Mirages Score

Grade 2

SKU: CL.011-3864-01

Composed by Robert W. Smith. Young Concert Band. Command Series. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR363). Extra full score. Composed 2009. Duration 2 minutes, 47 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #011-3864-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.011-3864-01).

Bold and dramatic, this compelling work by composer Robert W. Smith will be a welcome addition to the standard repertoire for the developing band. Beginning with a powerful brass statement, the woodwinds and percussion respond in an equally forceful manner. Using unique harmonic effects for this level of performance, Mirages provides excellent opportunities for all sections of the band to grow and flourish in a more mature musical setting. Mirages will be a valued resource to your concert programming and teaching literature for many years to come!

About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series

The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.

Piano (Piano)

SKU: HL.50574045

Composed by Florent Schmitt. Editions Durand. Score Only. Composed 2001. Editions Durand #DF10116. Published by Editions Durand (HL.50574045).

Bassoon & Piano

SKU: SU.50005310

For Bassoon & Piano. Composed by David Harold Cox. Woodwinds, Bassoon. Score & Parts. Seesaw Music Corp #50005310. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SU.50005310).

Duration: 12' Published by: Seesaw Music.

Euphonium & Piano

SKU: SU.50005320

For Euphonium & Piano. Composed by David Harold Cox. Brass, Baritone/Euphonium. Score & Parts. Seesaw Music Corp #50005320. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SU.50005320).

Euphonium, Piano Published by: Seesaw Music.

Piano - Advanced

SKU: DY.DO-444

Composed by Alain Gagnon. Score. Les Editions Doberman-Yppan #do 444. Published by Les Editions Doberman-Yppan (DY.DO-444).

ISBN 9782895032205.

SKU: CA.914700

Composed by Gabriel Faure. Contemporary Choir Music. Secular choral music. Full score. Carus Verlag #CV 09.147/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.914700).

ISBN 9790007144913.

In the 1880s Fauré discovered the poetry of Paul Verlaine, which found its expression in the song cycle La Bonne Chanson (1892/93), upon which the present transcription of La Lune blanche is based. In this cycle Fauré pursued the plan to condense the songs into a cycle through thematic development. The cycle entitled Mirages was composed in 1919. In the last song, Danseuse, Fauré reduces the music to a bare rhythmic ostinato, which is maintained with slight alterations throughout the entire song. The frequent clashes of seconds in the harmony have not been softened in the transcription, for they lend the music a certain painful expression.