DAVID SNOW: DANCE MOVEMENTS
American composer David Jason Snow (b. 1954, Providence, Rhode Island) is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the ASCAP Foundation, BMI, Meet the Composer, the Maryland State Arts Council, Musician magazine, and Keyboard magazine, and has been an artist resident at Yaddo and the Millay Colony for the Arts. He holds degrees in music composition from the Eastman School of Music and Yale University, where his principal teachers were Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson, Samuel Adler, and Jacob Druckman.
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DANCE MOVEMENTS (1981)
About his work composer Snow says:
"The Dance Movements was written while working as a data-entry clerk for one of those consulting firms that proliferate around Washington, DC. Staring at a monitor for eight hours a day probably influenced the schizoid nature of this work...one can perhaps excuse the occasional tendency to 'paraphrase'. . . with references to Bartok and Stravinsky being most frequently pointed out by former friends of mine. Suffice it to say that like most good dance music, [the work] swings, and it swings hard."
About his work composer Snow says:
"The Dance Movements was written while working as a data-entry clerk for one of those consulting firms that proliferate around Washington, DC. Staring at a monitor for eight hours a day probably influenced the schizoid nature of this work...one can perhaps excuse the occasional tendency to 'paraphrase'. . . with references to Bartok and Stravinsky being most frequently pointed out by former friends of mine. Suffice it to say that like most good dance music, [the work] swings, and it swings hard."
DAVID CRAN, trumpet; ARTHUR BROOKS, horn; ROBERT POSTEN, bass trombone; WAYNE WELLS, trombone; ROBERT SUGGS, trumpet
Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall
March 11, 1988
ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET
Performance of
DAVID SNOW'S
DANCE MOVEMENTS
for brass quintet
Duration: 09:56
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In 1985 the Baltimore Res Musica Composition Prize was awarded to
David Snow for his Dance Movements for brass quintet.
David Snow for his Dance Movements for brass quintet.
Imitation of an innovator: a comparative analysis of Agon by Igor Stravinsky
and Dance Movements for brass quintet by David Snow.
by Edward A. Castro, Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Washington, 2007.
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and Dance Movements for brass quintet by David Snow.
by Edward A. Castro, Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Washington, 2007.
External Site: To Access Tap HERE
To read Dr. Castro's comparative analysis of
David Snow's opening Fanfare to Dance Movements (1981) and
Igor Stravinsky's Fanfare for New Theatre (1964)
turn to pages 23 - 29 of Imitation of an innovator
after tapping HERE.
To listen to these two fanfares for two trumpets
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David Snow's opening Fanfare to Dance Movements (1981) and
Igor Stravinsky's Fanfare for New Theatre (1964)
turn to pages 23 - 29 of Imitation of an innovator
after tapping HERE.
To listen to these two fanfares for two trumpets
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Igor Stravinsky
Fanfare for a New Theatre (1964) (Duration: 0:36) |
David Snow
Opening Fanfare for Dance Movements (1981) (Duration: 0:44) |
FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
The score and parts for DAVID SNOW'S DANCE MUSIC, 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 DAVID SNOW'S DANCE MUSIC, 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