Bushdance

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Ralph Hultgren

Ralph Hultgren


General Info

Year: 1988 / 1991
Duration: c. 10:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brolga Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $205.00   |   Score Only (print) - $40.00


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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba/String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Field Drum
  • Glockenspiel
  • Lagerphone
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Triangle
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Bushdance was written to feature the songs of the bushdance and to portray the excitement of the trip to and participation in the evening's entertainment.

- Program Note from publisher


Bushdance was composed for and premiered at the 1987 Queensland Department of Education’s “Musically Outstanding Students” scholarship camp in Brisbane, Australia. The work was written to feature the songs of the "bushdance" (akin to the American "barn dance") and to portray the excitement of the trip to and participation in the evening’s entertainment. Songs included in the composition (in order of appearance) are The Darvy Knick Knack,The Waves of Tory, Big Fairy Mountain and Little Fairy Mountain, and Soldier’s Joy.

- Program Note from The Ohio State University Symphonic Band concert program, 21 November 2021


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class AA
  • Louisiana: IV
  • Virginia: V


Performances

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  • River Valley Wind Ensemble (Kankakee, Ill.) (David Conrad, conductor) - 22 October 2023
  • Rosemount (Minn.) High School Wind Ensemble (Leon Sieve, conductor) - 3 March 2023
  • Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group I (Daniel Crain, conductor) – 3 December 2021 (Severance Music Center, Cleveland)
  • The Ohio State University (Columbus) Symphonic Band (Dustin Ferguson, conductor) - 21 November 2021
  • Ohio University (Athens) Symphonic Band (Richard Suk, conductor) – 13 February 2018
  • Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Don L. Peterson, conductor) – 3 November 2017
  • NSW (Summer Hill, Aus.) State Schools Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Stephen Williams, conductor) – 21 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Hultgren, R. (1991). Bushdance [score]. Brolga Music: Red Hill, Queensland.