Program notes regarding version for adaptable (flex) band:
This new version of "No Thing Can Die as Others Do" focuses on several things for adaptable band:
First, while the title remained the same, I did change the key from D to Bb, a more user-friendly key.
The piece can be played by a minimum of 5 players, up to as many as desired.
For balance issues, and in the effort to enhance the color, many parts are marked tacet or with cues in certain spots, to be adhered to
if the other instruments in their "part" are present. They are subsequently marked "PLAY", to indicate when the tacet should stop.
While no percussion parts are scored, if desired, one method to include them might be to have mallet instruments (preferably marimbas)
to play the parts with C options (Part 1 - flute/oboe; Part 4 - trbn/euph/bsn; Part 5 - tuba), and to have them always rolling the notes.
