YOUNG BAND REPERTOIRE PROJECT
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BARTOK: FOLK TRILOGY

Arranged by Anne McGinty


Publisher: Queenwood Publications
Year Published: 1992
Difficulty Level: Publisher rating = 2

1995-98 Texas PML rating = Grade 1
 
Reviewed by: Daniel Lugo - Spring 1999
Style/Form: Allegro moderato (quarter= 112) - Slowly (quarter= 72) - Allegro (quarter= 132) 

ABA 
Key Signatures:

(concert pitch)

 One key changes:

one flat (m.1 - m.24); two flats (m.25 -end)
Time Signatures: 2/4 (m.1 - m.23); 4/4 (m.24 - 40); 3/4 (m.41 - 46); 2/4 (m.47 - m.48); 3/4 (m.49 - 50); 2/4 (m.51 - m.52); 3/4 (m.53 - m.70); 2/4 (m.71 - m.72); 3/4 (m.73 - m.74); 2/4 (m.75 - m.76); 3/4 (m.77 - end)
Ranges: Woodwinds:
    Flute to d2; Clarinet 1 to a1; Alto Saxophone to g1
Brass:
    Trumpet 1 to c1; Trumpet 2 to c1; F Horn to d1;  Trombone 1 to B flat
Rhythms: Winds:
    Level 2 with eighth-quarter-eighth syncopations for Alto Saxophones
Percussion:
    Level 1; Snare has eighth note patterns
Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe (opt.), Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, B flat Bass Clarinet, E flat Alto Saxophone, B flat Tenor Saxophone (opt.), E flat Baritone Saxophone, Cornet/Trumpet 1, Cornet./Trumpet 2, F Horn (opt.), Trombone/Baritone B.C./Bassoon, Baritone T.C., Tuba, Bells, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Wood Block
Percussion: Bells, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Wood Block
Conductor Score: Semi-Score; 8 lines; low brass and low reeds are combined; percussion minus the bells are combined
Length/Timing: 2 minutes, 12 seconds; 81 measures
Comments:
  • Trumpets have accidentals in m.25 amd have repeated pattern throughout the piece
  • Trombone/Baritone B.C./Bassoon are combined on one part
  • Persussion minus the bells are also on one part
  • Numerous meter changes, 10 to be exact
  • Use of accents, syncopated rhythms with Alto Saxophone, staccato, crescendos and decrescendos

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