Call Signs for Granada TV

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Arrangements – Recordings

General Information:

Composition:
1962. Only the prelude was ever broadcast, in an arrangement for concert band.

Duration:
About 9 minutes, combining all the sections

Sections of Music Composed:  [with approximate durations]

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C75

Instrumentation:

Prelude:
2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, percussion – harp – strings

Call Signs:
# 1 – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, percussion
# 2a – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, percussion
# 2b – 3 trumpets, trombone – side drum
# 3 – Oboe – harp – viola
# 4 – Piccolo, oboe, cor anglais – 2 trumpets – strings
# 5 – 3 horns
# 6 – 3 trumpets, trombone, tuba – percussion
# 7 – Timpani
# 8 – 2 side drums
# 9 – Xylophone
# 10 – Flute, piccolo – 3 trumpets – castanets – strings
# 11 – 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone – 3 trumpets, trombone – percussion – doublebass
# 12 – Harp – strings
# 13 – Strings
# 14 – Harp – strings
# 15 – Flute, piccolo, cor anglais, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns – side drum – cello, doublebass

End Music:
2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, percussion – harp – strings

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 601. Autograph full score of all sections. 34 pages.

Publication:

The prelude is the only section to be published, as Prelude for Orchestra: Granada.

Recordings:

Only the Prelude for Orchestra has ever been recorded commercially.

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