Near Woodstock Town

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Cramer)

General Info

Year: 1903 / 2004
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Voice and piano
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00   |   Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Clarinet I-II-III
Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-alto Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Flugelhorn I-II
Cornet
Horn I-II-III-IV
Tenor Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Chimes
• Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This English tune is listed as a melody from the 17th century. It was a broadside ballad of that era. Variants and alternate titles include Love Has Brought Me To Despair and The Auxville Love. It was arranged by Percy Grainger for mixed voice and piano, and subsequently by Ray Cramer for wind ensemble.

- Program Note from Contemplator

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

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

• Indiana University (Bloomington) Wind Ensemble (Stephen Pratt, conductor) – 3 October 2017
• University of South Alabama (Mobile) Wind Ensemble (William H. Petersen, conductor) – 14 April 2016
• Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) Symphonic Band (Stephen Pratt, conductor) - 13 February 2016 (2016 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)

Works for Winds by this Composer

• The Annunciation Carol
• The Annunciation Carol (tr. Grainger)
• Arrival Platform Humlet (arr. Eichenberger) (1912/)
• Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Simpson) (1912/1916/1995)
• Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
• Australian Up-Country Tune (arr. Bainum) (1930/1970)
• Bell Piece (ed. Duffy) (1935/1953/1991)
• Blithe Bells (arr. Jager) (1931/1989)
• Blithe Bells (ed. Ould) (1931/2013)
• Brigg Fair (arr. Ballenger) (1905/1991)
• Children's March (rev. Erickson) (1919/1971)
• Children's March (rev. Rogers) (1919/1995)
• Choral No 2 for Organ (as scorer; ed. Rogers) (1890/1941/20--?)
• Colonial Song (ed. Rogers) (1919/1997)
• Colonial Song (ed. Topolewski) (1919/2001)
• Country Gardens (arr. Sousa, Brion and Schissel) (1918/1953)
• Country Gardens (arr. Karrick) (1918/2013)
• Country Gardens (arr. Clark) (1918/1931)
• Danish Folk Music Settings (arr. Kreines) (1926-41/1950/)
• Died for Love
• Down Longford Way & Shenandoah (as orchestrator; arr. Osmon) (1928/1935/1990)
• Duke of Marlborough Fanfare, The (ed. Hunsberger) (1939/2000)
• Duke of Marlborough Fanfare, The (arr. Ragsdale) (1939/1995)
• Early One Morning (arr. Kreines). See: Two Grainger Melodies
• English Waltz (tr. Rogers) (1899-1901/1940-1947/1999)
• Faeroe Island Dance
• Father and Daughter (arr. Ragsdale) (1912)
• Four Grainger Songs (arr. Svanoe) (2003) (unpublished)
• Gay but Wistful (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
• A Grainger Threesome (arr. Ragsdale) (2007)
• Green Bushes (1906/2007) (tr. Pappajohn)
• Gumsucker's March (arr. Rogers) (1914/1942/1996)
• Handel in the Strand (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1912/2001)
• Handel in the Strand (arr. Goldman) (1912/1961)
• Handel in the Strand (arr. Rohrer) (1912/2015)
• Harvest Hymn (tr. Kreines) (1940/1983)
• Hill Song No. 1 (adapt. Rogers) (1901/1922/1923/1997)
• Hill-Song Nr. 1 (trans. Clark) (1901/1922/1923/2019)
• Hill Song No. 2
• Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapt. Sweeney) (1937/2008)
• The Immovable Do (1940)
• I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (tr. Daehn) (1905-12/1987)
• I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (arr. Wagner) (1905-12/1999)
• In Dahomey (arr. Miller)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (1918)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Kreines) (1918/1996)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Renshaw) (1918)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
• Lads of Wamphray Ballad (arr. Ragsdale) (1905/2018)
• Lads of Wamphray March (1905/1937)
• Lincolnshire Posy (ed. Fennell) (1937/1987/2010)
• Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Higgins) (1937/2008)
• Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapted. Sweeney) (1937/2017)
• Lord Maxwell's Goodnight (orch. Wilson)
• Lost Lady Found (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2011)
• Marching Song of Democracy (1917/1948/1991)
• Marching Song of Democracy (ed. Brion) (1917/1948/1991)
• Marching Tune (2013) (arr. Story)
• Merry King, The (ed. Schissel) (1905/2006)
• Mock Morris (arr. Kreines) (1910/1921)
• Mock Morris (arr. Perna) (1910/2010/2016)
• Molly on the Shore (1920)
• Molly on the Shore (ed. Clark and Schmidt) (1920/2002)
• Molly on the Shore (tr Ragsdale) (tr. Ragsdale) (1920/1978)
• My Dark-Haired Maid (ed. Ragsdale) (1899)
• Near Woodstock Town (arr. Cramer) (2004)
• Nightingale and the Two Sisters, The (arr. Kreines) (1931)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (setting) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Pagodes from "Estampes" (as arranger)
• Percy Grainger Portrait, A (arr. Wagner) (2010)
• A Percy Grainger Suite (arr. Erickson) (1996)
• The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1947/1953)
• Prelude in the Dorian Mode (as scorer)
• Rustic Dance (arr. Rogers) (1899/1950/2010)
• Scotch Strathspey and Reel (arr. Osmon) (1901-1911.1982)
• Sheep Shearing Song (as arranger) (1904/1923/1942/2017)
• Shepherd's Hey (1918)
• Shepherd's Hey (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
• Shepherd's Hey (arr De Stefano) (1918/2012)
• Spoon River (arr. Bainum) (1922/1967/2009)
• Spoon River (ed. Carson & Naylor) (1922/2010)
• Spoon River (arr. Sheldon) (1922)
• Spoon River (arr. Story) (1922/2014)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (scored Goldman) (1916/1965)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Clark) (1916/1996)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Simpson) (1916/1988)
• Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol, The (arr. Stotter) (1911/1916/2006)
• Themes from "Green Bushes" (arr. L. Daehn) (1906/1987)
• This is Not My Plaid (arr. Ragsdale) (2014)
• Three Tragic Ballads (arr. Ragsdale) (1924, 1902, 1909/2016)
• A Tribute to Grainger (arr. Ragsdale) (1999)
• Tuscan Serenade (as arranger) (1865/1937/1994)
• Two Grainger Melodies (trans. Kreines) (1912/1988)
• Two Grainger Sweets - Harvest Hymn and Mock Morris (arr. Krienes)
• Walking Tune (arr. L. Daehn) (1900/1940/1988)
• The Warriors (tr. Pappajohn) (1916/1998)
• We Have Fed Our Sea for a Thousand Years (1911)
• Willow, Willow (1911/1992) (orch. Simpson)
• Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1949)

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Percy Grainger." Accessed 19 January 2016
• Near Woodstock Town, Contemplator Accessed 19 January 2016