Proscenium Overture
General Info
Year: 1967
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- 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 Cornet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Chimes
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Gong
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Timbales
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Since there is no reference to any particular comedy, tragedy or drama, by selecting a term which is general in the theater, the proscenium arch conveyed the idea of the mood of this music. The proscenium is the part of the theater or concert hall which is the stage in from of the curtain.
The overture has lyricism, driving rhythms with contrasts featuring percussion and still developed in a traditional way. This is an excellent original work, not dissonant, by one of our American composers, who gets an unusual sound and clarity in his works.
- Program Note adapted from score
Media
State Ratings
- California (SCBOA) : III
- Virginia: IV
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Antietam (1966)
- Appalachian Set
- Bellerophon (1968)
- Celebration 25
- Canada
- Contrapunctus for Band
- Czech Suite
- Defenders of the Blue (1972)
- Down to the Sea in Ships (1987)
- Elsinore Overture
- Enterprise
- Fanfare Overture
- Heritage of Honor
- Introduction and Invention
- Jedermann Overture
- Kensington Overture
- Land of Lincoln
- Lexington Overture
- Lyric Suite
- Marquette Gold and Navy Blue
- Navy Blue (as editor) (1902/2013)
- Navy Hymn
- Modal Miniatures
- Of This Time
- Proscenium Overture (1967)
- Quiet Music
- Siegfried's Funeral Music (as arranger) (1876/1966)
- Sonata for Band (1965)
- Stars in a Field of Blue
- Stonehenge Symphony
- Symphony No. 4
- Valiant
- Yorktown 1781
- Wycliffe Variations (1969)
Resources
- Whear, P. (1967). Proscenium Overture: For Symphonic Band [score]. Ludwig Music: Cleveland, Ohio.