Kentucky Home
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I/II
Bassoon I/II
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 I/II-III/IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani (4 drums)
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells (Glockenspiel)
- Brake Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Slap Stick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Stephen Foster wrote My Old Kentucky Home in 1852. Between 1895 and 1901 the Edison Quartet recorded the song on a brown wax cylinder and the song became hugely popular. In 1928 the song was adopted as Kentucky's official state song.
Kentucky Home was commissioned by the Psi Chapter, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmaster Fraternity, with the request that My Old Kentucky Home be included in the piece. Having an affinity for the songs of Stephen Foster, I was inspired and motivated to write a piece that celebrated the great state of Kentucky and sought to capture the pioneer spirit of Daniel Boone and others who led the area to statehood in 1792.
The piece alternates between a sprightly theme (first heard in the trumpets) and Foster's My Old Kentucky Home which is first alluded to in the slow introduction. The sprightly theme is indicative of the pioneer spirit of the early Kentuckians and, of course, the Foster song reminds us, quite nostalgically, of the beautiful countryside where thousands of people have made their homes. A development section occupies the middle of the piece which includes an array of percussion and a fugal exposition built on a subject utilizing the first two phrases of My Old Kentucky Home. This section drives toward a tour de force in which both themes are united and culminate in a spirited and exciting coda.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording (ensemble and conductor unknown)
- Audio CD: KMEA Symphonic Band (W. Dale Warren, conductor) - February 2012
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- San Jose Wind Symphony (Edward C. Harris, conductor) - 6 April 2013 (ACB’s 35th Annual Convention (San Ramon, Calif.))
- KMEA Symphonic Band (W. Dale Warren, conductor) - February 2012
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Resources
- Gillingham, D.; Foster, S. (2012) Kentucky Home [score]. C Alan Publications : Greensboro, N.C.