Composer John Harbison writes: “Rubies is a version of Thelonious Monk's Ruby, My Dear, which he composed while still in his teens. When I was invited by the Seattle Symphony to make a short piece reflecting my first musical passions, my thoughts were of Bach and Monk. Since I had recently made some Bach-like chorale preludes, I chose to make a version of Monk's tune, first in a chamber-musical, contrapuntal manner, then in the grand orchestral style I had always heard lurking there.” Dur: 5:30
(Recorded live by the Rutgers Symphony Band – Peter Stanley Martin, guest conductor)
Instrumentation | Number of Parts | Pages Per Part |
---|---|---|
CONDUCTOR SCORE (FULL SCORE) | 1 | 16 |
PICCOLO | 1 | 1 |
FLUTE 1 | 4 | 3 |
FLUTE 2 | 4 | 3 |
OBOE 1 | 1 | 1 |
OBOE 2 | 1 | 1 |
ENGLISH HORN | 1 | 1 |
BB CLARINET 1 | 4 | 3 |
BB CLARINET 2 | 4 | 3 |
BB CLARINET 3 | 4 | 1 |
BB BASS CLARINET | 2 | 3 |
BB CONTRA BASS CLARINET | 1 | 1 |
BASSOON 1 | 1 | 3 |
BASSOON 2 | 1 | 3 |
CONTRABASSOON | 1 | 1 |
BB SOPRANO SAX | 1 | 3 |
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 1 | 2 | 3 |
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 2 | 2 | 3 |
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE | 2 | 3 |
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE | 1 | 3 |
C TRUMPET 1 | 3 | 3 |
C TRUMPET 2 | 3 | 3 |
C TRUMPET 3 | 3 | 1 |
BB TRUMPET 1 | 3 | 3 |
BB TRUMPET 2 | 3 | 3 |
BB TRUMPET 3 | 3 | 1 |
F HORN 1 | 1 | 1 |
F HORN 2 | 1 | 1 |
F HORN 3 | 1 | 1 |
F HORN 4 | 1 | 1 |
TROMBONE 1 | 2 | 3 |
TROMBONE 2 | 2 | 3 |
TROMBONE 3 | 2 | 3 |
BARITONE B.C. | 2 | 3 |
TUBA | 4 | 3 |
TIMPANI | 1 | 1 |
PERCUSSION 1 | 2 | 1 |
PERCUSSION 2 | 2 | 1 |
PERCUSSION 3 | 2 | 1 |
PIANO | 1 | 3 |
HARP | 1 | 3 |
CONTRABASS | 1 | 3 |
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Series: G. Schirmer Band/Orchestra
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