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Quilting Bee, A
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General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maecenas Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown | Score Only - $25.00
Movements
1. He's Gone Away
2. Sweet Betsy from Pike
3. Shortnin' Bread
4. She'll Be Comin' round the Mountain
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II (II doubles Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
These diversions are not the sole preserve of young players, but as the commission was for premier by high schools, I thought it would be a nice idea to add a 'theme' that would acquaint them with a fine custom of our earlier times, not so very long ago but now sadly fading from memory.
In days gone by it was usual for respectable, good-hearted ladies in the community to gather in each other's homes to make clothes, blankets, and the like for their needy neighbours, exchange news,and take a glass or two of cordial. These sewing or quilting bees as they were called, sprang up everywhere and were a great item on the social round. The ladies entertained themselves with stories and music, singing together or in turn: not art songs so much as traditional airs and ballads, themselves usually good-hearted though not always respectable. I chose four from different regions, songs I've known almost as long as I can remember, and present them the way I think of them, not in an academic, respectful or overly sophisticated style, but affectionately.
-Program note by the composer
Commercial Discography
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State Ratings
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Recent Performances
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
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Additional Resources
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