Prelude: 49th Parallel
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Paul Noble)
General Info
Year: 1941 / 2014
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: bandmusicpdf.net
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Crash Cymbals
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Composed in 1941 for the film 49th Parallel - The Invaders, the drama and depth of the music was intended to influence the United States, which was then neutral, to enter the war.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Coquitlam, B.C.) (David Brantner, conductor) – 9 December 2017
- Indiana University Wind Ensemble (Stephen W. Pratt, conductor) - 7 April 2015
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 Christmas Carols (arr. Laughlin) (1912/2016/2020)
- 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)
- The Golden Vanity (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)
- The Running Set (tr. Silvester) (1933)
- Scherzo alla Marcia (1956)
- Sea Songs (1924)
- Sea Songs (arr. Longfield) (1924/2006)
- 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)
- A Vaughan Williams Christmas (arr. Wagner) (1999)
- Wassail (arr. Smith)
Resources
None discovered thus far.