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Genre: Full Orchestra
# of Players: Standard
Level: 3 | Duration: 5:00
Publisher: C. Alan Publications | Copyright: 2014
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Breaking Their Hold is a bold and aggressive work for orchestra. The intense percussion and dramatic themes are sure to move any audience.
Genre: Full Orchestra | # of Players: Standard
Level: 3 | Duration: 5:00
Instrumentation
Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
B-flat Clarinet 1/2
Bassoon 1/2
Horn in F 1/2
Horn in F 3/4
B-flat Trumpet 1/2
Trombone 1/2
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Bass
Timpani (4 drums)
Percussion 1 (snare drum)
Percussion 2 (crash cymbals, bass drum)
Chimes and Bells
Program Notes
Breaking Their Hold is a bold and aggressive work for orchestra. The intense percussion and dramatic themes are sure to move any audience. Based on a theme written when Noah D. Taylor was a young student, this work was composed for the Westland High School Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Carol Hayward.
A musical story about overcoming powerful opposition and constraint, the juxtaposition of a lush, romantic melody and a forceful rhythmic drive in this work evokes both struggle and triumph.