Preview: Sea Drift for Woodwind Quintet
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SKU: A0.1411275
Composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Arranged by Richard Decker. 20th Century,Chamber,Contest,Festival,Romantic Period. 34 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #993610. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.1411275).This woodwind quintet arrangement captures the subtle textures of the composer’s chromatic harmonies inspired in the original vocal octet by a poem by T. B. Aldrich. Born of an African father, Coleridge-Taylor was an early 20th century English composer and conductor who was an influential advocate for Black composers. One of Coleridge-Taylor's rare A Cappella compositions, this is arranged for traditional woodwind quintet of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and basson and includes substitute parts clarinet in B-flat for oboe, alto saxophone in E-flat for horn and bass clarinet in B-flat for bassoon. Sea Drift is infused with descriptive tone-color painting highlighting the tragic story of the merchant sailor who perishes in a stormy sea to the despair of his lover onshore.
To see our Music of Black Composers Series for woodwinds enter “Black Composers Series Woodwinds” in the search box at Charles Decker Music Press for arrangements for woodwind ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others.
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