Australian Up-Country Tune

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Glenn Bainum)

General Info

Year: 1930 / 1970
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: A capella voices
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Grainger’s Australian Up-Country Tune is based on the composer's Up-Country Song, written for unaccompanied and wordless voices. "In the tune," the composer wrote, " I had wished to voice an Australian up-country feeling as Stephen Foster had with American country-side feelings in his songs."

- Program Note by Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

• Audio CD: Flower Mound High School Wind Symphony (Michael Haithcock, conductor) – 2003
• Audio CD: 2010 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA): Texas Community College Band Directors Association (TCCBDA) All-State Symphonic Band (Gary Garner, conductor) - 2010

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class BB
• Arkansas: III
• Georgia: IV
• Iowa: III
• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
• Kansas: III
• Louisiana: III
• Maryland: IV
• Massachusetts: III
• Michigan: Senior High C
• Mississippi: VI-A
• North Carolina: III
• South Carolina: IV
• Texas: III. Complete
• Virginia: IV

Performances

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• Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band (Brian Youngblood, conductor) - 23 February 2023
• Westlake High School (Austin, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Kerry Taylor, conductor) - 21 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
• University of Hawai'I West Oahu (Pearl City) University Band (Jason Chin, conductor) - 27 April 2022
• Tyler (Tx.) Junior College Wind Ensemble (Danny Chapa, conductor) - 14 April 2022
• Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Eric Criss, conductor) – 29 November 2021
• Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro) Symphonic Band (Logan Barrett, conductor) - 18 November 2021
• University of Louisiana Monroe Wind Ensemble (Derle R. Long, conductor) - 4 May 2021
• California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo) Wind Ensemble (Christopher J. Woodruff, conductor) - 14 March 2021
• Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Symphony Band (Brent Echols, conductor) - 4 March 2021
• Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Gregory Drane, conductor) – 26 February 2020
• Stetson University (Deland, Fla.) University Concert Band (Doug Phillips, conductor) – 25 February 2020
• Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Wind Ensemble (Craig V. Hamilton, conductor) – 5 November 2019
• Lamar University (Beaumont, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew McMahan, conductor) – 17 October 2019
• Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Concert Band (Keith Taylor, conductor) - 25 April 2019
• Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Chris Kaatz, conductor) - 11 October 2018
• University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Gold Campus Band (Cory Near, conductor) – 7 March 2019
• Colorado State University Symphonic Band (T. André Feagin, conductor) - 6 December 2018
• Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Chris Kaatz, conductor) - 11 October 2018
• Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Sarah Wilson, conductor) – 2 May 2018
• Kent State (Ohio) Communiversity Band (John Franklin, conductor) – 1 May 2018
• Kent State (Ohio) Symphony Band (John Franklin, conductor) – 27 April 2018
• Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Concert Band (John Stanley Ross, conductor) – 25 April 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Irish Tune from County Derry (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Klarfeld) (1918/2014/2020)
• Molly on the Shore (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sheehan) (1920/2020)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Flex instrumentation) (as scorer)
• Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1918/2020)
• Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2019)

All Wind Works

• Angelus ad Virginem (as arranger) (1940s)
• The Annunciation Carol
• The Annunciation Carol (tr. Grainger) (13th Cent./1942/1993)
• Arrival Platform Humlet (arr. Eichenberger) (1912/)
• Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Simpson) (1912/1916/1995)
• Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
• Australian Up-Country Tune (arr. Bainum) (1930/1970)
• Bell Piece (ed. Duffy and Ould) (1935/1953/1991)
• Blithe Bells (1931)
• Blithe Bells (arr. Jager) (1931/1989)
• Blithe Bells (ed. Ould) (1931/2013)
• A Bridal Lullaby (arr. Hartley)
• Brigg Fair (arr. Ballenger) (1905/1991)
• British Waterside (arr. Moss) (1921)
• British Waterside (arr. Wilson) (1921/1998)
• Children's March (rev. Erickson) (1919/1971)
• Children's March (rev. Rogers) (1919/1995)
• Children's March (arr. Wagner) (1919/2000)
• Choral No 2 for Organ (as scorer; ed. Rogers) (1890/1941/20--?)
• Colonial Song (1912/1918)
• Colonial Song (ed. Rogers) (1918/1997)
• Colonial Song (ed. Topolewski) (1918/2001)
• Colonial Song (arr. Wagner) (1919/2014)
• Country Gardens (1918/1990)
• Country Gardens (arr. Clark) (1918/1931)
• Country Gardens (arr. Karrick) (1918/2013)
• Country Gardens (arr. Rogers) (1918/2024)
• Country Gardens (arr. Sousa, Brion and Schissel) (1918/1953)
• County Derry Air (ed. Ould)
• The Cutting of the Hay (arr. Wilson)
• Danish Folk Music Suite (arr. Kreines) (1926-41/1950/)
• Danny Deever (arr. Carpenter)
• Danny Deever (tr. Ragsdale). See: Three Tragic Ballads
• Died for Love
• Died for Love (arr. Conway) (1912/2011?)
• Down Longford Way & Shenandoah (as orchestrator; arr. Osmon) (1928/1935/1990)
• The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (1939)
• The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (ed. Hunsberger) (1939/2000)
• The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (arr. Ragsdale) (1939/1995)
• Early One Morning (arr. Kreines). See: Two Grainger Melodies
• Eastern Intermezzo (arr. Warshaw) (1899/1922/)
• Faeroe Island Dance (1946//1954/1969)
• Father and Daughter. See: Three Tragic Ballads
• Folk Tune (as arranger) (1923/1942)
• Four Grainger Songs (arr. Svanoe) (2003) (unpublished)
• Gay but Wistful (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
• Gay But Wistful. See also: Tune in a Popular London Style
• A Grainger Threesome (arr. Ragsdale) (2007)
• Green Bushes (1906/2007) (tr. Pappajohn)
• Green Bushes. See also: Themes from "Green Bushes"
• Gumsucker's March (arr. Rogers) (1914/1942/1996)
• Handel in the Strand (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1912/2001)
• Handel in the Strand (arr. Goldman) (1912/1961)
• Handel in the Strand (arr. Rohrer) (1912/2015)
• Harlem 125th Street Walkabout (arr. Hartley)
• Harvest Hymn (tr. Kreines) (1940/1983)
• Hill Song No. 1 (1902)
• Hill Song No. 1 (adapt. Rogers) (1901/1922/1923/1997)
• Hill-Song Nr. 1 (trans. Clark) (1901/1922/1923/2019)
• Hill Song No. 2 (arr. Rogers) (1907/1929/1990)
• Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapt. Sweeney) (1937/2008)
• The Hunter in His Career (arr. Robinson)
• The Immovable Do (1940)
• I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (tr. Daehn) (1905-12/1987)
• I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (arr. Wagner) (1905-12/1999)
• In a Nutshell (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
• In Dahomey (arr. Miller)
• Irish Tune (arr. Stotter) (1918)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (1918)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Clark and Schmidt) (1918/2001)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Erickson) (1918/1970)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Klarfeld) (1918/2014/2020)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Kreines) (1918/1996)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Renshaw) (1918)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
• Irish Tune from County Derry/Shepherd's Hey (tr. Stamp) (1918/2021)
• The Jungle Book Suite (arr. Ragsdale) (2011)
• Jutish Medley (arr. Kreines) (1923-1929/)
• Lads of Wamphray March (1905/1941)
• Lads of Wamphray March (ed. Kreines) (1905/1937/2003)
• Lads of Wamphray Ballad (arr. Ragsdale) (1905/2018)
• Lincolnshire Posy (1937/1940)
• Lincolnshire Posy (ed. Fennell) (1937/1987/2010)
• Lincolnshire Posy (ed. Fennell; rev. Rogers) (1937/1987/2010/2020)
• Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Higgins) (1937/2008)
• Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Osika) (1937/)
• Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapt. Sweeney) (1937/2017)
• Lord Maxwell's Goodnight (orch. Wilson)
• Lord Peter's Stable Boy (1925/1930)
• Lord Peter's Stable Boy (arr. Kreines)
• Lost Lady Found (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2011)
• March (as arranger) (1946)
• Marching Song of Democracy (1917/1948/1991)
• Marching Song of Democracy (ed. Brion) (1917/1948/1991)
• Marching Tune (2013) (arr. Story)
• The Merry King (ed. Schissel) (1905/2006)
• Mock Morris (arr. Kreines) (1910/1991)
• Mock Morris (arr. Patterson) (1910/ )
• Mock Morris (arr. Perna) (1910/2010/2016)
• Mock Morris (arr. Simpson) (2010/1993)
• Molly on the Shore (ed. Rogers) (1920/1998)
• Molly on the Shore (ed. Clark and Schmidt) (1920/2002)
• Molly on the Shore (arr. Johnston) (1920/2011)
• Molly on the Shore (tr. Ragsdale) (1920/1978)
• My Dark-Haired Maid (ed. Ragsdale) (1899)
• My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone (arr. Strum) (1912/1999)
• Near Woodstock Town (arr. Cramer) (2004)
• Nightingale and the Two Sisters, The (arr. Kreines) (1931)
• Northern March. See: Youthful Suite
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (setting) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Pagodes from "Estampes" (as arranger) (1903/1928/1996)
• A Percy Grainger Portrait (arr. Wagner) (2010)
• Percy Grainger Suite (arr. Kreines) (1983)
• A Percy Grainger Suite (arr. Erickson) (1996)
• The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1947/1953)
• Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Flex instrumentation) (as scorer)
• Scotch Strathspey and Reel (arr. Osmon) (1901-1911/1982)
• Sehet was die liebe tut (as arranger) (1937)
• Sheep Shearing Song (as arranger) (1904/1923/1942/2017)
• Shenandoah (arr. Osmon)
• Shepherd's Hey (1918)
• Shepherd's Hey (arr. Clark) (1918/2001)
• Shepherd's Hey (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
• Shepherd's Hey (arr. De Stefano) (1918/2012)
• Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1918/2020)
• Spoon River (1919-29/1940s)
• Spoon River (arr. Bainum) (1922/1967/2009)
• Spoon River (ed. Carson & Naylor) (1922/2010)
• Spoon River (arr. Sheldon) (1922)
• Spoon River (arr. Story) (1922/2014)
• Six Dukes Went A-Fishin' (arr. Kreines)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (scored Goldman) (1916/1965)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Clark) (1916/1996)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Simpson) (1916/1988)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Stotter) (1911/1916/2006)
• Themes from "Green Bushes" (arr. L. Daehn) (1906/1987)
• This is Not My Plaid (arr. Ragsdale) (2014)
• The Three Ravens. see: Three Tragic Ballads
• Three Tragic Ballads (arr. Ragsdale) (1924, 1902, 1909/2016)
  • Danny Deever (1902/1909/2016)
  • The Three Ravens (1902/2000)
  • Father and Daughter
• A Tribute to Grainger (arr. Ragsdale) (1999)
• Tune in a Popular London Style (arr. Rogers) (1916/2005)
• Tuscan Serenade (as arranger) (1865/1937/1994)
• Two Grainger Melodies (trans. Kreines) (1912/1988)
• Two Grainger Sweets - Harvest Hymn and Mock Morris (arr. Krienes)
• Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (arr. Ryan) (1937/2019)
• Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2019)
• Walking Tune (1900)
• Walking Tune (arr. Daehn) (1900/1940/1988)
• Walking Tune (arr. Simpson)
• The Warriors (tr. Pappajohn) (1916/1998)
• We Have Fed Our Sea for a Thousand Years (1911)
• The Widow's Party (arr. Moon) (1923/1929/2011)
• The Widow's Party (arr. Osmon) (1923/1929/2009)
• Willow, Willow (1911/1992) (orch. Simpson)
• Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1949)
• Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (arr. Ragsdale) (1903/1936/2008)
• Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (arr. Sweeney) (1949/2006)
• Youthful Suite (tr. Rogers) (1899/1950)
  • Northern March (arr. Rogers) (c. 1900/2010)
  • Rustic Dance (1899/1950/2010)
  • Eastern Intermezzo
  • English Waltz (1899-1901/1940-1947/1999)
• Zanzibar Boat Song (arr. Hazzard) (1902/2013)

Resources

• Goza, David. Percy Grainger's Australian Up-Country Tune: A Brief Guide for Conductors, Players and Listeners
• Grainger, P.; Bainum, C. (1970). Australian Up-Country Tune: For Concert Band [score]. G. Schirmer: New York.
• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Percy Grainger." Accessed 21 February 2015
• Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 265-269.