Ayres of Agincourt, The
General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Queenwood Publication
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Cornets/B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Finger Cymbals
- Gong
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The original Ayres were inspired by the famous victory in the 1400s of the English over the French at Agincourt, France, and are intended to sound like old English songs that might have been sung by King Henry's men.
- Program Note from publisher
Dedicated to Arthur E. Farr and the 1993 Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association All-Southern Junior High School Band.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class BB
- Maryland: IV
- Minnesota: III
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: IV
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- Charlottetown Rural High School (Charlottetown, PEI) Grade 11-12 Festival Ensemble (Mark Parsons, Conductor) - May 2019
- Tualatin Valley Community Band (Tigard Ore.) (Ron Johnson, conductor) – 18 March 2018
- New Jersey (Oakland) Concert Band (Michael Roth, conductor) – 6 May 2016
- Idyllwild's 2011's Symphonic Band (Steve Acciani, conductor) – 6 August 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Ayres of Agincourt (1993)
- Clarinetics (2000)
- Coronado (1998)
- In a French Garden (1998)
- Knights of Dunvegan (1997)
- Miners of the Gold Coast (2001)
- Pablo! (2002)
- Quintology (1999)
- Return of the Dawn Treader (1990)
- The Road Unknown (2000)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Richard Meyer." Accessed 16 May 2016.
- Meyer, R. (1995). The Ayres of Agincourt [score]. Queenwood: [s.l.]
- Richard Meyer, Alfred Music Accessed 16 May 2016