Mars - God of War. David Marlatt. Instrumentation:

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1 Duration: 3:30 GRADE 1.5 CB1119 $50.00 Mars - God o War David Marlatt Instrumentation: Flute - 8 vanced Flute - PREVIEW Ooe - 2 ONLY arinet 1 - arinet 2 - vanced arinet - B Bass Clarinet - 1 E Alto Saxohone 1-2 E Alto Saxohone 2-2 vanced E Alto Saxohone - 2 B Tenor Saxohone - 1 E tone Saxohone - 1 B Trumet 1-2 B Trumet 2-2 F Horn - 2 Tromone - 3 Bassoon, tone - 2 tone Trele Cle String Bass - 1 Timani - 1 Tom-toms (Mid, Lo), Bass Drum - 1 Percussion (Triangle, Tamourine, r, Susended Cymal, Crash Cymals, Large ) -

2 Mars - God o War David Marlatt Preare or attle Mars, the Roman god o ar, is one o the most signiicant characters in Roman mythology. Not only is he a arrior, ut he is the ather o the Roman eole. The many statues ound in Italy sho him as a nole, strong and maestic man ith a sear and helmet. In this iece these characteristics are set to music ith eating ar drums, strong themes and oerul unison arts. The dramatic oening eatures tromone glisses. Go or it Really exaggerate the cresc. to. This is the advancement o troos into attle. Timani ould add greatly to the sound ut is not comletely necessary i they are not availale. Feel ree to doule and trile u the tom art at the oening. Exeriment ith multile layers here. Try someone on snare drum (ith snares o) douling the tom toms as ell. Lots o eight on those accents hen the oodinds come in at 11. Once the ast temo arrives at 26, it remains this seed through the rest o the iece. There ill e great temtation to slo don at 62 ith the hole notes. Although the character is light and quiet, don t allo layers to lose temo here. The PREVIEW tamourine should come in ith authority at 70 to lead the charge ONLY as the sections uild to the end. The vanced Flute, Clarinet and Alto Saxohone arts contain technical and range demands that are ar greater than hat is ound in grade 1.5 music. These arts allo or use in to situations: 1) to challenge layers that are ar ahead o the rest o the and. The clarinet art cross the reak extensively and the lute and saxohone arts greatly ush the range normally ound in music at this level. 2) or use in a massed and ith layers o dierent levels o exerience. Perhas a high school and laying ith an elementary school grou. David Marlatt has comosed ieces or concert and, string orchestra, rass quintet, trumet ensemle, iano, tua and trumet. His riting style is diverse and he has ritten or a ide range o diiculty levels rom very young concert and to roessional rass quintet. His azz ased trumet ensemle ieces Groovy Vam and A Coconut Named Alex have een ell received y audiences everyhere and his concert and comositions are ound on many estival lists. He has also arranged over 800 ieces o reertoire rom the Baroque to the Romantic eras such as Monteverdi madrigals, a large suite o music rom Handel s Messiah, Largo rom Ne World Symhony and even Mahler s First Symhony. Mr. Marlatt is a trumet layer ho otained a music education degree rom the University o Western Ontario, Canada. He as Princial Cornet in the Whity Brass Band or 6 years and ounder o the trumet ensemle Trumets in Style. As a erormer, he has layed in azz ands, rass quintets, orchestras, concert ands, rass ands and eriod instrument ensemles. Please contact the comoser i you require any urther inormation aout this iece or his availaility or commissioning ne orks and aearances. david@enmusic.com ISBN: CATALOG NUMBER: CB1119 COST: $50.00 DURATION: 3:30 DIFFICULTY RATING:GRADE 1.5 Concert Band.enmusic.com

3 ute Preare or Battle q» º Commissioned y the Halton District School Board or the Halton Band Extravaganza, 2011 MARS God o War 2 3 David Marlatt 5 ADVANCED Flute Ooe arinet 1,2 ADVANCED arinet B Bass Clarinet E Alto Saxohone 1,2 ADVANCED E Alto Saxohone PREVIEW ONLY B Tenor Saxohone E tone Saxohone B Trumet 1 B Trumet 2 F Horn Tromone Bassoon tone ~~.. ~.... ~~ Timani (F-C) Tom-toms (Mid, Lo) Bass Drum Triangle Tamourine r Susended Cymal Crash Cymals Large Lo Tom 2011 EIGHTH NOTE PUBLICATIONS.enmusic.com

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