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SYMPHONY NO. 3 FOR WINDS
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ONE OF THE RARE COMPLETE SYMPHONIES WRITTEN FOR BAND BY VITTORIO GIANNINI IN 1958. STRONGLY TONAL AND ONE OF THE BEST PIECES FOR BAND. I-ALLEGRO ENERGICO, II-ADAGIO, III-ALLEGRETTO, IV-ALLEGRO CON BRIO. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY BAND, MY JUNIOR YEAR.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Genre
Classical • Symphonic
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Peak #45
Peak in subgenre #12
Author
Vittorio Giannini - 1958
Rights
public domain
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March 25, 2010
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MP3 20.1 MB • 128 kbps • 21:54
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Year: 1958 Genre: Symphony Pr. Instrument: Wind Ensemble 1.Allegro Energico 2.Adagio 3.Allegretto 4.Allegro Con Brio Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966) was a respected composer when he was asked to compose a work for symphonic wind ensemble by Paul Bryan and the Duke University Band, through the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. Giannini made the rare choice of composing a full-fledged symphony for band, a genre which was extremely rare then and not exactly flourishing widely since then. This work may still be counted as one of the most important symphonies in the band repertory. It is a strongly tonal work, written along traditional symphony lines. The first movement is a sonata-allegro form, with some difficult off-rhythm figurations. Giannini was a melodic composer, and demonstrates the fact in his slow movement. The scherzo has an air of restraint, and the finale is carefree and impetuous. According to the Oklahoma City University Program Notes Resource for Band Directors, Giannini had this to say about his Symphony No. 3: The Symphony No. 3 was composed on a commission by the Duke University Band and its conductor, Paul Bryan, during the summer of 1958, in Rome Italy, where I was spending my vacation. It is my second work for band; the first, Preludium and Allegro , was commissioned by Richard Franko Goldman. I can give no other reason for choosing to write a Symphony to fulfill this commission than that I "felt like it," and the thought of doing it interested me a great deal. I will not go into the technical details of the work. Basically, the listener is not concerned with them beyond what they can hear for themselves. I follow no ‘isms’ when I compose; I try to project and communicate a feeling, a thought that is in me at the time, using whatever technique is suggested by my mood to achieve this communication. The form of the movements is this: first movement - sonata allegro; second movement - A B A; third movement - A B A B; fourth movement - sonata allegro. There is no program - only what I heard and felt at the time. I hope it makes music.
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chappy0952
Nov 11, 2011
This piece is tough for the reeds as well as the others. TY for picking a piece that I have played and conducting. O the memeries.