My Bonny Boy

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Ed Huckeby)

General Info

Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:35
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1
C Instruments

• Flute
• Piccolo
• Violin
• Guitar

B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Clarinet
• B-flat Soprano Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone

Part 2
C Instruments

• Flute
• Oboe
• Violin

B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Clarinet
• B-flat Trumpet

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• Horn in E-flat

Horn in F
Part 3
B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• Euphonium T.C.

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Clarinet
• Horn in E-flat

Bass Clef

• Bassoon
• Trombone
• Euphonium B.C.
• Cello

Horn in F
Viola
Part 4
B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• Euphonium T.C.

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone

Bass Clef Instruments

• Bassoon
• Trombone
• Euphonium B.C.
• Cello

Part 5
B-flat Bass T.C.

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
• B-flat Tuba T.C.

E-flat Bass T.C.

• E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• E-flat Tuba

Bass Part

• String Bass
• Electric Bass Guitar
• Keyboard Bass

Tuba
Keyboards (optional)

• Piano
• Electric Piano
• Synthesizer
• Accordion
• Organ

Timpani (optional)
Percussion

• Bass Drum
• Triangle
• Crash Cymbals

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The beautiful intermezzo, entitled My Bonny Boy, from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ iconic English Folk Song Suite has been skillfully adapted by Ed Huckeby. The two folk tunes incorporated in this movement provide tremendous educational opportunities for bands to develop contrasting stylistic skills while rehearsing and performing a classic masterwork.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Tyler Strickland, conductor) - 3 May 2021
• University of Nebraska Kearney Wind Ensemble (Duane Bierman, conductor) - 8 April 2021

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)

All Wind Works

• Concerto for Bass Tuba (arr. Wick and Chambers) (1954/1992)
• Concerto Grosso (arr. Grechesky) (1924)
• Concerto in F minor for Tuba and Winds (arr. Hare) (1954/1992)
• England's Pleasant Land (arr. Noble) (1938/2017)
• English Folk Song Suite. See: Folk Song Suite
• English Folk Song Suite (arr. Villanueva) (1924/)
• Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (arr. Bocook) (1910/2006)
• Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. Wagner) (1934/2011)
• Five English Folk Songs (arr. Feldman) (1913/2009)
• Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" (arr. Gregson) (1939/2004)
• Flourish for Glorious John (or. Boyd) (1957/1998)
• Flourish for Wind Band (1939)
• Folk Song Suite (1924/2008)
• Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Golden Vanity, The (arr. Wagner) (1933/2009)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (as setter; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
• Lark Ascending, The (tr. Silvester) (1914/1925/2003)
• Linden Lea (arr. Wagner) (1902/2013)
• Linden Lea (arr. Stout) (1902/1984)
• The Lowlands of Scotland (arr. Daehn) (1912/2006)
• March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (arr. Erwin) (1909/2010)
• My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Norfolk Rhapsody (tr. Robert O'Brien) (1905)
• Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor (tr. O'Toole) (1906/2014?)
• Overture to "The Wasps" (tr. Frank Hudson) (1909)
• Prelude, 49th Parallel (arr. van der Beek) (1960/2018)
• Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Noble) (1941/2014)
• Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Winkler) (1941/1960)
• Prelude from "49th Parallel" (tr. Osmon) (1941/1960/1987/2002)
• Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes (arr. Curnow) (1954/1982)
• Prelude: The New Commonwealth (arr. Grauer) (1940/2006)
• A Ralph Vaughan Williams Portrait (arr. Wagner) (2018)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Beeler) (1920/1972)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Johnston) (1920/2011)
• Rhosymedre (tr. Baldwin) (1920/)
• The Running Set (arr. Daehn) (1933/2007)
• Running Set, The (tr. Silvester) (1933)
• Scherzo alla Marcia (1956)
• Sea Songs (1925)
• Sea Songs (arr. Longfield) (1925/2006)
• Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Cacavas) (1906/1998)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Houseknecht) (1906/1960)
• Sine Nomine (arr. Reed) (1906/1976)
• Songs of Travel (arr. Patterson) (1901-4)
• Three Dorset Songs (arr. Stotter) (1902-1903/2003)
• Three Studies in English Folk Song (arr. Harbinson) (1927/1999/2003)
• Toccata Marziale (1924)
• Toccata Marziale (ed. Battisti) (1924/2005)
• Variations for Wind Band (trans. Hunsberger) (1957/1988/1997)
• Vaughan Williams Christmas, A (arr. Wagner) (1999)
• Wassail (arr. Smith)

Resources

• Ed Huckeby website – Accessed 17 August 2020
• Perusal score