William Schmidt's Suite # 4
World Premiere Performance
WILLIAM SCHMIDT: COMPOSER - CONDUCTOR - PUBLISHER - SAXOPHONIST
William Joseph Schmidt (b. 1926 - d. 2009) was an American composer, arranger and publisher of classical music. In 1956 William Schmidt received a DuPont Band Composition Award and from 1970-76 recording grants from the Ford Foundation. In 1981 he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Double Concerto for Trumpet, Piano and Chamber Orchestra, commissioned, premiered, broadcast and recorded by the Pasadena Chamber Orchestra in California. He was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and received awards from that Society from 1979 until his death in 2009.
Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis
Artists Concert Series
December 14, 1980
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Robert Suggs, trumpet; David Cran, trumpet; Marc Guy, horn;
Wayne Wells, trombone; Robert Posten, bass trombone & tuba
Suite # 4 by William Schmidt
The world premiere performance of Suite #4
The work is inscribed with a dedication to the Annapolis Brass Quintet.
Duration of Music: 12' 57"
To Listen TAP below - left arrow on Sound Bar
There may be a 10-20 second delay before sound begins.
Artists Concert Series
December 14, 1980
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Robert Suggs, trumpet; David Cran, trumpet; Marc Guy, horn;
Wayne Wells, trombone; Robert Posten, bass trombone & tuba
Suite # 4 by William Schmidt
The world premiere performance of Suite #4
The work is inscribed with a dedication to the Annapolis Brass Quintet.
Duration of Music: 12' 57"
To Listen TAP below - left arrow on Sound Bar
There may be a 10-20 second delay before sound begins.
About his 1980 Suite # 4 for brass quintet William Schmidt wrote:
After a nine-year absence from composing for the brass quintet, Suite #4 was a welcome return to my favorite brass combination. The work is in five movements...a fast-slow-fast-slow-fast format.
- Fanfare is a bouncy and rhythmic opening whose main feature is based upon alternating meters.
- Chorale utilizes a low ostinato bass line that supports a succession of longer note harmonic progressions in the upper brass.
- Scherzando returns to a rhythmic feeling that is punctuated by melodic utterances in the trumpets and later in the low brass.
- Sinfonia features the use of a variety of mutes in all of the instruments. The trumpet motive (ritornello) is answered by melodic subjects in the low brass which eventually join in a three-part fugato. The movement ends as it started with the trumpet motive.
- Postlude is a quasi-march that moves persistently along but eventually ends in quiet finality.
AS AN ENCORE WE OFFER A NEW DIGITAL RECORDING OF
DUKE ELLINGTON'S I'M GONNA GO FISHIN'
arranged by C. Warren Kellerhouse especially for
this 1990 performance by the
ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUNTET
___________________
if you wanna hear
I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
Just tap here
DUKE ELLINGTON'S I'M GONNA GO FISHIN'
arranged by C. Warren Kellerhouse especially for
this 1990 performance by the
ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUNTET
___________________
if you wanna hear
I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
Just tap here
FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
The score and parts for William Schmidt's Suite # 4, along with the entire ABQ music library,
are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection @ Oberlin
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The score and parts for William Schmidt's Suite # 4, along with the entire ABQ music library,
are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection @ Oberlin
Tap Here