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Fantasia on an English Folk Song
Subtitle: Dashing Away with a Smoothing Iron
General Info
Year: 1984
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G & M Brand
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
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 Cornet/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion (3 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Like many of his British contemporaries, Jacob took an interest in the folk song tradition. His Fantasia on an English Folk Song is one of three such pieces composed shortly before his death. (The others were based upon Sweet Nightingale and Blow the Man Down.)
Fantasias, as a musical genre, date back to the mid-sixteenth century. They first embraced a quasi-improvisatory nature that later evolved into creative polyphonic expressions. After the 18th century, fantasias became through-composed re-workings of popular songs and folk melodies. This work features Jacob’s adaptation of the popular tune Dashing Away with a Smoothing Iron. Following a rather sentimental introduction, the melody is then subjected to contrasting modes, tempi, and styles, wonderfully reflecting Jacob’s penchant for clearly presenting primary lines and scoring for “families” of instruments.
- Program Note from Calvin University Symphonic Band concert program, 12 March 2021
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class BB
- Florida: IV
- Kansas: IV
- Louisiana: IV
- Maryland: V
- Michigan: Senior High B
- Minnesota: IV
- Oklahoma: IV-A
- Tennessee: IV
- Texas: IV. Complete
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- Calvin University (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Symphonic Band (Tiffany Engle, conductor) - 12 March 2021
- DePaul University (Chicago, Ill.) Wind Symphony (Devin Otto, conductor) – 21 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 North Central Division Conference, Chicago, Ill.)
- Hartland (Mich.) High School Wind Ensemble – 19 March 2009
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Battell (as transcriber) (1964)
- Cameos for Bass Trombone and Wind Band
- Celebration Overture (1984)
- Concerto for Band (1969)
- Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (or Band) (1948)
- Concerto for Horn (tr. Rogers) (1951)
- Concerto for Timpani and Band (1984/1988)
- Concerto for Trombone (1956/1995)
- Concerto for Trombone (arr. Denis Wick) (1956/1999)
- Divertimento in E-flat for Wind Octet (1969)
- Double Concerto for Clarinet and Trumpet and Band (1929/1979/1983)
- Fantasia for Euphonium and Band (1969/1973)
- Fantasia on an English Folk Song (1984)
- Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn (arr. Wagner) (1949/2012)
- First Saxophone Quartet. See: Saxophone Quartet No. 1
- Flag of Stars (1956)
- Giles Farnaby Suite
- Moorside March (as arranger) (1928/1960)
- More Old Wine in New Bottles (1978)
- Music for a Festival (1951)
- Old Wine in New Bottles (1958)
- An Original Suite (1928)
- Overture: Alexandra Palace (1975/1994)
- Prelude to a Comedy
- Saxophone Quartet No. 1 (1974)
- Saxophone Quartet No. 2 (1979)
- Second Saxophone Quartet. See: Saxophone Quartet No. 2
- Sir Godfrey Kneller's March
- Suite in B-flat
- Sweet Nightingale
- Symphony AD 78
- Tribute to Canterbury (1972/1977)
- William Byrd Suite (1924/1960)
- William Byrd Suite (ed. Trachsel) (1924/1960/2007)
Resources
- Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 165. Print.
- Jacob, G. (1984). Fantasia on an English Folk Song : (Dashing Away with a Smoothing Iron) [score]. R. Smith & Co. Watford, Herts, Eng.
- Perusal score