#Suite by Marco Salvaggio (Italy)

Score

marco salvaggio #suite

Imaginative and sub-real for Wind Band

Finalist work - category III (grades 5—6) of the 3rd WASBE Composition Contest in Prague 2022

Imaginative and sub-real for Wind Band

I. Ouverture de la Suite

II. Lyrique

III. Valse ?

IV. Final: Introduction, Fugato et Marche

Grade 6

Duration ∼ 20.20 min.

#suite

Imaginative

and sub-real For Wind Band

Brief summary of composition

in 4 movements:

I. Ouverture de la Suite

II. Lyrique

III. Valse ?

IV. Final: Introduction, Fugato et Marche

general ideas about the work:

The composition is inspired by the instrumental suites. Within the four movements a modern-style dance choreography can be included. The presence of a mime could also be foreseen, who will have to be masked (made up) by Pierrot, who will observe in an artistic way the performance of the dancers (by a minimum of one man and one woman, or more dancers)

musical material used:

The musical style is atonal, with tonal incursions but with evident use of multiple polytonality. In addition to original themes, here we will also find some "echoes" of later movements (Ouverture).

Subsequently we are plunged into a monochromatic and significantly darker atmosphere, conveyed by the use of the octotonic scale (whole and half steps) (Lyrique).

A new atmosphere comes through the use of a new scale that mixes with the previous sounds. The scale is nicknamed "ThreeSemiTonic Scale" (composed of three semitones, three whole tones and three semitones), all this breaks into a very sonorous and succulent verticality. (Valse ?).

Taking advantage of the scales and the previous vision, after an introduction and a fugato (based again on the octophonic scale), the final material that turns into a big march arrives. Here we have a new scale too (three whole tones - two semitones and two whole tones) (Final)

level/category - Grade 6

instrumentation:

Woodwind

Piccolo

Flute 1, 2

Oboe 1, 2

English Horn

Bassoon 1, 2

Eb Clarinet

Clarinet in Bb 1 Solo

Clarinet in Bb 1, 2, 3

Alto Clarinet

Bass Clarinet

Contrabass Clarinet (in Bb)

Alto Saxophone 1, 2

Tenor Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

Brass

Cornet in Bb 1, 2, 3

Trumpet in Bb 1, 2

Horns in F 1, 2, 3, 4

Trombone 1, 2, 3

Bass Trombone

Euphoniums 1, 2

Bass Tuba I

Bass Tuba II

String Double Bass

Percussion

Timpani + Bongos (4 different heights or Toms)

Glockenspiel

Percussion 1:

- Snare Drum;

- Woodblocks*: L.W.: Low Woodblock, H.W.: High Woodblock

Percussion 2:

- Basque Tambourine (Tambourine);

- Vibra Slap;

- Triangle;

- Whip;

- (also Woodblocks)*;

- High-Mid Tom; Low-Mid Tom

Percussion 3:

- Crash Cymbals (Hand Cymbals);

- Suspended Cymbal (large);

- Tam-Tam;

- Large Gong;

- Suspended China Cymbal

Bass Drum

Glockenspiel

Percussion 1: - Snare Drum; - Woodblocks: L.W.: Low Woodblock H.W.: High Woodblock Percussion 2: Whip; Basque Tambourine (Tambourine); Vibra Slap; Triangle (also Woodblocks) High-Mid Tom

Percussion

Ouverture de la Suite I

Moderatamente Allegro {q = c 114 - q.= c 76}

& & & & & ? ? & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? &

declamato ed imperturbabile q = 50 c

& & & & &

& & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & &

Moderatamente, circa rubato {q = c 76 - 126}

q = 102 c

Valse ? III

Poco Meno e rubato {q = c 96}

& & & & ? & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & ? ? ? ? ?

(Meno) {q = c 90}