Brass Quintet: Our World As It Is

Authors

Emmanuel M. DuboisFollow

Files

Instrumentation

Horn, Trumpet (2), Trombone, Tuba

Keywords

notated music, scores, quintets, brass ensembles

Description

Op. 20: 1 score (vi + 20 pages) ; includes table of contents and introduction

This eleven-minute brass quintet for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, "Our World As It Is", refers to current and recent tragedies taking place around the world. The first moment, "Confrontation", captures the anxiety caused by Nature's wrath and men's wars. The second movement, "Reflections: Prelude and Fugato", evokes this precious time for recollection. The third movement, "Civil Discourse", is the coming together in smooth harmony of the different factions that make our world. The mood of "Fanfare and Hymn", the final movement, is one of excitement: it is a celebration of humanity, culminating in a cadenza and a fortissimo recapitulation of the fanfare's theme.

Movements:

1. Confrontation
2. Reflections: Prelude & Fugato
3. Civil Discourse & Fanfare & Hymn

Disciplines

Composition

Publisher

Western Michigan University

Publication Date

2005

Document Type

Musical Score

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Rights

Copyright © 2005 Emmanuel Dubois - Non-Commercial Use Permitted. Published digitally 2022.

Comments

This work is dedicated to the Western Brass Quintet of Western Michigan University.