Shaker Variants
General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 4:29
Difficulty: II+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In quiet surroundings, a bold statement begins this composition. Within the next several minutes, the theme twists and turns, being reworked until it returns in all of its dignity surrounded by complimentary structuring to conclude the work with strength.
-Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Westfield High School Symphonic Band (Robin Winter, conductor) - 1996
State Ratings
- Florida: II
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
- Kansas: II
- Maryland: II
- Michigan: Junior High B
- Ohio: OMEA Junior High School Band A
- Oklahoma: II-A
- South Carolina: III
- Virginia: III
- Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band Class C
- West Virginia: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cottonwood Community Band (Sedona, Ariz.) (Jeff Bowell, conductor) - 23 April 2023
- PCMA Junior High All County Festival Concert Band (Mia Chong, conductor) - 2014
- Westfield High School (Houston, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Robin Winter, conductor) – 19 December 1996 (1996 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
All Wind Works
- Adagio for Winds (1974)
- Adirondack Suite (1987)
- America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/1993)
- Ancient Air and Dance (2000)
- Ancient Echoes (1997)
- Ancient Moon (2000)
- Antares (1991)
- Blue Ridge Holiday
- Call to Glory
- Calypso a la Rondo (2003)
- Canterbury Overture (1986)
- Cantica Sacra (1983)
- Canzonetta (1985)
- Celebrate Christmas! (1999)
- Celebrate Christmas. See: Christmas Season
- Celtic Suite (1994)
- Ceremoniale (1981)
- Chant Rituals (1993)
- Chester Variations (1995)
- Chorale and Canon (1985)
- Chorale and Variant (1969)
- A Christmas Fantasia (1989)
- Christmas Season (2008)
- A Christmas Triptych (as arranger) (1994)
- Christmas Variants (2000)
- Cole Porter in Concert (as arranger) (1994)
- Commemoration Overture (1976)
- Continental Christmas Suite (1996/2010)
- Coventry Carol (2001)
- Crown and Scepter
- Dervish Dance (2005)
- Dies Irae
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1979)
- Dorian Rhapsody (1996)
- Fantasia for Christmas (1998)
- Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924/1994)
- Festa! (1985)
- Festive Music for Band (1990)
- Fields of Glory (1997)
- Finale (as arranger) (1889/2001)
- Fire Dance (2004)
- A Flemish Carol (1994)
- Flight of Eagles (1994)
- Fortress Variants (2004)
- Gaelic Rhapsody (1987)
- A Good King's Christmas (2004)
- Heraldic Legend (1989)
- Homage Persichetti (2010)
- Intermezzo Sinfonico (as arranger) (1890/2003)
- A Jefferson Portrait (2001)
- Joyant Overture
- Jupiter Jubilee (2012)
- Knightsbridge Overture (1987)
- Lest We Forget
- Locksley Hall (1996)
- Lux Aeterna (1993)
- Marche de Triomphe (1986)
- Miss Liberty's Promise
- Modal Song and Dance (1985)
- Monterey Holiday (1988)
- Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)
- New England Suite
- Ode to Joy
- Odyssey for Percussion (2000)
- Overture for Winds (1982)
- Phantom Ship (2000)
- Prelude and Dance
- Prologue and Dance (1981)
- Renaissance Couplet (as arranger) (1994)
- Rituale (1981)
- Ritual Dances
- Royal Legend (1994)
- Sakura (1998)
- Sailing Songs (1995)
- Sea Trilogy
- Serial Music (1970)
- Shaker Variants (1995)
- Slavonic Dances
- Soliloquy and Dance (1979)
- Songs of the Whalemen (1995)
- The Steppes of Russia (1999)
- Symphonic Essay (1973)
- Symphonic Paraphrase (1995)
- Toccata a Dodici (1975)
- Triumphant Overture (1989)
- Tryptich (1984)
- Tryptich II (1985)
- Two British Folk Songs (1993)
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
- Yultide Celebration
Resources
- Del Borgo, E (1995). Shaker Variants [score]. Warner Bro. Publications: Miami, Fla.