Chan Chan
Subtitle: The Lost City
General Info
Year: 2024
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $15.00; (digital) - $15.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II
- Horn in F
- Trombone I-II
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Bells
- *Bongos
- *Claves
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Gong
- *Maracas
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Triangle
- *Vibraphone
- *Vibra-slap
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Proudly perched over the coastal desert of northern Peru, the ancient city of Chan Chan (from the Quingnam word "chang," meaning "sun") was the capital of the mighty Chimer Empire during the 15th century. At its peak, Chan Chan was a teeming metropolis of 60,000, the largest and most vibrant city in the Americas. When the empire was overtaken by the Incas in 1507, the city was abandoned. Now an archeological site, Chan Chan is regarded as one of the greatest cities in human history.
Taking its title from the once-great metropolis, Chan Chan's slow and ponderous opening quickly reveals the vast and magnificent ruins. A sudden bright tempo takes us back to times of ancient prosperity, offering a depiction of the city at its very peak. An array of tonal colors and styles, including an exotic flute solo and a haunting melody by way of woodwinds, vividly reveals both spectacle and mystery. In the final statement, the music is once again slow and laden with Chan Chan in its current defunct, yet glorious state.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Video: Reference recording and perusal score
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Forney (Tx.) High School Band (Corey L. Graves, conductor) - 17 December 2025 (2025 Midwest Clinic)
- Northern Burlington High School (Columbus, N.J.) Symphonic Band (Shaun D. Lindner, conductor) – 22 May 2025
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
All Wind Works
- Across the Great Plains (2017)
- After the Darkness (2021)
- Albany Fanfare (2011)
- All Things So Wondrous (2022)
- Allegro Appasionato
- And Bless Us Every One (2011)
- And With This New Day (2025)
- Antiphon (2011)
- Battle Command
- Beyond These Horizons (2024)
- Big Bend (2023)
- The Blue Orchid (2005)
- Blue Sky (2002)
- But Joy Comes... (2010)
- Captain Dane (2003)
- Carnegie Anthem (2012)
- Carpathia (2007)
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Caverns of Sonora (2019)
- Champions Victorious (2024)
- Chan Chan (2024)
- Chisholm
- Congolese (2017)
- Corps of Discovery (2010)
- Country Day Dances (2004)
- Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
- Credo (2012)
- Curtain Up!
- Dances Americanesque (2008)
- Declaration and Dance (2010)
- Destined to Fly (2018)
- Egyptique (2010)
- The Eighth Day (2022)
- El Pato Loco (2010)
- El Vaquero! (2017)
- Every Day New (2018)
- Excelsior! (2008)
- Exhaltations! (2006)
- Fandango Caliente (2017)
- Fantasia on "Adeste Fidelis" (as arranger) (2007)
- Festive Proclamation (2015)
- Flourishes! (2019)
- Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Gratitude (2024)
- Great Wall (2016)
- Hark! (A Holiday Celebration) (As arranger)
- Heavenwards (2015)
- Heroes Triumphant (2012)
- Hi! (2024)
- Hopak! (2014)
- Holiday Party Mix (2024)
- In Autumn (2009)
- In Heavenly Peace (as arranger) (1818/2025)
- In Joyful Celebration (2003)
- In This Beautiful Place (2023)
- Ironclads (The Monitor and the Merrimack) (2012)
- Journey of the Bonfire (2017)
- Jupiter (as arranger) (1916/2006)
- Kamehameha (2006)
- King of Angels (as arranger) (2023)
- Kitty Hawk, 1903 (2010)
- Krakatoa (2008)
- La Lechuza
- Los Bailes Calientes (2024)
- Maesong (2004)
- Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
- The Mighty 97th (2008)
- New Era (2023)
- New Horizons March (2016)
- Of Gentle Spirit (2005)
- Paintings (2011)
- Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
- Plains West (1996)
- Quicksilver (2018)
- Resplendence (2017)
- Silversides (2021)
- Solidarity! (2025)
- A Song of Courage (2024)
- The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
- Spit-Fire (2013)
- Spring River Fantasy (2011)
- Stormchasing (2016)
- Struck by the Ree (2023)
- Summit Fanfare (2008)
- The Tahoka Galop (2004)
- Tangelridge (2009)
- Tambora! (2013)
- Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Terracotta (2009)
- Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
- To Her Majesty's Delight (2020)
- To Sail the Majestic Seas (2024/2025)
- Tudor Sketches (2013)
- Tundra (2018)
- Turquoise (2024)
- Wedgwood March (2002)
- What Greater Calling (2023)
- Wings of Justice (2002)
- The Wings of Mercury (2018)
- With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
- The World's Greatest Show! (2022)
- Yonaguska (2016)
- Zia (2014)
Resources
- Chan Chan. Wikipedia. Accessed 4 December 2025
- Owens, W. (2024). Chan Chan: (The Lost City) [score]. MakeMusic Publications: [Van Nuys, Calif.]
- Perusal score