Grandfather's Folk Song

Jason Bailey

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General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hawkeye Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $45.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In 1929, Jimmie Rodgers released the song Waiting for a Train, which became one of the iconic songs of the great depression. My grandfather, George Thompson, was a self-taught guitar player and a humble street cleaner in the southwest Virginia mountain town of Norton. A recording was made of him playing this iconic song in 1979 by the Appleshop of Whitesburg, Ky., a preservation society of mountain tradition and music.

This grade 2.5-3 piece is a tribute to him, and the song he sang for this short video.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Aminosque (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
CATaclysm (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
Grandfather's Folk Song (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
Hero's Run (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
A Southwest Virginia Portrait (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
The Stars, the Moon, and the Heavens (Flex instrumentation) (2021)

All Wind Works

Aminosque (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
CATaclysm (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
Grandfather's Folk Song (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
Hero's Run (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
A Southwest Virginia Portrait (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
The Spaceship 437 Hawkeye (2017)
The Stars, the Moon, and the Heavens (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
The Village of Nosufre (2018)

Resources

"Jason Bailey." Facebook. Web. Accessed 21 January 2021