The Americana theme weaves in and out of the mixolydian counterpoint up to the final bar where the piece signs off with a dramatic statement of the opening Americana motif.Enjoy our Budget Air/Ground Shipping - starting as low as $2.99! Simply choose Budget Air/Ground as your shipping method during checkout. The last part of Texas blends the first two themes into one. It begins by featuring the first trumpet once again, but the same theme is repeated a second time, with all of the parts planing (in parallel) beneath the first part to create enough tension to lead to the dramatic final section of the composition.
The dissonance grows towards the end of the Eye’s of Texas section, leading the listener to a more chromatic section of the piece. Most people cannot hear the traditional Texan melody beneath the drama in the other parts. In the middle section of the composition, The Eyes of Texas is quoted as a cantus firmus in the tuba part. It transitions from there to a more up-tempo Americana theme featuring mostly the first trumpet. The composition begins with a brief section of mixolydian counterpoint. It’s all there in vibrant colors and melodramatic flair. Take your audiences on a fun and interesting adventure as you explore different parts of the state, from the wild west to the swampy marshes at the Louisiana border. Are you ready to take a journey? The sounds in Texas are true to its namesake. It is a favorite with audiences as well as the musicians. Texas has been performed many times since that first performance in the mid 90’s and is also featured on the Texas Brass CD titled, Sounds of the South. So it seemed fitting to compose a piece named Texas for the Texas Brass for a patriotic gig we did in Galveston, Texas. I went to high school and college there and I’ve been living in Houston now since the late 1980’s. I grew up as an army brat, living in over a dozen different places outside of Texas before my high school years.
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