Duration: :0 GRADE CB910 $6500 Rhythm o the Nations THE DRAGON KING David Marlatt (b 197) Instrumentation: Flute 1 - Flute - PREVIEW oe - ONLY Bb Clarinet 1 - Bb Clarinet - Bb Clarinet - Bb Bass Clarinet - 1 Bassoon - Eb Alto Saxohone 1 - Eb Alto Saxohone - Bb Tenor Saxohone - 1 Eb tone Saxohone - 1 Bb Trumet 1 - Bb Trumet - Bb Trumet - F Horn 1 - F Horn - Trombone 1 - Trombone - Trombone - tone Bass Cle - 1 tone Treble Cle - 1 - String Bass - 1, ba hone - Timani - 1 Percussion (, Snare Drum, Tom-toms) - Percussion (Susended Cymbals (), Crash Cymbals, -tam) -
Eighth Note Publications Rhythm o the Nations THE DRAGON KING David Marlatt In 1 BC China croned its irst emeror, Qin Shi Huangdi Previous to his reign, there ere over 00 years o ars beteen various states in the country This emeror has been credited ith uniying China initiating seeing reorms to the las, currency and the organization o the government He as knon as the Dragon King His ambitions sa no boundaries Some o the massive roects he ordered ere the construction o the Great Wall o China, a ne alace, and an enormous tomb containing the amous Terracotta Army This as a live-sized clay army o over 7,000 soldiers, all ith unique aces and eatures Also included as over 600 horses and several ull-sized chariots It as constructed to rotect the First Emeror ater his death It has been estimated that over 800,000 orkers contributed in the construction o this army on its discovery, it has become knon as the eighth onder o the orld This iece is big and bold, ust like this ne emeror The lo guys starting at bar 7 reresent this great leader This section must be layed ith a big, ull sound and very sustained - no accents or short eighth notes Rhythm o the Nations is a groing series o original orks and arrangements insired by the cultures and eole around the orld The unique sounds and rhythms that have evolved all over our lanet through time are combined PREVIEW ith standard ind band instruments to create a ne usion ONLY o sound - orld music or inds The Dragon King as commissioned by the Markham District High School Wind Symhony along ith the elementary eeder schools to that rogram - William Armstrong PS, William Berczy PS, Boxood P S, Edard T Crole PS and Reesor Park PS It as erormed as a massed band iece on December 16, 008 Please contact the comoser i you require any urther inormation about this iece or his availability or commissioning ne orks and aearances David Marlatt is a comoser, arranger, conductor and clinician He has comosed ieces or concert band, string orchestra, brass quintet, trumet ensemble, iano, tuba and trumet His riting style is diverse and he has ritten or a ide range o diiculty levels rom very young concert band to roessional soloists and chamber ensembles His azz based trumet ensemble ieces Groovy Vam and A Coconut Named Alex have been ell received by audiences everyhere and his concert band comositions are ound on many estival lists in both Canada and the nited States He has also arranged/transcribed over 800 ieces o reertoire including South Arican olk songs, traditional Christmas carols, tangos, ieces 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 Along ith many erormances by elementary, high school and college ensembles, roessional erormers o his orks include: Matthias Hos, ens Lindemann, The Canadian Brass and Ne York Philharmonic Brass Quintet, the ITG Mass Trumet Ensemble, Toronto Festive Brass, Foothills Brass Quintet, WO Brass Choir and Brassroots Mr Marlatt is a trumet layer ho obtained a music education degree rom the niversity o Western Ontario, Canada He as Princial Cornet in the Whitby Brass Band or 6 years and ounder o the trumet ensemble Trumets in Style As a erormer, he has layed in azz bands, brass quintets, orchestras, concert bands, brass bands and eriod instrument ensembles ISBN: 9781557897 CATALOG NMBER: CB910 COST: $6500 DRATION: :0 DIFFICLTY RATING:GRADE Concert Band enmusiccom
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