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1 result
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Red Cape Tango -- Band
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Composer:
Michael Daugherty
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Date: 1999
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Duration: 13:00
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Arranger: M. Spede
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Instrumentation: symphonic band
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Contents: transcribed by Mark Spede
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Commission: Jerry Junkin, on behalf of the University of Texas Wind Ensemble
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Premiere: University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin conducting, February 2000, National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association, Austin, TX
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Theme:
Concert Closers and Encore Works, Dance, Heroes and Villains, Popular Music and Culture
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Red Cape Tango was composed after Superman's fight to the death with Doomsday, and is my final musical work based on the Superman mythology. The principal melody, first heard in the bassoon, is derived from the medieval Latin death chant Dies irae. This dance of death is conceived as a tango, presented at times like a concertino comprising string quintet, brass trio, bassoon, chimes, and castanets. The tango rhythm, introduced by the castanets and heard later in the finger cymbals, undergoes a gradual timbral transformation, concluding dramatically with crash cymbals, brake drum, and timpani. The orchestra alternates between legato and staccato sections to suggest a musical bullfight. |
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