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LEVEL:
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Medium; Grade 2.5
Appropriate for mid-level high school or advanced middle
school bands. |
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SAMPLES:
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Sample pages (.pdf):
Sound file:
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COST:
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$45 U.S. (plus shipping) for full score, parts, and site-license.
Extra full scores are $6 U.S. (plus shipping). |
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PROGRAMMING:
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Holiday concert.
Performance Time: about 3:30
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FEATURES:
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Active, full percussion complement
Use of several like-instrument choirs provides timbral interest
Everyone (including tuba) has some melodic content
abundant doublings throughout
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CHALLENGES:
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several tempo changes
style changes of different tunes
one key change
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KEY and RANGES:
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E-flat major; B-flat major
All parts are within most "3rd-year" ranges: Flute to
G above staff (divisi to highest B-flat twice); Clarinet 1 to C above staff
(once); Clarinet 2 mostly below break, to G at top of staff 3 times); 1st
Trumpet to A above staff (once); 2nd Trumpet to F at top of staff (twice);
Trombone 1 to F above staff; Trombone 2 to C above staff; BC Euphonium
to F above staff (twice). |
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INSTRUMENTATION:
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Standard
Instrumentation
(plus Horn 1 & 2) - parts for Alto and Contra-Alto
Clarinet included |
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MINIMUM
INSTRUMENTATION
REQUIREMENTS:
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Playable without: Oboe; Bassoon; Alto and Contra-Alto
Clarinet; Baritone Saxophone; one of the two Horn parts; Timpani. |
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PERCUSSION:
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Parts for 6-10 percussionists:
Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Susp. Cymbal, Woodblock,
Sleigh Bells, Orch. Bells, Chimes, Xylophone, Timpani (2 drums, one pitch
change)
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