do Not Go
Gentle into That Good
Night was the motivation
for this musical
composition. While not a
programmatic depiction of
the poem, the work
attempts to recreate the
essence of the poem in
sound. The opening
motive, representative of
the life force, permeates
much of the work. The use
of sound layers - in the
form of polytonal hymns -
calls to mind the
struggles and persistence
of the human spirit and
its refusal to go gentle.
A substantial and
dramatic work for mature
ensembles. Dur: 11:15
(Grade 5).