Green Folk Suite

Andersen Viana

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Leading Tones Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Side Drum
Tambourine
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Green Folk Suite is a selection of small Brazilian folk songs that are known widely by around two hundred million people. These songs are a part of school life up through adult life, and children begin to learn them as babies. It is a rich inheritance not only for one country, but for the whole world.

This version with five songs -- Cai Cai Balão, O Meu Boi Morreu, Bambalalão, Capelinha De Melão E Samba Lê Lê -- was written for instrumental groups with five melodic parts and three percussion parts. Green Folk Suite is part of a major project dedicated to music composed for brass and winds without any specific indication of instrumentation (open score), which makes this piece ideal for beginners playing in any kind of brass and/or wind ensemble.

- Program Note from publisher

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

Blue Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)
Green Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)
Red Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)
Yellow Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)

All Wind Works

Blue Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)
Fanfare for a Lonely Man
Green Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)
Red Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)
Yellow Folk Suite (Adaptable) (2014)

Resources

Creative Repertoire Initiative
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Andersen Viana." Accessed 19 April 2021
Perusal score