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NOTEZART
for wind symphony

2017
5 minutes

Dedicated to Eugene Corporon

Original version for brass ensemble and percussion commissioned by the
Brass and Percussion Ensemble
of the
National Orchestra of Lyon

instrumentation

 

Piccolo Flutes 1-2 Oboes 1-2 English Horn Clarinets in Bb 1-3 Bass Clarinet Eb Contra-alto Clarinet (optional) Saxophones SATB Bassoons 1-2 2 Horns (may be doubled) Trumpet 1-4 in C Euphonium 1-2 Tenor Trombones 1-2 Bass Trombone Tuba Double Bass (optional) Timpani Percussion 1-4

Percussion 1 Marimba Percussion 2 Vibraslap Small Tom-Tom or Renaissance Drum Percussion 3 Tambourine Snare Drum Percussion 4 Triangle Chimes/Tubular Bells (extended range)

 

score & audio examples

Notezart

UNT Wind Symphony on YouTube

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program notes

Originally commissioned by the Brass and Percussion Ensemble of the National Orchestra of Lyon, Notezart for wind symphony is dedicated to Eugene Corporon - friend, conductor, and devoted champion of new music.

I very much enjoy finding a way to make various kinds of music live together. So in this piece, you will hear 12-tone passages along with quartal/quintal and triadic harmony. To create unity, I use a steady pulse throughout and a strong reliance on the interval of the perfect 4th which opens the third movement from Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - inspiration for Notezart. My “stolen” music (the work’s centerpiece) is cast in a quasi-Renaissance style - with the exception of the the duet between trumpet and trombone, more in keeping with an 18th-century variation.