Passacaglia on an Old English Carol

Robert Longfield

Traditional carol arranged by Robert Longfield

General Info

Year: 2001
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carol
Publisher: FJH Music Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $8.25;

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Here's a rich, compelling treatment of The Coventry Carol (Lullay, Lullay) . There are seven variations on this ancient English theme, ranging from the sublime to the intense.

- Program Note by publisher

The Coventry Carol is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew: the carol itself refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod ordered all male infants under the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed, and takes the form of a lullaby sung by mothers of the doomed children.

The music contains a well-known example of a Picardy third. The author is unknown; the oldest known text was written down by Robert Croo in 1534, and the oldest known setting of the melody dates from 1591.The carol is traditionally sung a cappella.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media Links

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Penn.) Symphonic Winds (Travis Weller conductor) - 13 November 2020
• Covenant High School Band – 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1812/2011)
• The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2017/2020)
• Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1954/2006/2017)
• Three Ayres from Gloucester (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1969/2016)
• Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1993/2019)

All Wind Works

• Airs of the Court (as arranger) (1931/2009)
• Allegretto (as arranger) (1812/2011)
• Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1812/2011)
• Also Sprach Zarathustra (as arranger)
• America (Longfield)
• And the Mountains Echoed: Gloria! (1997)
• The Avengers (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2017/2020)
• The Armed Man (as arranger) (1999/2015)
• The Banks of Green Willow (as arranger) (1913/2017)
• The Bells of Christmas (2002)
• Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger)
• Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (as arranger) (2005)
• Cakewalk (as arranger)
• Carol of the Bells (as adapter)
• Celebration (as arranger)
• Chorale from "Concord" (as arranger) (1988/2018)
• Cinema Paradiso (as arranger) (1988/2012)
• Cruzan Dances
• Danza Final (as arranger) (1941/2009)
• Deck the Halls (as arranger with Davis)
• El Camino Real (as arranger) (1985/2013)
• El Choclo (as arranger) (2006)
• The Engulfed Cathedral (as arranger)
• España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/1998)
• Excelsior
• Excerpts from "Symphony No. 5" Finale (as arranger) (1937/2007)
• Faeries (as adapter)
• Fanfare for the Common Man (as arranger) (1942/1944/2007)
• Fantasia on "Kingsfold" (as arranger) (2014)
• Farandole (as arranger)
• Finale to "Symphony No. 5" (as adapter) (1804-1808/2020)
• First Suite in E-flat (as arranger)
• Five Little Dances (as transcriber) (1946/2013)
• Freedom, Justice, Honor
• Gabriel's Oboe (as arranger) (1986/2009)
• Good King Wenceslas (as adapter)
• Greensleeves (arr. Davis) (as editor) (2011)
• Hallelujah (as adapter)
• Highlights from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (as arranger) (1971/2009)
• The Holly and the Ivy (as adapter) (1988/1995)
• Honor Roll, The
• Hungarian Dance No 5 (arr Longfield) (as arranger)
• In Glory Triumphant
• In Quest of Excellence
• Italian Holiday (2009)
• Kalinka (as arranger) (2017)
• Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1954/2006/2017)
• Mamma Mia! (as arranger)
• Oblivion (as arranger)
• Overture to "Abduction from the Seraglio" (as arranger)
• Parade March (as arranger)
• Passacaglia on an Old English Carol (as arranger) (2001)
• Pat-a-Pan (as adapter)
• Purple Twilight
• Rapp's Woods Ramble (2004)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/1996)
• Sanctuary (Longfield)
• Second Suite in F (as adapter) (1911/2007)
• Selections from "Capriol Suite" (as arranger)
• Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (arr Longfield) (as arranger)
• Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46 (as arranger)
• Slavonic March (as arranger) (1878/2017)
• Stille Nacht (as arranger with Chip Davis) (1818/1987?)
• Street Tango (as arranger) (2017)
• Summertime from "Porgy and Bess" (as arranger)
• Swedish Hymn of Praise
• Take the Blues Train
• Three Ayres from Gloucester (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1969/2016)
• Transformations
• Turkish March (as arranger)
• Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1993/2019)
• Vortex (Longfield)
• Water Music (as arranger) (1717/1997)
• When Summer's in the Meadow
• Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
• White Eagle, The
• X Brigade, The

Resources

• Coventry Carol, Wikipedia Accessed 25 December 2015
• Longfield, R. (2001). Passacaglia on an Old English Carol [score]. FJH Music: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.