Renaissance Couplet

Elliot Del Borgo

General Info

Year: 1994
Duration: c. 4:35
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Folk songs
Publisher: Kendor Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (I doubling Alto Clarinet)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone (doubling Contra-Alto Clarinet)
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players), including:

Bells
Snare Drum
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work is a medley of two Renaissance folk songs, O Jesu Christe (O Jesus Christ) by Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559); and Haec Dies (This Day) by Oreste Ravanello (1871-1938).

- Program Note from Young Band Repertoire Project

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class D
Florida: II
Louisiana: I
Texas: I. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)

All Wind Works

Adagio for Winds (1974)
Ancient Air and Dance (2000)
Ancient Moon (2000)
Blue Ridge Holiday
Call to Glory
Calypso a la Rondo (2003)
Canterbury Overture
Celtic Suite (1994)
Ceremoniale (1981)
Chant Rituals (1993)
Chorale and Canon (1985)
Chorale and Variant (1969)
A Christmas Fantasia (1989)
A Christmas Triptych (as arranger) (1994)
Christmas Variants (2000)
Cole Porter in Concert (as arranger)
Commemoration Overture (1976)
Continental Christmas Suite (1996/2010)
Coventry Carol
Crown and Scepter
Dervish Dance
Dies Irae
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1979)
Dorian Rhapsody (1996)
Fantasia for Christmas (1998)
Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924/1994)
Festa! (1985)
Fire Dance (Del Borgo) (2004)
A Flemish Carol (1994)
Flight of Eagles
Fortress Variants (2004)
Gaelic Rhapsody (1987)
Good King's Christmas, A
Intermezzo Sinfonico (as arranger) (1890/2003)
A Jefferson Portrait (2001)
Joyant Overture
Knightsbridge Overture (1987)
Lest We Forget
Locksley Hall (1996)
Lux Aeterna (1993)
Miss Liberty's Promise
Modal Song and Dance (1985)
Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)
New England Suite
Ode to Joy
Overture for Winds (1982)
Phantom Ship
Prelude and Dance
Prologue and Dance (1981)
Renaissance Couplet (as arranger) (1994)
Rituale (1981)
Ritual Dances
Sailing Songs (1995)
Sea Trilogy
Serial Music (1970)
Shaker Variants (1995)
Slavonic Dances
Soliloquy and Dance
Songs of the Whalemen (1995)
The Steppes of Russia (1999)
Symphonic Essay (1973)
Symphonic Paraphrase (1995)
Tryptich II (1985)
Two British Folk Songs (1993)
Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
Yultide Celebration

Resources

"Jacquet of Mantua (1483 - 2 October 1559)." IMSLP. Web. – Accessed 23 August 2021
Jacquet of Mantua. Wikipedia Accessed 23 August 2021
Lammons, Laurie Jean ."Renaissance Couplet" Young Band Repertoire Project, Spring 2000. Web. Accessed 23 August 2021
Oreste_Ravanello Oreste Ravanello. Choral Public Domain Library. Accessed 23 August 2021