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Walter Piston - Tunbridge Fair: Intermezzo for Symphonic Band (1950)

Program Notes
Tunbridge Fair: Intermezzo for Symphonic Band
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Allegro ritmico q = ca 92 (in 4)
A
mm. 1-2 Introduction [F/Bb/C chord] alto sax, tenor sax, horns
mm. 3-8 A I ob, clar, b cl, bsn, tpt 1 & 2, horns
mm. 9-15 A II picc, fl, ob, Eb cl, cl
mm. 16-20 A III picc, fl, ob, Eb cl, cl, a sax, t sax, tbn 1 & 2, euph 1
mm. 21-22 Transition to B I
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B
mm. 23-31 B I a sax, t sax, tpt 1, euph 1
mm. 32-35 Transition part I to A IV (3-voice canon)

VOICE 1 ob, Eb cl, cl, fl, picc

VOICE 2 (inversion of voice 1 centered on F) b cl, bsn, t sax, b sax, euph, tuba, DB

VOICE 3 (up M3rd from voice 1) a sax, horns 1 & 2

mm. 36-40 Short canon at the P5th based on Theme B

VOICE 1 picc, fl, Eb cl, tpt

VOICE 2 tbn

mm. 41-43 Transition part II to A IV (homophonic chords)
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A
mm. 44-53 Introduction extended [tritone difference from beginning]
mm. 54-58 A IV [tritone difference from beginning] ob, Eb cl, cl 1 & 2
mm. 59-63 A fragments
mm. 64-65 Transition to B II [down a m2nd from mm. 21-22]
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B
mm. 66-74 B II [down a m2nd from B I] a sax 1, t sax, tpt 1, euph 1
mm. 75-78 Transition part I to A V (3-voice canon)

VOICE 1 ob, Eb cl, cl, fl, picc

VOICE 2 (inversion of voice 1 centered on E) b cl, bsn, t sax, b sax, euph, tuba, DB

VOICE 3 (up M3rd from voice 1) a sax, horns 1 & 2

mm. 79-83 Short canon at the P5th based on Theme B

VOICE 1 picc, fl, Eb cl, tpt

VOICE 2 tbn

mm. 84-86 Transition part II to A V (homophonic chords)
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A
mm. 87-89 Introduction to A V [down M2nd from A I/up M3rd from A IV until original key returns in m.89]
mm. 90-95 A V ob, clar, b cl, bsn, tpt 1 & 2, horns
mm. 96-102 A VI picc, fl, ob, Eb cl, cl
mm. 103-107 A VII picc, fl, ob, Eb cl, cl, a sax, t sax, tbn 1 & 2, euph 1
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Coda
mm. 108-109 Homophonic chords
mm. 110-113 A fragments
mm. 114-116 Final cadence [on F-C open P5th]

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