Give the Ballot to the Mothers
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 4:40
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Rebecca Naylor Hazard, founder of the Woman Suffrage Association of Missouri, wrote the lyrics to Give the Ballot to the Mothers in 1889, set to the tune of Marching through Georgia.
Bring the good old bugle, boys! We’ll sing another song. Sing it with a spirit that shall start the cause along. Sing it as we ought to sing it, cheerily and strong, giving the ballot to the mother. Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee! Hurrah! Hurrah! The homes, they shall be free! So we’ll sing the chorus from the mountains to the sea, giving ballot to the mothers.
Hazard went on to serve one term as the president of the American Woman Suffrage Association, which included both men and women in its advocacy for women’s right to vote.
This setting alludes to the many enthusiastic marches and rallies women of the late 1800s and early 1900s staged in their campaign to win the right to vote. Their struggle was long and difficult, sometimes resulting in violence, but their message was always hopeful and positive.
- Program Note from composer
Commissioned by a consortium led by Carl T. Rowles and Chris Miertschin. Composed in honor of the 100th anniversary of the women's suffrage movement and passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This work is based on the song of the same name by Rebecca Naylor Hazard.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of California (Berkeley) Wind Ensemble (Matthew Sadowski, conductor) - 6 December 2019
- Hutchinson (Ks.) Community College Wind Symphony (Chris Miertschin, conductor) - 10 October 2019
- Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina) Wind Ensemble (Carl T. Rowles, conductor) – 7 October 2019 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Devil's Workshop (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gentry) (2009/2020)
- Hymn to the Dawn (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
All Wind Works
- American Labor Songs (2018)
- Awakenings (2003)
- Ballad for Aisha (2006)
- Beacon (2013)
- Common Threads (2016)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2010/2015)
- The Devil's Workshop (2009)
- The Devil's Workshop (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gentry) (2009/2020)
- Emergence (2006)
- Eternal Fanfare (2006)
- Fanfare Aureus (2015)
- Fanfare Dissensus (2022)
- Fanfare Politeia (2021)
- for those taken too soon... (2002)
- Give the Ballot to the Mothers (2019)
- GRIND! (2019)
- The Hour of Wolves. See: Lord of the Rings Triptych
- Humoresque. See: Symphony No. 2
- Hymn to the Dawn (2004)
- Hymn to the Dawn (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- In the Gathering Dark. See: Lord of the Rings Triptych
- Jig (2005)
- Kings of Old. See: Lord of the Rings Triptych
- Lord of the Rings Triptych
- In the Gathering Dark (2004)
- Kings of Old (2005)
- The Hour of Wolves (2007)
- Menhir
- Moorscape (2008)
- Odyssey (1998)
- Panopticon (2006)
- Songs of Longing and Solitude, Book I (2014)
- Songs of Longing and Solitude, Book II (2014)
- Supervillian (2020)
- Symphony No. 1. See: for those taken too soon...
- Symphony No. 2 (2003)
- Humoresque (2003)
- Symphony No. 3 (2007)
- Westward Sentinel (2006/2009)
Resources
- Archer, K.; Hazard, R. (2023). Give the Ballot to the Mothers [score]. [Kimberly Archer?]: [United States]
- Kimberly Archer, personal correspondence, October 2019
- Kimberly Archer website Accessed 7 October 2019
- Perusal score