Contraband
General Info
Year: 1990
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MMB Music
Cost: Score and Parts - On Request | Score Only - $21.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I -II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including
- Bass Drum (horizonal and one with pedal)
- Congas (2)
- Cymbals (crash and large and small suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam) (large)
- Maracas
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Spring Coil (large)
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (4)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A brief, light hearted (yet schizophrenic) work that rapidly trespasses through a frantic series of band and anti-band dream states. The title is drawn from the works' many atypical band sounds, techniques and effects...such as dangerously 'irregular' keys (B Major, F# minor, etc.), restless solos, slow, winding chromaticism and a brief, irreverent vocal reference to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Illegal substances and exports, as might first be suggested by the title, are acknowledged only by a fleeting reference to Eliott Ness and The Untouchables in the closing moments of the piece
Commissioned by the Indiana University Band.
- Program Note by composer
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cliffhanger March (1984)
- Contraband (1990)
- El Salon Medico (1990)
- The End of the World (2011)
- Extraction on No. 9 (2013)
- A Far Cry from Fairview (2019)
- Fear Strikes Out (2014)
- Guttersnipe (1994)
- Hangover Hotel (2020)
- Invocation (1989)
- King Ubu (1980)
- O Magma Mysterium (2016)
- Prayer (2004/2011)
- The Reputation (2024)
- Seven Steps from Hell (1985)
- When Hell Freezes Over (1995)
Resources
None discovered thus far.