Lincolnshire Posy

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Percy Aldridge Grainger
Percy Aldridge Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger (edited by Frederick Fennell)

THIS PAGE DEALS WITH FREDERICK FENNELL'S 1987 EDITION, AND IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE ORIGINAL SCORE AND PARTS.


Contents

General Info

Year: 1937 / 1987
Duration: c. 16:00
Movements: Six (I. Dublin Bay (Lisbon) - 1:20 / II. Horkstow Grange - 3:00 / III. Rufford Park Poachers - 4:00 / IV. Brisk Young Sailor - 1:40 / V. Lord Melbourne - 3:30 / VI. Lost Lady Found - 2:30)
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $200.00   |   Score Only - $50.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Soprano Sax
Alto Sax I-II
Tenor Sax I-II
Baritone Sax
Bass Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Trombone III (Bass)
Baritone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Cymbal (crash and suspended)
  • Glockenspiel
  • Handbells
  • Side Drum
  • Tubular Bells
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Lincolnshire Posy was commissioned by the American Bandmasters Association and premiered at their convention with the composer conducting. It is in six movements, all based on folk songs from Lincolnshire, England. Grainger's settings are not only true to the verse structure of the folk songs, but attempt to depict the singers from whom Grainger collected the songs. Since its premiere, it has been recognized as a cornerstone of the wind band repertoire.

Lincolnshire Posy, as a whole work, was conceived and scored by me direct for wind band early in 1937. Five, out of the six, movements of which it is made up existed in no other finished form, though most of these movements (as is the case with almost all my compositions and settings, for whatever medium) were indebted, more or less, to unfinished sketches for a variety of mediums covering many years (in this case, the sketches date from 1905 to 1937). These indebtednesses are stated in the score.

This bunch of "musical wildflowers" (hence the title) is based on folksongs collected in Lincolnshire, England (one notated ny Miss Lucy E. Broadwood; the other five noted by me, mainly in the years 1905-1906, and with the help of the phonograph), and the work is dedicated to the old folksingers who sang so sweetly to me. Indeed, each number is intended to be a kind of musical portrait of the singer who sang its underlying melody - a musical portrait of the singer's personality no less than of his habits of song - his regular or irregular wonts of rhythm, his preference for gaunt or ornately arabesqued delivery, his contrasts of legato and staccato, his tendency towards breadth or delicacy of tone.


Program Note by Percy Aldridge Grainger


Commercial Discography


State Ratings

  • Florida:   ---  (The Florida Bandmasters Association denotes this as "significant literature.")
    • Grade IV: Movements 1 and 2.
    • Grade V: Movements 1, 2, and 6.
    • Grade VI: Any 4 movements.
  • South Carolina: "Masterwork"
  • Virginia: VI


Recent Performances

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  • University of Louisville Wind Ensemble (Frederick Speck, conductor) - 18 November 2007


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