Wind Symphony Semester Exam Flashcards
Easter Monday on the White House Lawn
John Philip Sousa
•Slower, American style march
•Use of slapstick
Entry March of the Boyars
Johan Halvorsen
•Slower, European style march
•Clarinet solo
•Boyars - Russian aristocrats
Prestissimo
Karl King
•Quick step, Circus style march
•Fast 4 or cut time
Lassus Trombone
Henry Fillmore
•Slow, Ragtime style march
•Trombone feature
In Memoriam
Mark Camphouse
•Written in honor of a band director who passed away
•Performed as a tribute to Fred J. Miller
•Use of dissonance
•”Salvation is Created” used as a melody
Meditation and Joy
Andrew Markworth
•Written in honor of a Kings HS band parent who passed away
•Performed as a tribute to Fred J. Miller
•Flute solo at beginning
•Sad quartet
•Sax solo at end
On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
David Holsinger
•Chorale style
•Clarinets featured as melody at beginning
•Full ensemble balance is a necessary skill
Willow Blossoms
John Philip Sousa
•Light, playful mood
•Woodwinds featured
•Minimal percussion
The Stars and Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa
•Considered the Greatest March Ever Written
•Our national March
•Piccolo feature
Morning Alleluias for the Winter Solstice
Ron Nelson
•Programmatic
•Depicts the scene as dawn breaks and light first enters the room
•Written as a memory to the people of Hiroshima, Japan
•Vocals, special effect sounds
Love Scene from La Boheme
Giacomo Puccini •Programmatic •Arrangement of themes throughout the opera •Tells the story of Mimi and Rudolpho •Tragic ending
Scenes from The Louvre
Norman Dello Joio
•Programmatic
•Renaissance style
•Louvre - Museum in Paris, once used by King Philip II as a palace
•Largest museum in the world
•5 movements
•Based on music the composer wrote for an NBC television special
•Each movement depict a certain area in the museum or a type of painging
Asphalt Cocktail
John Mackey
•Originally written as a concert opener
•Lots of special effects (mutes, pitch bends, percussion)
•Composer envisioned a wild NYC taxi ride
