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EL ANILLO GUATEMALTECO
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(THE GUATEMALAN RING) THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF A HAND WROUGHT SILVER RING THAT ONCE BELONGED TO A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR. THIS IS THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE FROM JAN. 23, 1970 PERFORMED BY THE ILLINOIS ALL STATE BAND. WRITTEN BY ROBERT J. DVORAK.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Genre
Latin • General Latin
Charts
Peak #18
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Robert J. Dvorak
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public domain
Uploaded
May 13, 2009
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MP3 19.2 MB • 192 kbps • 13:57
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Mr. Dvorak became acquainted with Dr. and Mrs. Robert Platt. They were geographers who had represented the University of Chicago, traveling the world, mapping the paths of man and nature. He often sat with them in their pre-Civil War home in Morgan Park and became fascinated with their deskriptions of the ancient Guatemalan city, Antiqua, and of the peoples who had established a great civilization there long before the arrival of the Spanish. Mrs. Platt wore an exquisite, hand-wrought silver ring which was given to her on one of her journeys; she was told that it once belonged to a Spanish Conquistador. As she related the story of the ring, she also sang the native songs that she had heard and recorded in her sensitive mind. One of these songs was sung by a woman who, kneeling at the side of her dead husband, would sing her lament unto death; no more to take water or food and finally to join her husband in the world of the spirits. Another of the songs was a work-chant, and he has attempted to convey something of the dignity and fierce determination of proud peoples doomed to be subjugated, but refusing to bow before conquerors. Other songs are of ancient wars and thoughts long gone. Their message compelled him, and, as he wrote, he thought of foolish Man who has not yet learned from the catastrophes of history, such as the tragedy that engulfed the early Indians of Guatemala.
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mkpiano
Sep 13, 2012
I am so glad I found this. I played this back when I was a senior in college in 1996. I played trombone. I had the constant "F" being played during the ending. My one sister who graduated 3 years prior was playing Bari Sax. Basically the whole Wind Ensemble hated this piece in the beginning, but as we kept practicing we ended up loving it.
ALEXIS PATRICK
Oct 22, 2009
Ivan, This is so enchanting.