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Damien Geter Sinfonia Americana
for orchestra
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Transposed Score
2023
Program Note
Sinfonia Americana is an expansion on what has been deemed "the American Sound." As a composer, I spend copious amounts of time trying to dene what that even means. e answer, I imagine, lies somewhere in the fact that as I am an American, by default, I have created an American sound — my own — that is inuenced by those who came before me who seemed to have success in creating the template for this particular sonic landscape. However, mine grooves a bit, a nod to my Black American culture.
e piece is in two main parts with a recap. e opening melodies are interwoven throughout the piece against differing musical ideas which cause the main tunes to act like a chameleon that is shaped by its surroundings.
— Damien Geter 2023
Instrumentation
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
English Horn
2 Clarinets in B
Bass Clarinets in B
2 Bassoons Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (2 Players)
Snare Drum, Gong
Bass Drum
Strings
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Duration: c. 10 minutes Commissioned and premiered by the Richmond Symphony, Valentini Peleggi, music director January 20–21, 2024 Carpenter eatre, Richmond, VA
Copyright © 2023 Damien Geter (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. Published by Just a eory Press | www.justatheorypress.com First Printing of is Edition, October 2023
Plain and inviting = 62
Plain and inviting = 62
unis., senza sord.
unis., senza sord.
unis., senza sord.
unis., senza sord.
straight mute
straight mute
straight mute
div., con sord.
div., con sord.
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