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Errata - Acadiana

 

 • mvt. 1, m. 123, Clarinet 1 and 2: The G’s should be G-sharp.

 • mvt. 1, m. 127, All Clarinets and Bass Clarinet: The G should be G-sharp

 • mvt. 2, mm. 172-173, Trumpet 1, should have slurs that match the upper woodwinds

 • mvt. 3, m. 48, beats 1 through 3: Tuba notes should be a whole step lower (should be G-F-D-G-F-D-G F)

 • mvt. 3, m. 61: remove the indication of “open” from Tenor Sax
 • mvt. 3, m. 114, Flute 2, third and fourth notes should be tied

 

 

 

Errata - An American Elegy

 

 • Bass Clarinet, measure 57, beat 1: G, not A

 • Measure 58, tenor sax, A, not B (should sound in unison with alto sax.)

 • Trumpet 1, measure 135: half notes should be D to E, not C to D

 • Horn 1, measure 104: should have a "cresc." indication

 

 

 

Errata - An American Elegy for orchestra

 

 • m. 82 beat 2, Violin 1: should be A-flat, not A

 

Errata - Angels Rising

 • Bar 125, beat 2, timpani (score and part): note should be A-flat, not A-natural

 

 

 

Errata - Angels in the Architecture

 

Score and parts:

 • Percussion 2, m.42: the note on the & of 3 should be a low C, not an E-flat in the vibes

 • Bari. Sax., m. 56: the slur on count 4 should be removed to match the articulation of horns 3-4 and euphonium

 • Contrabass clarinet, m. 234: the note should be a written low A, not a written low G

 • Clarinet 3-4, m. 257: the note on the & of 3 should be a written E-flat, not E-natural

 • Alto Sax 1, m. 257: the note on the & of 3 be a written B-flat, not B-natural

 

Parts only:

 • Oboe 1, m. 61-62: the oboe 1 part contains pitches which are not present in the score. The notes, which are covered by alto sax 1, should should not be played by the oboist (In other words, the score is correct)

 

Errata - BASH

Percussion 1 part does not list Xylophone but calls for it

Percusison 4 part does not list Log Drums but calls for it (m. 198)

 

 

Errata - Blue Shades (original version)

Parts only, these errata added June 11, 2011:

 • Oboe 1, measure 129, beat 1: the dot is missing on the quarter rest.

 • Bassoon 1, measure 172, beat 2: the "C" ledger line is missing

 • Bassoon 1, measure 191, beat three: reverse the 8th-note and 8th-rest

 • Bassoon 1, measure 379, on beat 2 the flat is missing.


Score and parts, this erratum added 6/11/11:

 • Trumpet 1, m. 390: beat 2, should be an 8th-rest, not a quarter rest


Score only:

 • Trombone 2, measure 12, 2nd note: Db, not D natural

 • Clarinet 1, 2, and 3, measure 17, 2nd note: D, not E

 • Percussion 3, measure 42: Add forte indication

 • Horn 2, measure 45, beat 4: B natural (natural is missing)

 • Tuba, measure 46: add forte indication

 • Horn 2 & 4, measure 64: Delete "to mute"

 • Horn 2 & 4, measure 67: Add "2. to mute"

 • Oboe 1 and 2, measure 98: A flat, not A natural

 • Flute 1 and 2, measure 116, 2nd note: F, not G

 • Trumpet 3, measure 127, beat 3: A, not G

 • Percussion 2, measure 156: Add treble clef and key signature

 • Oboe 2, measure 181, beat 3: E natural, not E flat

 • Trumpet 1, measure 214: Add forte indication

 • Horn 1 & 3, measure 221: Add a2 indication

 • Euphonium, measure 303: Add hairpin crescendo from the mp to the ff

 • All horns, measure 376: open

 • Trombone 1, 2, 3, measure 388, beat 3: Db, not D natural

 • Bassoon 1 & 2, measure 394, 3rd note: F, not G

 • Horn 1 & 3, measure 411-412: Should be dotted quarter notes, not quarter notes


Parts only:

 • Bassoon 1, measure 387, 4th note should be a C, not a D flat (erratum added 7/25/2020)

