Roll 'Em Up
Subtitle: Drum Solo
General Info
Year: 1922
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Harry L. Alford
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Solo B-flat Cornet Score
Solo Percussion
D-flat Piccolo
C Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Soprano Cornet
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Tenor Horn I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
An Alford original, Roll ’Em Up has a strong vaudeville connection: it was dedicated to Al. Sweet (1876–1945), leader of the famous “White Hussars” stage band act.
Harry Alford was the first arranger to truly understand and support the new concept of the single-player “drum set” as it was developing in the early 1900s. He consulted with the best players and the most innovative manufacturers (Ludwig, Leedy, and Slingerland -- all Chicago-based) and became an expert on the technique of set drumming.
- Program Note by Rick Benjamin
To Al Sweet, who gave the title.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Cedar Falls (Iowa) Municipal Band (Dennis A. Downs, conductor; Matt Andreini, percussion) - 21 June 2022
- Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau) Wind Symphony (Martin Reynolds, conductor; Jap Contrino, percussion) – 3 March 2015
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Call of the Elk March (1920)
- Evanston Civic Band March (as arranger) (1925)
- Glory of the Gridiron March (1932)
- Law and Order (1926)
- Lucy's Sextette (ed. and trans. