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Connemara Sketches
Subtitle: A Folk Song Suite
General Info
Year: 1975
Duration: c. 4:35
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Folk Songs
Publisher: William Allen Music, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Movements
1. The Miller's Dram
2. Along the Ocean Shore
3. The Blacksmith and His Song
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This suite of three movements is derived from ancient Irish or Gaelic melodies. It includes The Miller’s Dram, Along The Ocean Shore, and The Blacksmith And His Son.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Arkansas: II
- Louisiana: I
- Louisiana: II
- Maryland: II
- New York: Concert Band III
- North Carolina: III
- Oklahoma: II-A
- South Carolina: III
- Tennessee: III
- Texas: I. (Play 2 contrasting mvts.)
- Texas: II. Complete
- Virginia: III
- West Virginia: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Owen J Roberts Middle School (Pottstown, Penn.) Concert Band (Jason D. Hess, conductor) – 15 January 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Connemara Sketches (1975)
- Funeral March
- Heathery Mountain
- Island Overture
- The Piper and the Captain (1981)
- The Silver Anchor (1978)
- Treasure Island Overture (1946)
Resources
- Villarreal, Jaime. "Connemara Sketches." Young Band Repertoire Project, Spring 2000. Web. Accessed 7 July 2021
- Osborne, C. (1975). Connemara Sketches : A Folk Song Suite [score]. William Allen Music: Newington, Va.
- Perusal score