Rapp's Woods Ramble

Robert Longfield

Robert Longfield

General Info

Year: 2004
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Sandpaper Blocks
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This clever concert march is exactly what you've come to expect from Robert Longfield. Evoking images of childhood adventures in the woods, this stately march has a delightful melody and a tongue-and-cheek B section, featuring sand blocks in a dialogue with the winds.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: New World School of the Arts Wind Ensemble (Rodester Brandon, conductor) - 2005

State Ratings

• West Virginia: II

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwalbe, conductor) - 5 March 2023
• John F. Kennedy Junior High School (Hanford, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Michael Schofield, conductor) - 24 March 2017 (2017 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
• SUSD Honors Band – 2010
• New World School of the Arts Wind Ensemble (Miami, Fla.) (Rodester Brandon, conductor) – 16 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)

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)
• Lean on Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1972/2021)
• 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: Fanfare (as arranger) (1896/2001)
• America
• 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)
• Downton Abbey (as arranger) (2010/2015)
• 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) (1891/)
• 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
• Fum, Fum, Fum (as arranger, with Chip Davis) (2006)
• Gabriel's Oboe (as arranger) (1986/2009)
• Good King Wenceslas (as adapter)
• Greensleeves (arr. Davis) (as editor) (2011)
• Hallelujah (as adapter; arr. Davis) (1741/2004)
• Hallelujah Chorus (as arranger) (1741/1994)
• Highlights from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (as arranger) (1971/2009)
• The Holly and the Ivy (as adapter) (1988/1995)
• The Honor Roll
• Hungarian Dance No. 5 (as arranger) (1869/1996)
• Hungarian Dance No. 6 (as arranger) (1869/2005)
• Hymnsong from "Mannin Veen" (as arranger) (1933/2022)
• In Glory Triumphant
• In Quest of Excellence
• Italian Holiday (2009)
• Kalinka (as arranger) (2017)
• Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1954/2006/2017)
• Lean on Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1972/2021)
• Mamma Mia! (as arranger)
• Music from "The Shape of Water" (as arranger) (2017/2018)
• Oblivion (as arranger)
• Over the Waves Waltz (as arranger) (1888/2017)
• Overture to "Abduction from the Seraglio" (as arranger)
• Parade March (as arranger)
• Passacaglia (as arranger) (c. 1720/2014)
• Passacaglia on an Old English Carol (as arranger) (2001)
• Pat-a-Pan (as adapter)
• The Purple Twilight (1993)
• Rapp's Woods Ramble (2004)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/1996)
• Sanctuary
• Second Suite in F (as adapter) (1911/2007)
• Selections from "Capriol Suite" (as arranger)
• Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (as arranger) (1884/1992)
• Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/)
• Slavonic Dance No. 1, Op. 72 (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
• The Toy Trumpet (as arranger) (1937/2012)
• 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
• Water Music (as arranger) (1717/1997)
• When Summer's in the Meadow
• Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
• The White Eagle
• The X Brigade

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Robert Longfield." Accessed 29 March 2017
• Perusal score