Gumsucker's March
From Wind Repertory Project
Percy Aldridge Grainger (ed. R. Mark Rogers)
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General Info
Year: 1914
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00 | Score - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II-III (III substitute for Eb Soprano Clarinet)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet (substitute for Contrabassoon)
Bb Contrabass Clarinet (substitute for Contrabassoon)
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone I-II (I substitute for Soprano Saxophone)
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Celesta
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI-VII, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Nabimba
- Snare Drum
- Staff Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A "Gum-Sucker" is an Australian nick-name for Australians born in Victoria, the home state of the composer. The eucalyptus trees that abound in Victoria are called "gums", and the young shoots at the bottom of the trunk are called "suckers"; so "gum-sucker" came to mean a young native son of Victoria, just as Ohioans are nick-named "Buck-eyes". In the march, Grainger used his own "Australian Up-Country-Song" melody, written by him to typify Australia, which melody he also employed in his Colonial Song for two voices and orchestra, or military band.
Program Note by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Commercial Discography
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State Ratings
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Blithe Bells
- Children's March: "Over the Hills and Far Away"
- Colonial Song
- Handel in the Strand
- Immovable Do, The (1940)
- Irish Tune from County Derry
- Lincolnshire Posy
- Mock Morris
- Molly on the Shore
- Scotch Strathspey and Reel (tr. by Leroy Osmon)
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
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