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Four Jovial Miniatures
SM-000227013
| Composer | Gary Nash |
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| Publisher | Gary Nash |
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| Genre |
Classical / Instrumental
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| Instrumentation |
Euphonium, Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba |
| Scored for | Octet |
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| Type of score | Full score, Parts |
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| Key |
Polytonal |
| Movement(s) |
1 to 4 from 4 |
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| Duration |
10'0" |
| Difficulty |
Difficult |
| Year of composition |
2011 |
| Description |
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| Four Jovial Miniatures for brass octet features four movements, which are all 2 and 1/2 to 3 minutes in length. The four movements all demonstrate energetic and dance-like music. Movement 1, “Fun and Frivolity” is a fast tempo with an R & B/jazz feel, using those types of melodies, harmonies and rhythms, along with going between triple and quadruple meters. Movement 2, “Warm Fuzzies” is a slow movement in triple meter, featuring lyrical melodies from the euphonium and trombones. Movement 3, “Worldly Dancing”, marked “Fast and Intense, Quasi Jazz/Swing, is in a fast compound duple meter, based on and inspired by West African folk music and the only movement in a minor mode. Movement 4, “Swan Song” begins with a slow introduction and progresses to fast music, also reflecting R & B/jazz music by way of melodies, harmonies and rhythms. |
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