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Country Dances
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 16:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00
Movements
1. Tempest - 4:10
2. Far from Home – 7:40
3. Devil's Dream – 4:30
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (2)
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
An appealing three movement original. Movement 1 is titled Tempest and has a Celtic dance-like character. Movement 2, Far From Home, is quiet with a sad feeling of longing for home while the third movement, Devil's Dream, lifts the spirits with a lively Irish jig.
- Program Note from publisher
The country dance, or “contradance” has a rich tradition in America. Although related to the more familiar square dance, the style is markedly different. Rather than the square set of four couples, any number of couples arranged in lines make up a contradance. The music of the contradance is mostly traditional tunes, with roots in the British Isles and New England.
It is this music – the jigs, hornpipes, waltzes, schottisches, and fiddler’s reels – that brings the beauty and excitement to the dance. The tuneful melodies, rustic harmonies, and invigorating rhythms are truly a part of our American heritage.
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Mansfield University Wind Ensemble (Adam F. Brennan, conductor) - 2013
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, Tex.) (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 6 March 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Dedication March (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- The Water Is Wide (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
All Wind Works
- Abaye's Game
- Adagio and Caprice
- Beautiful River
- Ceremonial Dances (2010)
- Concerto for Tuba and Band (Danner)
- Country Dances (2006)
- Critical Speed
- Cuico - Concerto for Three Percussion and Wind Ensemble
- Dedication (Danner) (2003)
- Dedication March (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Down by the Salley Gardens (2005)
- Dream of Light, A
- English Suite, An (Danner)
- Festival Celebration, A (Danner)
- Footprints
- Free
- I Have a Dream
- Mira!
- Nebula
- New Frontier
- Nova Aquilae
- Of Thee I Sing
- On Great White Wings
- Seconds, Please!
- Signal
- Siyahamba
- Sleigh Ride (Danner)
- Slide Ride (2006)
- Walls of Zion (2000)
- Water is Wide (Danner) (2006)
- The Water Is Wide (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Waverider
- Zephyr
Resources
- Danner, G. (2006). Country Dances [score]. C. Alan: Greensboro, N.C.