Second Suite for Band (Latino - Mexicana)
Reed Alfred

The Second Suite for band consists of four movements, each one based on a charactaristic song, march or dance form usually associated with either a single Latin - American country or group of countries. The first moevement, Son Montuno, is based on a rhythm closely associated with the calypso, and seems to have had its origin in Cuba or the nearby Caribbean countries. Its basic 2 - beat rhythm is performed lightly, and its melodies are also light, vivacious and delicate in character. The second movement, Tango, is based not on the dramatic, highly charged Argentinian version which has become so familiar to us, but on the less frequently heard Brazilian interpretation, which is slower, smoother, and dreamier, rather than forthright and dramatic. Although they are both basically 4-beat rhythms, the beats in the Brazilian version are played almost in a gliding fashion rather than in the emphatic manner of the Argentinian. The third movement, Guaracha, is a rollicking Argentinian drinking song, in effect a little scherzo, that bounces along is insouciant way to contrast with the preciding Tango and the succeeding Paso Doble. The fourth movement, Paso Doble, is built on rhythms associated either with a dance or march, and is Mexican in origin. Despite its name, which, lterally translated, means "two - step", we find paso dobles written in both duple and triple time, either for dancing or marching. The present version combines these two basic patterns into quintuple meter (5/4) in a brillant march to the bull ring on a festival day, ending with one of those typical long Spanish melodic lines in triple time that suggest both a dance and march.

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