Commissioned by Edwin Frank Goldman for the American Bandmasters Association, Paul Creston's Celebration Overture was premiered at the 1955 ABA convention. His third work for symphonic band, it is a standard of concert band repertoire and is included on several state contest lists. This 2016 edition (edited by John T. Madden) is completely re-engraved, correcting errors from the earlier original printing. Dur: c. 7:45
Instrumentation | Number of Parts | Pages Per Part |
---|---|---|
CONDUCTOR SCORE (FULL SCORE) | 1 | 48 |
PICCOLO | 1 | 3 |
FLUTE 1 | 4 | 4 |
FLUTE 2 | 4 | 3 |
OBOE 1 | 1 | 3 |
OBOE 2 | 1 | 3 |
BASSOON 1 | 1 | 2 |
BASSOON 2 | 1 | 2 |
EB CLARINET | 1 | 3 |
BB CLARINET 1 | 4 | 4 |
BB CLARINET 2 | 4 | 4 |
BB CLARINET 3 | 4 | 4 |
EB ALTO CLARINET | 1 | 2 |
BB BASS CLARINET | 2 | 3 |
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 1 | 2 | 3 |
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 2 | 2 | 3 |
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE | 2 | 3 |
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE | 1 | 3 |
BB CORNET 1 | 3 | 4 |
BB CORNET 2 | 3 | 3 |
BB CORNET 3 | 3 | 3 |
BB TRUMPET 1 | 1 | 3 |
BB TRUMPET 2 | 1 | 2 |
F HORN 1 | 1 | 3 |
F HORN 2 | 1 | 3 |
F HORN 3 | 1 | 3 |
F HORN 4 | 1 | 3 |
TROMBONE 1 | 2 | 3 |
TROMBONE 2 | 2 | 3 |
TROMBONE 3 | 2 | 3 |
EUPHONIUM IN BASS CLEF | 2 | 2 |
EUPHONIUM IN TREBLE CLEF | 2 | 2 |
TUBA 1 | 2 | 4 |
TUBA 2 | 2 | 4 |
STRING BASS | 1 | 2 |
PERCUSSION 1 | 2 | 2 |
PERCUSSION 2 | 3 | 2 |
MALLET PERCUSSION | 2 | 2 |
TIMPANI | 1 | 2 |
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Series: MusicWorks Grade 5
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