Of Sailors And Whales (Melville) William Francis McBeth

Titel / Title: Of Sailors And Whales (Melville)
Herausgeber / Publisher: Southern Music Company
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Southern Music
ISBN: 9781495019876
UPC: 884088778576
Alternative Artikelnummer: S629CB

"Of Sailors and Whales" is a five-movement work based on five scenes from Herman Mehlville's "Moby Dick". It was commissioned by and is dedicated to the California Band Directors' Assocation, Inc., and is sub-dedicated to Robert Lanon White, Commander USN (Ret.), who went to sea as a simple sailor. It is designed so that any portion of the five movements may be used.
Movement titles include:
I. Ishmael, II. Queequeg, III. Father Mapple, IV. Ahab, V. The White Whale

Besetzungsliste / Instrumentation:

Full Score
C Piccolo (doubling Flute III)
Flute I-II-III
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
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
Bass Drum
Claves
Conga Drum
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Gong (or Tam-tam)
Tom-Toms (low)
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes (T-bar)
Wood Block
Xylophone
Players singing