African Portrait
Let the rhythmic joy of these African folk songs invigorate your audience at your next concert. The young band will enjoy performing this excellent arrangement by James Curnow with foot-stomping and hand-clapping as well as accessibly enjoyable instrumental parts. Good, easy band arrangements of authentic African melodies are somewhat rare considering the immense wealth of styles of music that infuse the continent. This new piece is sure to become standard literature for young bands. Perfect for multicultural events.
Publisher: Curnow Music
Category: Band/Orchestra/Ensemble
Series: Curnow Concert Band Full Set
Voicing: Score & Parts
Composer: James Curnow
Band Difficulty: 1 "African Portrait - Concert Band" weighs 33.92 oz.
 This item has a difficulty rating of 1 on a scale of 1 through 6, with 6 being hardest.
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Product Format: Concert Band |
Estimated Performance Time: 4:00
Technical Notes: The trombone/baritone B.C./bassoon part is labeled "Trombone/Euphonium B.C./Bassoon". The piano part is labeled "Piano Accompaniment". The mallet percussion part is for bells. The timpani part is for claves. The 1st percussion part is for tambourine, snare drum and bass drum. The 2nd percussion part is for triangle, suspended cymbal, 2 tom-toms (large and small) and gong.
Composer(s): "African Portrait" was composed by James Curnow.
Publisher: "African Portrait" was published by Curnow Music Press.
Series: This piece was part of the series "Curnow Beginning Band".
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| More images:
| Front Cover | | Conductor Score | | Instrumentation | | Descriptive Page |
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| Parts included:
| 1 | - | Full Score | | 8 | - | Flute | | 1 | - | Oboe | | 6 | - | 1st B Flat Clarinet | | 6 | - | 2nd B Flat Clarinet | | 1 | - | B Flat Bass Clarinet | | 4 | - | E Flat Alto Saxophone | | 2 | - | B Flat Tenor Saxophone | | 1 | - | E Flat Baritone Saxophone | | 5 | - | 1st B Flat Trumpet | | 5 | - | 2nd B Flat Trumpet | | 4 | - | French Horn | | 8 | - | Trombone/Baritone B.C./Bassoon | | 2 | - | Euphonium T.C. | | 4 | - | Tuba | | 1 | - | Mallet Percussion | | 2 | - | 1st Percussion | | 2 | - | 2nd Percussion | | 1 | - | Timpani | | 1 | - | Piano |
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| This product contains these SuperDuper Songs | | African Portrait (Fantasy On African Folk Songs) - Composed by: Curnow - ©2008 |
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