Lincolnshire Posy (arr Higgins)

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Percy Aldridge Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Timothy Higgins)


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General Info

Year: 1937 / 2008
Duration: c. 17:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: 415 Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $64.95


Movements

1. Dublin Bay (Lisbon) - 1:25
2. Horkstow Grange - 2:50
3. Rufford Park Poachers - 4:10
4. The Brisk Young Sailor - 1:40
5. Lord Melbourne - 3:20
6. The Lost Lady Found - 2:20


Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)


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 by 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

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) Wind Ensemble (Joseph Missal, conductor) - 17 April 2021
  • Illinois State University (Normal) Wind Symphony (Anthony C. Marinello III, conductor) - 28 February 2021
  • Monarch Brass (Mallory Thompson, conductor) - 15 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic)


Works for Winds by This Composer

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