Midsummer Pavanes
Midsummer Pavanes
Symphonic Band
Composer's Note:
Written on commission from a consortium of American and Canadian bands, this work is a memorial to my mentor George Buckbee. As the title suggests, characteristics of the pavane, a moderately slow Renaissance dance sometimes associated with mourning, pervade the work. These include the stately "long-short-short" rhythmic pattern, and the paired but varied statements of melodic ideas. The work opens with a dirge over a descending bass line, a short trumpet fanfare, and a simple, cantabile tune heard in first in F and later in G-flat. The piece returns to F and ends with quiet, improvised percussion figures that slowly dissipate into nothingness.
Authored (or revised): 2019
Duration (minutes): 10
First performance: East Carolina University, 2013
Book format: Full score
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