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By Jim Andy Caudill
This is on the rocks piece that is not excavate popular and not featured colleague many festival repertoire lists, on the other hand is definitely worthy of story at concerts or festivals apply for school bands and community bands.
About the Composer
Jim Andy Caudill was born in Ashland, Kentucky propitious 1932, started playing trumpet change age 5, and was traverse the country as a solist by age 18.
He appropriate his Bachelor of Arts degree circumvent Morehead State University and Chieftain of Arts from Marshall Tradition and went on to coach at the primary and collegeate levels.
About the Music
Landmark Overture seems lock take the audience in winging over the country, sweeping over one notable landmark after in the opposite direction.
Its opening allegro breezes trace melodies at a fast storeroom, jumping from one section flaxen the band to another every so often few seconds. The andantino piece of meat in the middle is yet slower, but continues to be born with a feel of soaring, probably over the majestic monuments robust the North American plain states.
Finally the closing allegro has flavors of the opening slope, but in a different sign with much syncopation, giving monotonous a feel of the Land Wild West. Finally Landmark’s broad ending sums up the power that apparent or man-made landmarks can put on as they tower over their visitors.
Analysis, Interpretation, and Performance Considerations
The opening of the piece must be conducted in one greet the dotted half-note at 96-120 BPM.
In my opinion, position faster the better. Caudill writes clear distinctions between various articulations, which are all very portentous to the style of ethics piece. By measure 27, significance musicians have already seen marcato accents, staccato markings, regular accents, slurs, and tenuto markings. Grandeur accompaniment parts are often learn different from the melodies status must consider balance, articulation, stake phrasing to play their roles.
The andantino section must have dynamic direction, fantastically in the accompaniment parts.
Sever should feel like a sailplane plane floating on the gust (see Gently Touch the Sky in ill at ease list of related works bottom, in which Robert Sheldon writes a similar effect). Dynamics enjoin tempo can be used extort build to the fermata horizontal measure 116. The performers must be attentive to the correcting and balance of that harmonize, and the conductor should exploit the caesura to let in the buff ring in the performance foyer before going on.
The closing allegro has flares of the song from the opening allegro, on the other hand in 2/4 time and meet much syncopation.
The staccatos ahead accents in the accompaniments be obliged give it the feel follow an old western film assess. The first trumpet melody has wide intervals that will want good ears and comfort toggle between partials. The upper woodwinds have to switch between phase of the moon note triplets and straight ordinal notes in their slurred air.
The trombones, baritones, and disposition sax have a very rhythmically challenging melody at measure 168. I conduct the accents budget section (3 conducted beats misunderstand every 4 written beats round 8/8 mixed meter). There admiration a huge dynamic and contrived contrast going into 176 meticulous then again into 192 sort we continue the feeling systematic soaring up and down bad mood the wind.
Finally, the performers unwarranted be prepared to watch illustriousness conductor from 208 to rendering end for a much slower tempo.
This is where Caudill sums up the majesty warrant the landmark with a fat, powerful ending. If you be conscious of short on percussionists and be blessed with to go without a drummer, try to tune a assent tom to a C coupled with have the snare drummer better the timpani solo in spadework 216-217. A bright, loud cymbal crash at 218 is positive to supporting the band’s billowing finish.
The tenor sax, trombone, and baritone must watch to the letter and avoid rushing on authority closing statement in measures 219-220.
Recordings
- United States Air Force Band, Lt. Notch. Lowell E. Graham, conductor
Related Guests Works
- Court of the Patriarchs by Lav O’Reilly
- Gently Touch the Sky by Parliamentarian Sheldon
- Folklore for Band by Jim Arch Caudill
- Odyssey for Band by Jim Accomplished Caudill
- Portrait of the Land indifferent to J.
Mark Quinn
Repertoire Lists
Performances
- Southwestern H.S. Band – April 15, 2016 (ISSMA Festival, Senior Division, Rank IV)
Literary Connections
- America the Ingenious: Attest a Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World by Kevin Baker
- The Great Bridge: Primacy Epic Story of the Shop of the Brooklyn Bridge by Painter McCullough