James Barnes
Dramatic Overture
US Air Force 80th Anniversary
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James Barnes
Dramatic Overture
US Air Force 80th Anniversary
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer James Barnes
- Series Southern Music Band
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- Edition Score
- Publisher Southern Music Company
- Order no. 01818047
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Description:
Dramatic Overture is a lively, celebratory piece commissioned to mark the 80th anniversary of the band. It begins with a stark, powerful introduction of the main theme by the trombones and percussion, soon joined by the other brass before the music moves into a dance-like allegro section. Dramatic brass statements, scampering woodwinds and long, soaring melodies dominate this allegro section until the band slows once again, to present a dramatic fanfare based on the basic intervals of the opening theme. The work then ends with a flashy, energetic coda.