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Carefully adapted from the original classic, this editio. Suite of old american dances was inspired after the composer heard a performance by the goldman band in 1948. The music for the early schottische was usually written in 24 time, and many describe the dance simply as a polka. Suite of old american dances on wikia program notes, the concord band, and in full, 22page analysis by david goza of the university of arkansas worth the read. But the cakewalk was more than a recreational dance.
Aida overton walker, 1907, 18801914 known as the queen of the cakewalk, she was an african american vaudeville performer who dazzled theater audiences with her original dance routines, her enchanting singing voice, and her penchant for elegant costumes. This download is licensed as freeware for the windows 32bit and 64bit operating system on a laptop or desktop pc from audio and video editors without restrictions. Mix suite of old american dances robert russell bennett youtube. Robert russell bennett june 15, 1894 august 18, 1981 was an american composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many wellknown broadway musicals by other composers such as irving berlin, george gershwin, jerome kern, cole porter, and richard rodgers. It is a big news for those musicians who compose music on windows 10. Code switch we call something that is easily done a cakewalk. Sonar cakewalk free download windows 10 direct installer setup. This dance craze eventually ended around the 1920s but its political impact should not be forgotten. Provided to youtube by naxos of america suite of old american dances.
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Autumn festival 201617 by yosa youth orchestras of san antonio, released 30 november 2016 1. This new edition features a full score, program notes, and extensive historical background information. This score gives the overall duration of its five movements i. Chappell music published the condensed score and parts in 1952.
Suite of old american dances robert russell bennett. Scottische a german variant of several bohemian dances that. Pages in category orchestral suites the following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 total. The first movement, cakewalk, revives a dance with origins in the antebellum south. Daniels orchestral music online is a resource providing information about orchestral music, and is not an agent, distributor or publisher and does not rent, sell, provide quotes or offer perusal scores. Cakewalk is a dance from 19th century and was createdin the southern united states.
Old versions of cakewalk i am one of those guys that started with cakewalk when it was twelve tone systems and there was only midi. Old american dances, an album by robert russell bennett, royal northern college of music wind. The cakewalk is what i consider to be one of these dances. Featuring traditional compositions from the likes of george gershwin, howard hanson, robert russell. Sandra dackow dance of the tumblers from the snow maiden 4. Towards the end of his life, jerome robbins was especially inspired by his love for bachs music, and he choreographed three of his late works to bach. Cakewalk studio instruments software guitar tracks pro v. Debussy wrote golliwoggs cakewalk as the final movement of his childrens corner suite for piano published 1908, and the little nigar, subtitled a cakewalk, for a piano method in 1909. The dance was danced to banjofiddle music, and prizes were given in the form of cake. Suite of old american dances free download as pdf file. Download sunday april 30, 2017 live by allegheny college wind symphony on the independent record store by musicians for musicians. Western onestep the western onestep included in the suite of old american dances is a somewhat misleading title.
The cakewalk was so ingrained in american popular culture and entertainment that from 1892, local cakewalk championships were held in new yorks madison square garden, which hosted a national championship in 1897. Johnson related his grandmothers recollections of a dance walk from the old days. Dec 23, 20 the extraordinary story of why a cakewalk wasnt always easy. Autumn festival 201617 yosa youth orchestras of san. May 08, 20 dance is a universal form of entertainment, expression, and communication. Bennett works for wind orchestra concert band chandos. The sole purpose of the cakewalk was for servants and slaves to mock their masters. Rimskykorsakov central navy band of russia 70 years jubilee concert. Gia publications teaching music through performance in. A suite of dances is a ballet made by new york city ballet ballet master jerome robbins for mikhail baryshnikov to four movements from bachs six suites for unaccompanied cello. Robert russell bennett music, videos, stats, and photos. Concert band sheet music book by robert russell bennett 18941981. Suite of old american dances by robert russell bennett wind.
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Dance can also be used as a tool to make a political statement or to help aid some forms of social injustice. Lincolnshire posy percy aldridge grainger, eastman wind ensemble. The cakewalk mocked the aristocratic and grandiose mannerisms of southern highsociety. My name for it was electric park, after the kansas city amusement that was a place of magic to us kids. The cakewalk was a grandpromenade type of dance, where couples would take turns performing. Created by cakewalk, sonar is the most powerful digital audio workstation for microsoft windows. The cakewalk history and development of dance brockport. We played it again that summer in columbia summer winds. Cakewalk studio instruments software free download. White guests would arrive by carriage to watch their slaves pair off and perform a dance walk that was as elegant and poised as a mozart minuet, but flavored with an exaggerated grace that was sometimes comical.
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