Folk Songs from Somerset

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Ed Huckeby)

Subtitle: From English Folk Song Suite, Mvt. 3

General Info

Year: 1924 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1
C Instruments

• Flute
• Piccolo
• Violin
• Guitar

B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Clarinet
• B-flat Soprano Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone

Part 2
C Instruments

• Flute
• Oboe
• Violin

B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Clarinet
• B-flat Trumpet

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• Horn in E-flat

Horn in F
Part 3
B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• Euphonium T.C.

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Clarinet
• Horn in E-flat

Bass Clef

• Bassoon
• Trombone
• Euphonium B.C.
• Cello

Horn in F
Viola
Part 4
B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• Euphonium T.C.

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone

Bass Clef Instruments

• Bassoon
• Trombone
• Euphonium B.C.
• Cello

Part 5
B-flat Bass T.C.

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
• B-flat Tuba T.C.

E-flat Bass T.C.

• E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• E-flat Tuba

Bass Part

• String Bass
• Electric Bass Guitar
• Keyboard Bass

Tuba
Keyboards (optional)

• Piano
• Electric Piano
• Synthesizer
• Accordion
• Organ

Percussion

• Bass Drum
• Snare Drum
• Triangle
• Crash Cymbals

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Folk Songs from Somerset, the third movement from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite is a classic march incorporating four traditional folk songs: Blow Away The Morning Dew, High Germany, The Tree So High and John Barley’s Corn. Using both 2/4 and 6/8 meters, Vaughan Williams has created a unique educational opportunity for ensembles to contrast duple and compound meter.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Tyler Strickland, conductor) - 3 May 2021

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)

All Wind Works

• Concerto for Bass Tuba (arr. Wick and Chambers) (1954/1992)
• Concerto Grosso (arr. Grechesky) (1924)
• Concerto in F minor for Tuba and Winds (arr. Hare) (1954/1992)
• England's Pleasant Land (arr. Noble) (1938/2017)
• English Folk Song Suite. See: Folk Song Suite
• English Folk Song Suite (arr. Villanueva) (1924/)
• Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (arr. Bocook) (1910/2006)
• Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. Wagner) (1934/2011)
• Five English Folk Songs (arr. Feldman) (1913/2009)
• Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" (arr. Gregson) (1939/2004)
• Flourish for Glorious John (or. Boyd) (1957/1998)
• Flourish for Wind Band (1939)
• Folk Song Suite (1924/2008)
• Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Golden Vanity, The (arr. Wagner) (1933/2009)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (as setter; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
• Lark Ascending, The (tr. Silvester) (1914/1925/2003)
• Linden Lea (arr. Wagner) (1902/2013)
• Linden Lea (arr. Stout) (1902/1984)
• The Lowlands of Scotland (arr. Daehn) (1912/2006)
• March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (arr. Erwin) (1909/2010)
• My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Norfolk Rhapsody (tr. Robert O'Brien) (1905)
• Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor (tr. O'Toole) (1906/2014?)
• Overture to "The Wasps" (tr. Frank Hudson) (1909)
• Prelude, 49th Parallel (arr. van der Beek) (1960/2018)
• Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Noble) (1941/2014)
• Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Winkler) (1941/1960)
• Prelude from "49th Parallel" (tr. Osmon) (1941/1960/1987/2002)
• Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes (arr. Curnow) (1954/1982)
• Prelude: The New Commonwealth (arr. Grauer) (1940/2006)
• A Ralph Vaughan Williams Portrait (arr. Wagner) (2018)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Beeler) (1920/1972)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Johnston) (1920/2011)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Baldwin) (1920/)
• The Running Set (arr. Daehn) (1933/2007)
• Running Set, The (tr. Silvester) (1933)
• Scherzo alla Marcia (1956)
• Sea Songs (1925)
• Sea Songs (arr. Longfield) (1925/2006)
• Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Cacavas) (1906/1998)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Houseknecht) (1906/1960)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Reed) (1906/1976)
• Songs of Travel (arr. Patterson) (1901-4)
• Three Dorset Songs (arr. Stotter) (1902-1903/2003)
• Three Studies in English Folk Song (arr. Harbinson) (1927/1999/2003)
• Toccata Marziale (1924)
• Toccata Marziale (ed. Battisti) (1924/2005)
• Variations for Wind Band (trans. Hunsberger) (1957/1988/1997)
• Vaughan Williams Christmas, A (arr. Wagner) (1999)
• Wassail (arr. Smith)

Resources

• Ed Huckeby website – Accessed 17 August 2020
• Perusal score