The New Corn Palace

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Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Clarinet in Bb 3, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone 1, Alto Saxophone 2, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpet in Bb 1, Trumpet in Bb 2, Trumpet in Bb 3, Horn in F 1, Horn in F 2, Horn in F 3, Horn in F 4, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Euphonium, Bb Euphonium, Tuba, Mallet Percussion, Bells, Percussion 1, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Percussion 2, Crash Cymbals — The Corn Palace is an auditorium in Mitchell, South Dakota with exterior walls decorated with murals consisting of different colored corn. In 1892 the then small community constructed an auditorium to house the annual harvest festival, a larger venue was constructed in 1905 and in 1921 the current building was inaugurated. The Fort Dodge (Iowa) Band with its first-year director Karl King was engaged for the weeklong event. Previous featured musical groups had included the Conway, Innis, Sousa, and U.S. Marine Bands. The band was augmented with musicians from the Minneapolis and Chicago Symphonies and the Sousa and Pryor Bands for the week. Each concert featured completely different music with works by Verdi, Weber, Gounod, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, and King among others with only the new march repeated on the programs.xa0The New Corn Palace is firmly grounded in the circus march tradition of King’s more famous works, with a bold D-minor introduction and first strain, a contrasting F-major second strain, lyrical trio, and minor key break strain. King’s sense of melodic form is present with the return of the march’s introduction in the break strain. The original scoring with three cornet and two trumpet parts is unusual for King with trumpet fanfares in the final trio. This new edition incorporates the five parts into the three trumpet parts as well as re-scoring the saxophones to meet modern standards. Percussion parts have been edited to reflect expected performance practices. The New Corn Palace is a famous attraction in Mitchell, SD. Originally built to house the annual community harvest festival, the new ornate building opened in 1921 and became a premier venue for area symphonies and concert bands. Fort Dodge (IA) Band rang in the inaugural celebration, under the direction of Karl King, who composed this work for the occasion. In keeping with King's circus march tradition, a bold D minor introduction and first strain leads to a contrasting F major second strain, lyrical trio, and minor key break strain. This new edition condenses the five original trumpet parts into three parts, and re-scores the saxophones to meet modern standards, with additional percussion editing.

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