70992 | INCIDENTAL SUITE: Tarantella |
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| Smith, Claude T. (Arr. Villani, James) | Score
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| Category: String Orchestra |
| Grade: Medium Difficult |
| Instrumentation: str=5-10.5-10.2-4.2-4.5,timp,3 perc |
| Comments: 1st movement. See #70993 for Nocturne 2nd movement, and #70994 Rondo for 3rd movement. Originally for band, transcribed for string orchestra. |
| Description: Claude T. Smith’s lively ’Tarantella’ from ”Incidental Suite” (for Band) is breathtaking as a fiddle tune in this new adaptation for string orchestra and percussion. After a quick introduction by the violas and low strings, the violins take off playing a lilting-with-a-hitch melody. The tune gets thrown around the sections before landing on a brief fugue. It returns full force only to dissipate at full speed to end with a twinkle. |