Ballad for Peace
General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Frank Erickson Publications, through Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $45.00 | Score - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The word "peace has many connotations: "a state of tranquility or quiet, freedom from war and harmony among neighbors", and more personally, "freedom from disquieting thoughts and emotions". This piece was written in an attempt to express ideas such as these. The form is similar to the composer's earlier Balladair (AABCAA) with a modulation leading to a final extended statement of the opening melody, serving as a codetta.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio CD: Lassiter High School Symphonic Band (Sue Samuels, conductor) -1996
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kean University (Hillside, N.J.) Community Wind Ensemble (Patrick J. Burns, conductor) - 24 November 2025
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Concert Band (Carson Gill, conductor) - 24 April 2025
- Lassiter High School (Marietta, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Sue Samuels, conductor) – 20 December 1996 (1996 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air for Band (1956/1966)
- Allegro Animato (1991)
- American Christmas Festival (1975)
- American Patriots (1991)
- Americana (1986)
- Aria Cantabile (1990)
- Aria on a Bach Prelude
- Arrietta and Rondo (1960)
- Arietta for Band (arr. Echols) (1973/2014)
- Arietta for Winds (1973)
- Balladair (1958)
- Ballad for Peace (1995)
- Barcarolle (1992)
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (1954)
- Blue Ridge Overture (1976)
- Borodin's Symphony No. 1 (as transcriber) (1867/1968)
- Cameo Overture
- Castles and Dragons (1984)
- Cheerio March (as arranger)
- Children's March (as reviser) (1919/1971)
- Chroma
- Citadel
- Clair de Lune (as arranger) (1890/1960)
- Colwyn Bay
- Deep River Suite (1953)
- Desert Suite
- Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone, and Concert Band (1956)
- Drummer's Delight (as arranger) (1969)
- Elegy (as arranger) (1961)
- English Folk-Song Fantasy
- Eroica Variations
- Fanfare for a Festival
- Fantasy for Band (1955)
- Fantasy on Nordic Themes
- Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky
- Festiva Musica
- First Symphony for Band (1961)
- Folk Dances (as arranger) (1942/1979)
- Folk Song Suite (as transcriber) 1909/1968)
- A Gaelic Ballad
- Golden Gate (1961)
- A Handel Celebration (as arranger) (1985)
- "Hansel and Gretel" Overture (as arranger) (1892/1960)
- Heritage Hills (1982)
- Introduction, March and Shepherd’s Dance from "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (as arranger)
- Irish Folk Song Suite (1952)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (as arranger) (1918/1970)
- James Bond Suite (as arranger) (1962/2003)
- La Danza (as arranger) (1835/1967)
- Land of the Vikings (1959)
- Light a Distant Fire
- Lyric Episode
- Lyric Suite (1974)
- March Capriccioso (1979)
- March of the Mimes
- March with Fanfares
- Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (as arranger)
- Mexicana
- Misty Rain, Softly Falling
- A Mozart Celebration (1991)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (as arranger) (1749/1997)
- A Nordic Trilogy (with Davis and Reed) (1967)
- Norwegian Folk Song Suite (1953)
- Notturno (1965)
- Overture for Synthesizer and Band (1989)
- Overture Jubiloso (1978)
- Percussion Mystique
- A Percy Grainger Suite (as arranger) (1996)
- Pillars of the Earth
- President's Suite (1993)
- Red Bridge March
- Red’s White and Blue March (as transcriber) (1965)
- Reverence for Life
- Rhythm of the Winds (1964)
- The Rhythms of Christmas
- Rim of the World
- River Wind
- Rondonova
- Royal Armada (1963)
- Russian Easter Overture (as arranger)
- Rustic Overture (1991)
- Sarabande (as transcriber) (1894/1967)
- Saturnalia (1967)
- Second Symphony for Band (1958)
- Selections from "1776" for Concert Band (as arranger) (1969)
- Sinfonia India (as arranger) (1935/1971)
- Soliloquy (1958)
- Sonatina for Band (1962)
- Spoon River Variations
- Suite for Percussion in Three Movements
- Suite for Synthesizer (with Megill) (1986)
- Symphonette for Band (1959)
- Symphony No. 1. See: First Symphony for Band
- Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony for Band
- Symphony No. 3. See: Third Symphony for Band
- Third Symphony for Band (1984)
- Three Impressions (as transcriber) (1970)
- Tia Juana Trumpets
- Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The
- Toccata for a New Age (1995)
- Toccata for Band (1957)
- A Touch of Bach (1979)
- Two Songs Without Words (as arranger) (1906/1996)
- Walt Disney Overture (as arranger) (1967)
- Wind Dancer
Resources
None discovered thus far.