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Headless Horseman, The
General Info
Year: 1973 / 1980
Duration: c. 2:10
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Baritone Saxophoe
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium/Tenor Saxophone
Tuba/Bassoon
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This short piece compresses a fair amount of material into a brief time span. The nine-bar introduction, Adagio misterioso, sets the stage for the entry of Washington Irving's Headless Horseman, described so vividly in the classic short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and given further life in classic animated films by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Some younger players (and some audience members) have been frightened by the opening bars -- Good! There is drama and excitement in this brief musical ride, so let the faint-hearted pass it by.
Composed in June 1973, The Headless Horseman was first performed in July 1973 by the Manasquan (New Jersey) Summer School Concert Band. The score was subsequently revised and engraved in 1980 under the personal supervision of Mr. John D. Forbes, master engraver and editor.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Symphony Band (Donald S. George, conductor)
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class D
- Georgia: III
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
- Louisiana: I
- Michigan: Junior High C
- North Carolina: III
- South Carolina: III
- Tennessee: III
- Virginia: III
- Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band Class C
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Miamisburg (Ohio) High School Concert Band (Steve Aylward, conductor) - 15 May 2018
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Maroon Campus Band (Cassandra A. Bechard, conductor) – 30 October 2017
- Legacy High School (South Gate, Calif.) Wind Ensemble – Fall 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- America Verses (1997)
- Bartok Variations (as arranger) (2003)
- Blue Alien Accumulation (2003)
- Blue Goose Rag (as arranger) (1916/1986)
- Burlesco for Band (2006)
- Charlotte Doyle's Voyage
- The Child and the Kings (1995)
- Children and Gentlemen (as arranger) (2010)
- Climbing Eagle Mountain (2009)
- Concert Piece for Trumpet and Band
- Concerto for Marimba
- Deep River (as arranger) (2006)
- Dreams and Fancies (1988)
- Dreams of the Blue River (2009)
- El Jardin de Esperanza (2008)
- Enumeration of the Actual
- Fable and Folk Tale (2005)
- Falling Water (2015)
- Forest Green (as arranger) (2007)
- Four Breton Dances (2007)
- Four in One (2015)
- Geneva (2006)
- Geography of the Dream (2001)
- Green Passacaglia (2005)
- Greensleeves (as arranger)
- Grizzly Bear Rag (1994)
- The Headless Horseman (1973/1980)
- Jody
- Kum Ba Yah (2004)
- Mysterian Landscapes (2001)
- No Sun, No Shadow, Elegy for Charles Mingus
- Old Welsh Reverie (2009)
- Partita for Band (2017)
- Peace Song (1990)
- Pilgrim Traveler (2005)
- Prelude and Fughetta (2005)
- Procession and Torch Dance (1999)
- Rhythm Games: The Waukesha Rondo (2010)
- Rhythm Machine (1986)
- Scale Plus Line (2009)
- Seneca Variations (2015)
- Serenade
- Serenata
- Sinfonia III: Hymns and Dances (1972/2009)
- Sinfonia IV: Suite for Winds and Percussion
- Sinfonia V: Symphonia Sacra et Profana (1990)
- Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements (1982)
- Sinfonia XII: Southern Heart, Sacred Harp
- Sinfonia XIII: Storm Variations
- Sinfonia XIV: Three Canzonas
- Sinfonia XV: Ursa Major
- Sinfonia XVI: Transcendental Vienna (1995)
- Sinfonia XVII: The Four Winds
- Sinfonia XVIII: Aurora (2009)
- Sinfonia XIX: Preludes and Grounds
- Sinfonia XXI (2000)
- Slow March with Celebration
- Sonata for Wind Band (1994)
- Song and Variations (2001)
- Southern Suite
- Streets and Inroads (1975/1980/1996)
- Surfboard Blues
- The Tango Disappearing (2010)
- Theme and Variations (1995)
- Three Pieces for American Band, Set I (1974)
- Three Pieces for American Band, Set II (1982)
- Three Preludes (as arranger)
- Three Scenes (2010)
- Toccata for Band (2015)
- Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes (1998)
- The Water Is Wide, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Wicked Story (2008)
- Yuletide Dances
Resources
- Broege, T. (1980, 1987). The Headless Horseman : Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 148-153.