L'Esprit du Tour: A Fanfare for Lance
by Randol Alan Bass
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert Band - Grade 5

SKU: AP.24681

Composed by Randol Alan Bass. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Concert Band. Form: Fanfare. Contemporary; Programmatic. Score and Part(s). 336 pages. Duration 4:45:00. Alfred Music #00-24681. Published by Alfred Music (AP.24681).

UPC: 038081276779. English.

This remarkable piece captures the excitement, physical challenge, intensity and, ultimately, the thrill and sense of accomplishment a rider might experience during such a grueling and demanding physical trial as Le Tour de France. Both tonal and non-tonal compositional materials, some indeterminate and serial techniques, special percussion (a six-tom-tom cluster, heavy chains and four metal plates) along with traditional and non-traditional development procedures are used --impressing upon listeners, through sound, a sense and feel of competitive bicycling, from the point of view of the athletes themselves. In hopes of imbuing the music with the flavor of the various cultures coming together for this contest, the composition contains extant source material as well -- including La Marsellaise, The Star-Spangled Banner and a brief reference to The Eyes of Texas.