Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (arr. Curnow)
Traditional, arranged by James Curnow
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General Info
Year: 1985
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Folk song
Publisher: Jenson, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
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
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love's Hair) is a traditional folk song first known in the Appalachian Mountains region of the United States in 1915, but most probably originating from Scotland, as attributed to the reference to the Clyde in the song's lyrics. The musicologist Alan Lomax supported this Scottish origin, saying that the song was an American "re-make of British materials."
Many different versions of this song exist, some addressed to females and others addressed to males, as well as other differences. These words are set to two distinct melodies, one of which is traditional and the other was written by the Kentucky folk singer and composer John Jacob Niles. Niles recalled that his father thought the traditional melody was "downright terrible", so he wrote "a new tune, ending it in a nice modal manner." The song has become a part of the traditional repertory of Celtic music artists. The first recording was made by Mrs. Lizzie Roberts in 1916 as Black Is the Colour.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
- Iowa: III
- Kansas: III
- Louisiana: III
- Texas: III. Complete
- Virginia: III
- West Virginia: II
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
All Wind Works
- African Sketches (1992)
- Album for the Young (Op. 39) (as arranger) (1878/2007)
- Amber Waves of Grain (1994)
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
- Appalachian Dances (2008)
- Apple Island Legend (1997)
- Beyond the Stars
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (as arranger) (1985)
- Blazon (1997)
- Bridge of the Gods (2012)
- Canadian Sketches (1996)
- Canterbury Coronation (1996)
- Canticle at Christmastide (2006)
- Canticle of the Creatures (1984)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- The Carnival of the Animals (as arranger) (1886/2008)
- Celebration Fanfare
- Celebration (1994)
- Ceremonial Flourishes (1988)
- Chinese Folk Fantasy (2013)
- Christmas Classics (1993)
- Christmas Fancies (2000)
- Christmas Flourish, A (1998)
- Christmas Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Christmas Travelogue (as arranger)
- Classical Suite for Piano and Band (as arranger) (2006)
- Concertino for Tuba and Band (1978/2001)
- Concertpiece (1990)
- Concertpiece for Clarinet, Winds and Percussion (1990)
- Dance Episodes (2006)
- Day at the Circus, A (1998)
- Day at the Museum, A (1997)
- Day in Space, A
- Dialogues for Saxophone Quartet, Winds and Percussion (2005)
- Dimensions of Seven
- Dublin Sketches
- Fanfare and Flourishes (1995)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Fanfare for Christmas (2004)
- Fanfare for Spartacus (1996)
- Fanfare Prelude: "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (1999)
- Fanfare Prelude on "God of Our Fathers" (1876/1983)
- Fanfare Prelude on "Joy to the World" (1985)
- Fantasia di Falcone
- Fantasy on a Colonial Air
- Festive Fanfare for the Holidays (2006)
- Festivity (1993)
- Festivo Fantastico (1998)
- Fiddle Tunes (as arranger) (2002)
- Finale for a Winter Festival (2004)
- Folk Dances (as arranger (1942/2000)
- Freedom Road (1994)
- Freedom's Song (2009)
- French Christmas Carol Fantasy (1989)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (as arranger)
- Guadalcanal March (as arranger) (1952/1989)
- Heroic Tribute (2006)
- Illini Fantasy (2006)
- In Storm and Sunshine (as arranger) (1884/1986)
- In the Valley of the Sun (2013)
- International Christmas Salute (1996)
- Inventions from the Sacred Harp (2005)
- Irish Legends (1994)
- Journey (2009)
- Jubilee (2012)
- Kentucky Kaleidoscope
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (1988)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Land of Tomorrow (2010)
- Lion of Lucerne (1986)
- Lone Star Celebration (1995)
- Megaforce (1997)
- Midway March (as arranger)
- Moment in Time, A
- Mutanza (1981)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (1990)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Nexus (2015)
- Nulli Secundus (Curnow)
- Nutcracker Suite (as arranger) (1891/1987)
- Overture to a Winter Festival (1995)
- Peter and the Wolf (as arranger) (1936/1986)
- Praetorius Variations
- Prelude and Celebration (1996)
- Prelude on a Hymn of Praise (1996)
- Prelude on Lobe Den Herren (1982/1997)
- The Promise of Living (as arranger) (1954/2012)
- Quintessence
- Rejouissance (1988)
- Renaissance Festival (as arranger) (2008)
- Renaissance Suite (as arranger) (c.1551/1983)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band (1978/1999)
- Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies (1996)
- Romanza (2017)
- Russian Christmas Music (as arranger) (1944/1990)
- Russian Folk Fantasy (1992)
- Sea to Shining Sea (2006)
- Seacliffe Overture (1983)
- Selections from "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46 (as transcriber) (1878/)
- Selections from "Suite of Old American Dances" (as arranger) (1950/2005)
- Selections from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1992)
- Slavonic Dances, The (as transcriber)
- Songs of the West (as arranger) (1907/1986)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (as arranger) (1897)
- Sovereign Variants
- Spirit of the Pioneers (2007)
- Suite from "Messiah" (as transcriber) (1741/1989)
- Suncatcher (2000)
- Symphonic Chorale for Band (1989)
- Symphonic Suite from "The Right Stuff" (as arranger) (1983/1984)
- Symphonic Triptych (1978)
- Symphonic Variants (1998)
- Three Colonial Ballads (as arranger)
- The Three Drummers (2004)
- Toward the Sunrising (1999)
- Turkish March (as arranger) (1809/2001)
- Valdres (arr Curnow) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
- Vanguard (2003)
- Voluntary on Old Hundreth (as transcriber) (/2000)
- A Wexford Reverie (as arranger) (2005)
- When the Morning Stars Sang (2005)
- Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew (1993)
- Winds of Change
Resources
- Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair), Wikipedia Accessed 14 March 2016
- Curnow, J. (1985). Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair [score]. Jenson: New Berlin, Wisc.