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Literature Analyses

CAMPBELL RIVER SKETCHES

written by Mark Willliams


Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Year Published: 1991
Difficulty Level: Publisher rating = 2

1995-98 Texas PML rating = Grade 2
 
Reviewed by: Rebecca Gonzales - Spring 1999
Style/Form: First mvt - Ballad: Flowingly (m.1 - 35) - Allargando (m. 36) -  A tempo/Maestoso (m. 37 - end) 

Second mvt - March: Moderately with a lilt (m. 1 - 94) - Molto Allargando (m. 95 - 96) - Maestoso (m. 97 - 101) - Molto Allargando (m. 102 - 103) - Tempo I (m. 104 - end) 

First mvt: A (m.1 - 8) - B (m. 9 - 16) - A (m. 17 - 24) - B (m. 25 -  20) - C (m. 31 - 36) - A (m.37 - 44) - B (m.45- -51) - Coda (m. 52 - end) 

Second mvt: Intro (m.1 - 6) - A (m. 7 - 14) - B (m. 15 - 22) - A (m. 23 - 31) - B (m. 32 - 45) - C (m. 46 - 55) - D (m.56 - 71) - A (m. 72 - 79) - C (m. 80 - 88) - E (m. 89 -96) - C (m. 97 - 103) - Coda (m. 104 - end)
Key Signatures:

(concert pitch)

 First mvt - three flats (m.1 - end)

Second mvt -  three flats (m.1 - m.45); four flats (m. 46 - end)
Time Signatures: First mvt: 4/4 (m. 1 - end) 

Second mvt: 6/8 (m. 1 - 45), (m. 56 - 96); 4/4 (m. 46 - 55), (m. 97 - end)
Ranges: Woodwinds:
    Flute 1 up to a-flat2; Clarinet 1 up to d2; Clarinet 2 up to g1; Bass Clarinet up to d1; Bassoon up to d, down to D2; Alto Sax 2 up to a1
Brass:
    Cornet 1 up to b-flat1; Cornet 2 & 3 up to f1; F horn 1 up to f1; F horn 2 down to A; Trombone 1 up to f; Trombone 2 to e; Baritone TC up to g1; Baritone BC up to f
Rhythms: Winds:
First mvt: Level 2 with dotted quarter-eighth notes for all 
Second mvt: Level 2 with eighth note duplets for all.


Percussion:

First mvt: Level 3 with eighth note/two sixteenth note rhythm for snare drum 

Second mvt: Level 3 with eighth note/two sixteenth note rhythm for snare drum
Instrumentation: Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax 1, Alto Sax 2,
Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Cornet 1, Cornet 2, Cornet 3, Horn in F 1& 2, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Baritone TC, Baritone BC,
Tuba,  Mallets, Percussion, Timpani
Percussion: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle, Tambourine, Bells, Chimes, Timpani (3 drums)
Conductor Score: Full Score; 20 lines; 
Length/Timing: 5 minutes
Comments:
  • Two movements 
  • Timpani changes pitches in first mvt m. 53, second mvt m. 44 
  • Flute/Clarinet trio in the first movement in m. 17 
  • Use of accents, staccato, marcato, syncopations

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