Early One Morning

Pierre La Plante

Subtitle: English Country Settings II

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $86.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00

Movements

1. Early One Morning
2. Lavender's Blue
3. Davy, Davy, Knick Knack

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute (Piccolo)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Horn in F I-II-
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells (or Vibraphone)
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Three attractive British folk songs, including: Early One Morning; Lavender's Blue and a rowdy Scottish dance tune Davy, Davy, Knick Knack.

- Program Note from publisher

The original lyrics of Early One Morning, lovely English folk tune, spoke of unrequited love, but the melody found its way into children's song repertoire with a slight change in the lyrics, as follows:

Early one morning,
Just a the sun was rising,
I heard a maid sing,
In the valley below.
O, don't deceive me, etc.

versus

Early one morning,
Before the sun had risen,
I heard a bluebird
In the fields gaily sing.
South winds are blowing, etc.

Lavender's Blue, a piece that probably dates from the late 1600s, has been a favorite children's nursery song for many generations. It achieved near-pop status when actor/folksinger Burl Ives recorded it in 1947.

Davy, Davy, Knick Knack is an old country dance tune, probably of Scottish origin. It is paired with a Dorset four-hand reel tune.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Beaumont Middle School Symphonic Band (Teresa J. Elliott, conductor) - 2005

State Ratings

Louisiana: I
Michigan: Senior High D
Michigan: Junior High A
North Carolina: III
Oregon: I-A, II-A
Tennessee: III
Texas: II. Complete
West Virginia: III

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Young Musicians Mentor Band (Garett George, conductor) - Summer 2017
Beaumont Middle School (Lexington, Ky.) Symphonic Band (Teresa J. Elliott, conductor) – 14 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
American Riversongs (1991)
American Sketches (2014)
As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
The Band in the Square (2006)
The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
Caribbean Rondo (2009)
Come to the Fair!
A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
English Country Settings (1997)
Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
Great American West Suite, The (2013)
In the Forest of the King (2000)
La Bonne Aventure (2010)
Legends and Heroes (2003)
Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
Music for the King's Delight (2007)
Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
Prairie Songs (1998)
Prospect (1983)
Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
Songs of the Plains (2015)
Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
Travelin' Music (2018)
The Voyageurs (2002)
A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)

Resources

Ethington, Bradley P. "Early One Morning." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 344-348. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.
La Plante, P. (2005). Early One Morning : English Country Settings II [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
Perusal score
Pierre La Plante website Accessed 19 August 2017