Four Grainger Songs

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Erika Svanoe)

General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 10:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $60.00

Movements

1. Early One Morning - 2:45
2. Died for Love - 1:35
3. The Two Ravens - 3:15
4. British Waterside - 2:05

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
Horn in F I-II
String Bass

Solo Soprano Voice

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Four Grainger Songs is an arrangement for chamber ensemble and solo voice. This arrangement was produced as an independent creative project during Dr. Svanoe's graduate study at Oklahoma.

- Program Note from Luther College Wind Ensemble concert program, 18 April 2021

Media

Audio: Reference recording. University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony (Erika Svanoe, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of New Hampshire (Durham) Wind Symphony (Andrew Boysen, Jr., conductor) - 14 November 2021
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Wind and Percussion Ensemble (Cory Near, conductor; Emily Dirks, soprano) - 18 April 2021
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor; Abigail Martin, soprano) – 7 December 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Irish Tune from County Derry (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Klarfeld) (1918/2014/2020)
Molly on the Shore (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sheehan) (1920/2020)
O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Flex instrumentation) (as scorer)
Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1918/2020)
Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2019)

All Wind Works

Angelus ad Virginem (as arranger) (1940s)
The Annunciation Carol
The Annunciation Carol (tr. Grainger) (13th Cent./1942/1993)
Arrival Platform Humlet (arr. Eichenberger) (1912/)
Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Simpson) (1912/1916/1995)
Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
Australian Up-Country Tune (arr. Bainum) (1930/1970)
Bell Piece (ed. Duffy and Ould) (1935/1953/1991)
Blithe Bells (1931)
Blithe Bells (arr. Jager) (1931/1989)
Blithe Bells (ed. Ould) (1931/2013)
A Bridal Lullaby (arr. Hartley)
Brigg Fair (arr. Ballenger) (1905/1991)
British Waterside (arr. Moss) (1921)
British Waterside (arr. Wilson) (1921/1998)
Children's March (rev. Erickson) (1919/1971)
Children's March (rev. Rogers) (1919/1995)
Children's March (arr. Wagner) (1919/2000)
Choral No 2 for Organ (as scorer; ed. Rogers) (1890/1941/20--?)
Colonial Song (1912/1918)
Colonial Song (ed. Rogers) (1918/1997)
Colonial Song (ed. Topolewski) (1918/2001)
Colonial Song (arr. Wagner) (1919/2014)
Country Gardens (1918/1990)
Country Gardens (arr. Sousa, Brion and Schissel) (1918/1953)
Country Gardens (arr. Karrick) (1918/2013)
Country Gardens (arr. Clark) (1918/1931)
County Derry Air (ed. Ould)
The Cutting of the Hay (arr. Wilson)
Danish Folk Music Suite (arr. Kreines) (1926-41/1950/)
Danny Deever (arr. Carpenter)
Danny Deever (tr. Ragsdale). See: Three Tragic Ballads
Died for Love
Died for Love (arr. Conway) (1912/2011?)
Down Longford Way & Shenandoah (as orchestrator; arr. Osmon) (1928/1935/1990)
The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (1939)
The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (ed. Hunsberger) (1939/2000)
The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (arr. Ragsdale) (1939/1995)
Early One Morning (arr. Kreines). See: Two Grainger Melodies
Eastern Intermezzo (arr. Warshaw) (1899/1922/)
Faeroe Island Dance (1946//1954/1969)
Father and Daughter. See: Three Tragic Ballads
Folk Tune (as arranger) (1923/1942)
Four Grainger Songs (arr. Svanoe) (2003) (unpublished)
Gay but Wistful (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
Gay But Wistful. See also: Tune in a Popular London Style
A Grainger Threesome (arr. Ragsdale) (2007)
Green Bushes (1906/2007) (tr. Pappajohn)
Green Bushes. See also: Themes from "Green Bushes"
Gumsucker's March (arr. Rogers) (1914/1942/1996)
Handel in the Strand (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1912/2001)
Handel in the Strand (arr. Goldman) (1912/1961)
Handel in the Strand (arr. Rohrer) (1912/2015)
Harlem 125th Street Walkabout (arr. Hartley)
Harvest Hymn (tr. Kreines) (1940/1983)
Hill Song No. 1 (1902)
Hill Song No. 1 (adapt. Rogers) (1901/1922/1923/1997)
Hill-Song Nr. 1 (trans. Clark) (1901/1922/1923/2019)
Hill Song No. 2 (arr. Rogers) (1907/1929/1990)
Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapt. Sweeney) (1937/2008)
The Hunter in His Career (arr. Robinson)
The Immovable Do (1940)
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (tr. Daehn) (1905-12/1987)
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (arr. Wagner) (1905-12/1999)
In a Nutshell (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
In Dahomey (arr. Miller)
Irish Tune (arr. Stotter) (1918)
Irish Tune from County Derry (1918)
Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Clark and Schmidt) (1918/2001)
Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Erickson) (1918/1970)
Irish Tune from County Derry (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Klarfeld) (1918/2014/2020)
Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Kreines) (1918/1996)
Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Renshaw) (1918)
Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
Irish Tune from County Derry/Shepherd's Hey (tr. Stamp) (1918/2021)
The Jungle Book Suite (arr. Ragsdale) (2011)
Jutish Medley (arr. Kreines) (1923-1929/)
Lads of Wamphray March (1905/1941)
Lads of Wamphray March (ed. Kreines) (1905/1937/2003)
Lads of Wamphray Ballad (arr. Ragsdale) (1905/2018)
Lincolnshire Posy (1937/1940)
Lincolnshire Posy (ed. Fennell) (1937/1987/2010)
Lincolnshire Posy (ed. Fennell; rev. Rogers) (1937/1987/2010/2020)
Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Higgins) (1937/2008)
Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Osika) (1937/)
Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapt. Sweeney) (1937/2017)
Lord Maxwell's Goodnight (orch. Wilson)
Lord Peter's Stable Boy (1925/1930)
Lord Peter's Stable Boy (arr. Kreines)
Lost Lady Found (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2011)
March (as arranger) (1946)
Marching Song of Democracy (1917/1948/1991)
Marching Song of Democracy (ed. Brion) (1917/1948/1991)
Marching Tune (2013) (arr. Story)
The Merry King (ed. Schissel) (1905/2006)
Mock Morris (arr. Kreines) (1910/1991)
Mock Morris (arr. Patterson) (1910/ )
Mock Morris (arr. Perna) (1910/2010/2016)
Mock Morris (arr. Simpson) (2010/1993)
Molly on the Shore (ed. Rogers) (1920/1998)
Molly on the Shore (ed. Clark and Schmidt) (1920/2002)
Molly on the Shore (arr. Johnston) (1920/2011)
Molly on the Shore (tr. Ragsdale) (1920/1978)
My Dark-Haired Maid (ed. Ragsdale) (1899)
My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone (arr. Strum) (1912/1999)
Near Woodstock Town (arr. Cramer) (2004)
Nightingale and the Two Sisters, The (arr. Kreines) (1931)
Northern March. See: Youthful Suite
O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (setting) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
Pagodes from "Estampes" (as arranger) (1903/1928/1996)
A Percy Grainger Portrait (arr. Wagner) (2010)
Percy Grainger Suite (arr. Kreines) (1983)
A Percy Grainger Suite (arr. Erickson) (1996)
The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1947/1953)
Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Flex instrumentation) (as scorer)
Scotch Strathspey and Reel (arr. Osmon) (1901-1911/1982)
Sehet was die liebe tut (as arranger) (1937)
Sheep Shearing Song (as arranger) (1904/1923/1942/2017)
Shenandoah (arr. Osmon)
Shepherd's Hey (1918)
Shepherd's Hey (arr. Clark) (1918/2001)
Shepherd's Hey (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
Shepherd's Hey (arr. De Stefano) (1918/2012)
Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1918/2020)
Spoon River (1919-29/1940s)
Spoon River (arr. Bainum) (1922/1967/2009)
Spoon River (ed. Carson & Naylor) (1922/2010)
Spoon River (arr. Sheldon) (1922)
Spoon River (arr. Story) (1922/2014)
Six Dukes Went A-Fishin' (arr. Kreines)
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (scored Goldman) (1916/1965)
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Clark) (1916/1996)
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Simpson) (1916/1988)
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Stotter) (1911/1916/2006)
Themes from "Green Bushes" (arr. L. Daehn) (1906/1987)
This is Not My Plaid (arr. Ragsdale) (2014)
The Three Ravens. see: Three Tragic Ballads
Three Tragic Ballads (arr. Ragsdale) (1924, 1902, 1909/2016)
- Danny Deever (1902/1909/2016)
- The Three Ravens (1902/2000)
- Father and Daughter
A Tribute to Grainger (arr. Ragsdale) (1999)
Tune in a Popular London Style (arr. Rogers) (1916/2005)
Tuscan Serenade (as arranger) (1865/1937/1994)
Two Grainger Melodies (trans. Kreines) (1912/1988)
Two Grainger Sweets - Harvest Hymn and Mock Morris (arr. Krienes)
Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (arr. Ryan) (1937/2019)
Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2019)
Walking Tune (1900)
Walking Tune (arr. Daehn) (1900/1940/1988)
Walking Tune (arr. Simpson)
The Warriors (tr. Pappajohn) (1916/1998)
We Have Fed Our Sea for a Thousand Years (1911)
The Widow's Party (arr. Moon) (1923/1929/2011)
The Widow's Party (arr. Osmon) (1923/1929/2009)
Willow, Willow (1911/1992) (orch. Simpson)
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1949)
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (arr. Ragsdale) (1903/1936/2008)
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (arr. Sweeney) (1949/2006)
Youthful Suite (tr. Rogers) (1899/1950)
- Northern March (arr. Rogers) (c. 1900/2010)
- Rustic Dance (1899/1950/2010)
- Eastern Intermezzo
- English Waltz (1899-1901/1940-1947/1999)
Zanzibar Boat Song (arr. Hazzard) (1902/2013)

Resources

Erika Svanoe website Accessed 9 December 2016