Concert Band (Score) -
Grade 5
SKU:
HL.50499652
Composed
by Henry Cowell. Edited
by James Worman. G.
Schirmer Band/Orchestra.
Concert. 16 pages.
Published by G. Schirmer
(HL.50499652).
ISBN
9781480392939. UPC:
888680012236. 10.5x14
inches.
Ancient
Desert Drone was
composed for orchestra in
1940, at the request of
Percy Grainger, who
encouraged the idea of
using a single pitch
“drone”
throughout the work
(similar to Grainger's
own The Immovable
Do) and to whom the
piece is dedicated. While
the work suggests an
Eastern charm with its
distinctive mode and
primitive rhythms, Cowell
himself stated there was
no particular
programmatic intent. This
transcription for band is
an exotic and welcome
addition to the
repertoire for winds.
Duration:
5:00
Recorded
by the Trinity University
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
– James Worman,
conductor