Duty Honor Country
General Info
Year: 1967
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Rubank Inc. Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only – Out of print
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Text adapted by B.G. Cook from An Address by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur at the U.S. Military Academy, May 12, 1962.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio CD: U.S. Army Field Band - 2009
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) - 4 July 2022
- Lake Country Symphonic Band (Mike Holbrook, conductor; Jim Little, narrator) - 12 March 2019
- Virginia (Alexandria) Grand Military Band (Loras John Schissel, conductor) – 28 May 2016
- Band of Scranton (Penn.) – 31 May 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- American Folk Suite (1955)
- American West Folk Suite
- Americana Suite (1980)
- Badinage for Brasses
- Bands around the World (1972)
- Bossa Nova (1962)
- Bossa Nova (arr. Molenaar) (1962/?)
- Brasses to the Fore
- Christmas Suite, The (1953)
- Circus Extravaganza (as arranger) (1964)
- Circus Spectacular (as arranger) (1964)
- Come Back to Sorrento (as arranger) (1902/1953)
- Copa Cabana
- Country and Western (1975)
- Deep River Rhapsody (1950)
- Dixieland Revel
- Duty Honor Country (1967)
- El Choclo (as arranger) (1903/1953)
- Estrellita (as arranger) (1912/1953)
- He's got the Whole World
- Hootenanny (1963)
- The Hot Canary (as arranger) (1948)
- Hot Time in the Brasses Tonight, A (1952)
- I'm on my Way
- Instant Concert (1970)
- Jamaican Folk Suite (1966)
- Japanese Folk Suite (1971)
- Jingle Bells Rhapsody (as arranger) (1857/1957)
- King Size
- Kneller Hal March (1971)
- La Mascarade
- Latin Americana
- Leetonia Overture for Band
- Mariachi (1966)
- Men from Mars (1950)
- Men of Music (with King) (1952)
- Mr. U.S.A.
- A Night at the Ballet (1949)
- Night in Venice, A (as arranger)
- One Finger Polka (1956)
- Spirit of Christmas (1961)
- Spiritual Contrasts (1962)
- Three Scenes
- Trumpet Filigree
- Trumpets Wild (1957)
- TV Suite (1952)
- Viva Paulo
- The Westerners Overture
- You're a Grand Old Flag (as arranger) (1906/1962)
Resources
- Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: L-Z. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 327. Print.
- Walters, H. (1967). Duty Honor Country: For Narrator and Band [score]. Rubank: Chicago.