Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn

From Wind Repertory Project
Philip Sparke

Philip Sparke


General Info

Year: 1985 / 1993
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G & M Brand
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including

  • Bass Drum
  • Cowbell
  • Orchestra Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Triangle
  • Wood Block
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

A brilliantly inventive miniature from this gifted British composer. Philip Sparke takes the famous dance, but gives it new twists and turns of rhythm and metre. Halfway through the Cowboys are heard singing in the distance, and everything stops for a moment. Dance interjections cut through the tranquility, and soon everything starts up again.

- Program Note from publisher


Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn features long, flowing hymn tune surrounded by a lively, rhythmically varied collection of American folk and folklike melodies. Also marked by rapidly changing meters, the dance tunes are at times handled in a Charles Ives manner, with overlays of melodic material

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band


Media


State Ratings

  • North Carolina: VI
  • Tennessee: V
  • Virginia: V


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Perusal score
  • Philip Sparke website
  • Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 557.
  • Sparke, P. (1985). Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn [score]. G. & M. Brand Publications: Wingrave, England.