Written for the 150th Anniversary of the West Point Military Academy. Commissioned by West Point Band conductor Francis Resta.
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
1952
Difficulty:
Grade 6
Duration:
16 minutes
Instrumentation:
Show Full Instrumentation
Band: 2(=picc).picc.2.eh.3(7).ecl.acl.bcl.2-2ax.tx.bx-4.3.3crt.4.bhn(2).1(2)-perc(5)[timp.bl.chi.xyl.sd.bd.cym.tri.marching machine]
Movements:
I. Epitaphs
II. Marches
Publication Information:
Schirmer (1952), Chappell
Premiered:
Morton Gould/West Point Band, Army Theatre, West Point, New York, April 13, 1952.
Availability:
Available for Purchase
Recordings:
Resources:
- The Wind Repertory Project
- HEBM
- Battisti Winds of Change
- MusicWeb International
- WASBE Journal
- Wind Band Literature
- Teaching Music
- Pieters Article
- Reynolds Literature
- Hauswirth Grades 4-6
- Bly Annotated Bibliography (1973)
- Cipolla & Hunsberger Repertoire
- Smith Program Notes
- Goldman Wind Band
- Suppan Neue Lexikon
- Prized Composers