 • Bassoon 1, measure 394, 2nd note: Bb, not C

 • Trumpet 1, measure 257, remove slur (this erratum added 8/27/2001)

 • Saxophone 1, measure 184 - 185: should be all B's (see the score, which is correct) this erratum added April 18, 2003


Score and parts:

 • Oboe 2, measure 48, 2nd note: E natural, not Eb

 • Tenor Saxophone, measure 48-49: E to D# (transposed up a perfect 4th), not B to A#

 • Trumpet 1 and 2, measure 65, last note: Add accent

 • Clarinet 2, measure 162 through measure 163, beat 1: Transpose entire passage up a whole step

 • Oboe 2, measure 204, beat 3: E natural, not Eb

 • Alto Saxopohone 1, measure 298, beat 4: Add triplet bracket

 • Clarinet 3, measure 300 through downbeat of measure 301: Slur C# to the B

 

 

 

Errata - Blue Shade (25th Anniversary Edition, 11x17 score)

 • Oboe 1 (part only), bars 132-137 are currently notated as a six-bar block rest. The block rest should be split into two three-bar block rests as follows: notate bars 132-134 as a three-bar block rest; notate bars 135-137 as a three-bar block rest with a first ending bracket.

 

Errata - December Snow

(score and parts):

 

• m. 35 (first ending), flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones: ignore the notes in the first ending. (Thus, begin playing  • at m. 27 on the second time.)

• m. 39: The 3/4 meter indication is missing. Please add in score and all parts.

 

Errata - Fantastic Dreams (the following changes were made by the composer in early December, 2024, and are reflected in the 2nd printing):

 

Score and Parts:

 

•Mvt. 1, mm. 49-56 (Pages 9 and 10 of score): Horns 3 & 4 should play the cues, thereby doubling horns 1 & 2

•Mvt. 4, m. 151 (last bar of entire piece): The final note should be extended to a full whole note in all parts (except Perc. 1, 2, & 3)

 

 

Errata - Fortress

 

Errors in both score and parts unless specified otherwise - errata supplied by the composer:

 • Tenor Saxophone, measure 60: missing staccato dots (also missing from cues in Alto Saxophone 1)

 • Horn 1 and 2, measure 93, beat 1: B flat, not B natural

 • Tuba, measure 109, beat 2 1/2: B natural, as in score, not D natural as in part

 • Bass Clarinet, measure 112, beat 3 1/2: F sharp, as in score, not F natural as in part.

 • Alto Saxophone 1, measure 117, beat 1: Should be a dotted quarter note, not quarter note

 • All Horns, measure 148, beat 1: eighth note followed by eighth rest, not quarter note

 • Tenor Saxophone, measure 152, beat 4: Should be a Gb, not Ab

 

 

 

Errata - Joy Revisited

 • Bsn. 1, m. 110 through downbeat of m. 111: The entire measure should be transposed up a perfect fourth (E-flat, G, F, A-flat, G, B-flat, B-flat...)

 • Bsn. 2, m. 110 through downbeat of m. 111: Should be written an octave below corrected Bsn. 1 part (E-flat, G, F, A-flat, G, B-flat, B-flat...)

 

 

Errata - Lux Perpetua

 • m. 134, String Bass - The notes should be Eb half note followed by G half note

 • m. 192, String Bass and Contrabass Clarinet - second note should be a concert C, not concert Db

 

Errata - Nitro

 

 • Score and parts, m. 10, Tubas: The two notes that are notated on the upbeat of beat two should be moved earlier to the downbeat of beat 2 (as in bassoons).

 • This is the corrected Tuba part

 • m. 24, tenor sax (score and parts): F-sharp, not G

 • m. 24, beat 2, bass cl: F-sharp, not G

 • Horn 2, (score and parts), m. 76, & of 3 and & of 4: both D's should be D-flats.

 • Flute 1, m. 81, high a-flat, not c-flat.

 • Piccolo,, m. 92, A-flat, not A-natural

 • Trumpets 1, 2, 3, m. 96 to end (score only): There should be one flat in the key signature. (The correct key signature is present in the parts, but not in the score.)

 • m. 102, beat 4, cl. 1: middle note of triplet is D-flat, not D-natural

 • m. 89, beat 4, clarinets 1 and 2: F-sharp, not F-natural.

