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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSerenissima Music, Incorporated
ISBN-101608742733
ISBN-139781608742738
eBay Product ID (ePID)26057266441
Product Key Features
Number of Pages52 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameStar-Spangled Banner Festival Overture : Study Score
Publication Year2022
TypeTextbook
AuthorDudley Buck
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Composed byBuck, Dudley
SynopsisComposed for a special July 4th, 1879 orchestral concert conducted by the famed bandmaster and conductor Patrick Gilmore, the 'Festival Overture on the American National Air' was not Dudley Buck's first treatment of the famous melody composed by John Stafford Smith. In 1866 Buch composed the Concert Variations on 'The Star-Spangled Banner' for organ as his Op.23 - published in 1869. The overture became quite popular in the composer's lifetime, often featured in Gilmore's summer concerts held on Coney Island's Manhattan Beach during the 1880s and early 1890s in a band arrangement. It was also a regular in orchestral concerts conducted in both America and in Europe by Frank Van der Stucken - founder of the Cincinnati Symphony. This new definitive performing edition by Clark McAlister is based on the composer's manuscript held at the Library of Congress. Previously issued by the now-defunct E.F. Kalmus in 2011, this new study score is a reduced-format reproduction of the beautifully engraved large score issued that year. The orchestral parts and full score for this outstanding edition are now exclusively available from Serenissima Music.