Fantasy on Childhood Songs
Medley arranged by David Moore
General Info
Year: 2005
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Police Whistle
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-tom (low)
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The arranger draws on a rich bag of nursery rhyme songs and a fertile imagination to create an exuberant band setting. Snippets of familiar tunes are combined and tumble one into another in an always-surprising musical journey to the whimsical side. Included at Pop Goes the Weasel, I'm a Little Teapot, The Mulberry Bush, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, London Bridge, Ten Little Indians, Merrily We Roll Along, The Farmer in the Dell, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
- Program Note from publisher
Fantasy on Childhood Songs, originally called Nursery Rhymin', was commissioned by the 2002 Northwest Iowa Junior High School Honor Bands and premiered by the Seventh and Eighth Grade Honor Band.
- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band
Media
- Audio CD: North Ridge Middle School Honors Band (Cynthia Lansford, conductor) - 2005
State Ratings
- Louisiana: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Artie Henry Middle School (Cedar Park, Tx.) Band (Robert T. Herrings III, conductor) - 21 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
- Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble (Chestertown, Md.) (Charles Thai, conductor) – 17 March 2019
- Sequim (Wash.) City Band (Tyler Benedict, conductor) – 11 March 2018
- Callanwolde Concert Band (Atlanta, Ga.) (Raymond Handfield, conductor) – 27 October 2017
- Charlottesville (Va.) Municipal Band (Stephen R. Layman, conductor) – 30 June 2015
- Manukau (N.Z.) Concert Band (Kathleen Mulligan, conductor) – 18 May 2013
- North Ridge Middle School (North Richland Hills, Tx.) Honors Band (Cynthia Lansford, conductor) – 15 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Circus Scenes (2003)
- Fantasy on Childhood Songs (2005)
- Fields of Green (2000)
- Reminiscence (2001)
- Skyscapes (1998)
- Small Town Sketches (2008)
Resources
- Moore, D. (2005). Fantasy on Childhood Songs [score]. Grand Mesa Music: Grand Junction, Co.
- Perusal score
- Richardson, Colleen. "Fantasy on Childhood Songs." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 362-370. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.