Overture on an American Folk Tune
General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: IV(see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Douglas Akey's Overture on an American Folk Tune was written for the All County Honor Band in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is based on the familiar folk song, Erie Canal. The slow, powerful introduction is comprised of fragments of the famous melody. The tempo then suddenly increases, yielding a driving, staccato variation featuring trumpets and percussion. After giving way to a mysterious section played by flutes and low brass, the "Allegro" reappears in an exciting contrapuntal form.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by and dedicated to the All County High School Band, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class B
- North Carolina: IV
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kishwaukee Concert Band (DeKalb, Ill.) (Dave Lehman, conductor) – 22 October 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Albion (1994)
- An Angel Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Awaken to the Morning Light
- Canarios Fantasia (1999)
- Cheyenne Cañon (2005)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1995)
- Entry of the Nobles (2003)
- Ever More Distant (2007)
- A Farnaby Prelude (2000)
- Fire Dance (2001)
- Flourish & Festivity (2003)
- Joy Fantastique
- Mountainbrook March (2001)
- Mystic Battle
- Over Slope and Summit (2006)
- Overture Jubilate (2013)
- Overture on an American Folk Tune (1999)
- Peregrin (1994)
- Pirates (1995)
- A Praetorius Prelude (1997)
- Riders on the Wind (2004)
- Rocky Mountain Carnival (2003)
- Rhapsodie Noel (1997)
- The Sorcerer's Procession (2004)
- A Susato Prelude (1994)
- Tales of the Emerald Isle (2003)
- A Tallis Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Voyage Through the Night (2001)
- The Wayfarer's Journey (2010)
- Wild Dance (2011)
Resources
- "Douglas Akey." Hal Leonard. Accessed 21 October 2017