Concert band - Grade 5
SKU:
MH.1-59913-082-3
Composed by Bob Margolis.
Suitable for community
bands, high school bands,
and college bands. 14
minutes duration if
played as a suite; or
movements 1 or 3 may be
performed separately.
Conductor score and set
of parts. Duration 14:00.
Published by Manhattan
Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-082-3).
ISBN
9781599130828.
Fant
asia Nova is a suite
comprising two concert
marches and a slow,
middle movement that
derives its themes from
both marches. Ragtime
(composed in early
September, 1978) is a new
from old sort of piece.
Although its tunefulness
and harmonies have an
old-fashioned character,
its structure,
development, and
orchestration are unusual
for a march. In the
chorale section (measures
111 - 148) the band
director must be very
careful in balancing, for
each of the elements must
come through. More
important is that the
audience be brought up by
this section -- filled
with a joyous exaltation;
great attention must be
paid to sonority and the
band must play earnestly.
Ragtime stands on its own
and may be performed
separately. Dreams
(composed in late
September, 1978) is the
traditional march of the
two. It is very closely
modeled (in structure
only) to Sousa's Stars
and Stripes Forever. It
even includes a tricky
piccolo solo, although
the accompaniment has a
chorale texture, almost
like a school alma mater.
This march has a
patriotic, inspirational
sound, because it was
composed for the town of
Irondequoit, New York --
for a Town March contest
held by the town's
community concert band.
It did not, so far as I
know, become the town's
march; one can hear the
name, Irondequoit,
throughout the Trio, for
every turn of the melody
(in fact, each group of
four notes) fits the
accent pattern
(Ih-RON-dih-kwoit) of the
town's name. Parade
stands on its own as a
complete work and may be
performed separately.
Ensemble instrumentation:
1 Piccolo, 6 Flutes, 2
1st & 2nd Oboes, 1
English Horn, 1 Eb
Clarinet, 3 1st Bb
Clarinet, 3 2nd Bb
Clarinet, 3 3rd Bb
Clarinet, 1 Eb Alto
Clarinet, 2 Bb Bass
Clarinet, 1 Eb Contrabass
Clarinet (optional), 2
1st & 2nd Bassoons, 1
Contrabassoon (optional),
1 1st Eb Alto Saxophone,
1 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone,
1 Bb Tenor Saxophone, 1
Eb Baritone Saxophone, 3
1st Bb Cornets, 3 2nd Bb
Cornets, 3 3rd Bb
Cornets, 1 1st Horn in F,
1 2nd Horn in F, 2 3rd
and 4th Horns in F, 2 1st
Trombones, 2 2nd
Trombones, 2 3rd
Trombones, 1 Euphonium
(Treble Clef), 2
Euphonium (Bass Clef), 4
Tuba, 1 String Bass, 1
Timpani (Triangle), 5
Percussion.
Stars and Stripes Forever: String Bass
