American Ramble

David Bobrowitz

General Info

Year: 2016
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: II+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00; (digital) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Claves
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Whip
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This short suite is a collection of three well-known folk songs from American folk literature. Arkansas Traveler is "Moderately fast." The melody is introduced by solo flute. The more cantabile Sweet Betsy from Pike is marked "in a fast three," while the concluding folk song, a rousing version of Turkey in the Straw, is marked "Moderately fast."

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class C

Performances

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Fremd High School (Palatine, Ill.) Symphonic Band – 12 September 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation)(as arranger) (2004/2020)

All Wind Works

All Trails Lead West (2007)
Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (as arranger) (c. 1770/2015)
American Gothic (2009)
American Ramble (2016)
Balfour Castle (2009)
Caribbean Carnival (2007)
Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
A Chanukah Celebration (arr. Soper) (1995)
City of Glass and Steel (2006)
Clowns! Clowns! Clowns! (2009)
The Comic (2012)
A Concert Fanfare (2016)
Diamond Falls (2013)
Divertimento for Tuba and Band (2013)
Fantasy on "March Slav" (as arranger) (1876/2019)
Festival at Camelot (2017)
Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1862-76/2019)
Grand Central Station (2016)
The Iron Horse Across America (2009)
The Iron Pagoda (2016)
Irish Fantasy (2013)
Luminosity and Other Colorations (1995)
The Mall of America (2009)
March of the Trolls (2007)
Midnight Fair (2018)
Mission: Explore Strange New Worlds (2010)
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (as arranger) (1774/2013)
A New Orleans Moment (2012)
A Night in Budapest (2016)
Oceanic Scenes (2004)
Procession at Bayham Old Abbey (2017)
Ragtimeout (2017)
A Sailor's Odyssey (as arranger) (2004)
A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
Sonidos de Sevilla (2009)
Symphony No. 1: Finale (as arranger). See: Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 29: First Movement (as arranger). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
The Traffic Circle (2017)
Variations on "Russian Sailor's Dance" (as arranger)
The Visionary (2006)
Viva Mexico! (2015)
Wheels (2016)
Whodunit? (2004)

Resources

David Bobrowitz website Accessed 17 August 2019
"New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 71/10 (May 2017), p. 33.
Perusal score