 • Percussion 2 part, rehearsal mark for 47 is above measure 48, the 3/4 bar; it should be "moved back one bar" to measure 47

 • Percussion 2 part, rehearsal mark for 47 is above measure 48, the 3/4 bar; it should be "moved back one bar" to measure 47

 

 

 

Errata - Rest

 • m. 54, beat 3 and 4: Horn 1 and 2 should play the same sounding notes as trumpet 3: three 8th-notes, all concert A-naturals (written E-naturals).

 • m. 55, beat 1 and 2: Horn 1 and 2 should have a half-note concert A-natural (written E-natural), thereby creating a half-step dissonance with 3rd trumpets.

 

 

 

Errata - Sanctuary

 • m. 18-19, Alto sax 1: written G should be a play note, not a cue note

 • m. 29, beat 3 and 4, Bassoon 2: Both quarter-notes should be play notes, not cue notes

 • m. 83, Clarinet 3: add 8th rest to downbeat of beat 2

 • m. 88, Tenor Szx: The written B-flat should be B-natural

 

 

 

Errata - Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs

 • mvt. 3, mm. 13 and 16, Tuba: should be mp, not mf

 

 

 

Errata - Symphony No. 1

Score and Parts

 • mvt. 1, p. 21, m. 138, 2nd 8th-note, Piano: B-natural and F-sharp (not B-sharp)

 • mvt. 2, p. 32, m. 12, beat 4, Clarinet 1: Add "tutti" indication

 • mvt. 2, p. 32, m. 13, beat 2, Flute 1: B-natural, not C

 • mvt. 2, p. 37, m. 62, Clarinet 3: Add mp dynamic

 • mvt. 2, p. 41-45, mm. 95-end, all Trumpets: all passages from m. 95 to end should be played with harmon mutes, stem in (not stem out!)

 

Parts Only

 • Bassoon 1, mvt. 1, m. 63, beat 2 and a half: E-flat, not E-natural

 • Double Bass, mvt. 1, m. 110, beat 3 and a half: should be G-sharp and D-sharp

 

 

 

Errata - Symphony No. 2

 • Mvt. 1, Clarinet 1, m. 168, last sixteenth note of beat 1: should be written B-flat, not written C.

 • Mvt. 3, Clarinet 1, m. 63 and 64, beat 1: the first note in each of these bars should be written B-flat, not written B-natural.

 • In measures 215-219, the score shows the Trombone 3 part having dotted half note G-flat and G-naturals, but that does not appear in their own printed parts (needs to be added by hand)

 

 

 

Errata in the first printing - Vesuvius

 • m. 74 Alto Saxophone 1 (score and part): the rhythm should be: quarter, quarter, eighth, quarter, quarter

 • m. 132 Flute 2 (part): rehearsal number 132 should be moved to the previous measure

 • These errors are corrected in the second printing (2nd printing has blue-black cover. Note, it may "look" like actual black to you until you compare it to true black; it's a black tinged with blue and quite different when put next to the first printing's black cover.)

 • You have the second printing if "www.manhattanbeachmusic.com appears on the back cover

 

 

Errata - Wild Nights!

 • m. 27: Horn 3 and 4 should have the same notes as horn 1 and 2

 • Rehearsal number 46 is misplaced in the Trumpet 1 part and should appear one measure earlier than shown

 • m. 57, piccolo: last note should be high A-flat, not B-flat

 • m. 120-121, also saxophone: should have the same rhythm as oboe

 • m. 181, bass clarinet: should have a written low B, not written low A

 

these Wild Nights! errata added July 25, 2020:

 • m. 89, Oboe 2, 2nd to last note in the measure, should be C-sharp

 • m. 85 Alto Sx. 1 In the part only, the p indication is misplaced, should be at the end of the measure

 • m. 150 Tuba Missing 2-bar cresc. in part

 • m. 209 Saxes Should  have a crescendo on beat 4

 • m. 117 Alto Sax 1, the C-sharp half note is indeed really a C-sharp (it's a jazz chord)

 • m. 220 Bns, TSx, BSx Should be accents on last 2 notes to match Trbs.