Pleasant Valley
Albert Oliver Davis (as Eric Hanson)
General Info
Year: 1954
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
- Condensed Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-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 Cornet Solo-I-II-III
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion, including:
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Snare Drum
- *Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Pleasant Valley, a festival overture by the composer of Green Meadows and Allan-a-Dale overtures, named this composition for a beautiful spot between the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought there October 10th, 1774, and General George Washington called this valley Pleasant Valley.
- Program Note from score
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Allerseelen (as transcriber; ed. Fennell) (1885/1955/1987)
- Anasazi
- Annie Laurie (as arranger)
- As Torrents in Summer (as arranger)
- Bohemian Scene (1964)
- Fantasy on a Danish Theme (1967)
- From Shire and Sea (1966)
- Habanera (as arranger) (1963)
- A Nordic Trilogy (with Erickson and Reed) (1967)
- Penguin March
- Pleasant Valley (as Eric Hanson) (1954)
- Polka Dot Polka
- Pride of the State (2004)
- Recuerdos de los Conquistadores
- Rhenish Folk Festival (1983)
- Songs of the British Isles (1997)
- Theme from "Samson and Delilah" (as arranger) (1964)
- Welsh Folk Suite (1958)
Resources
- Hanson, E. (1954). Pleasant Valley [score]. Ludwig: [s.l.].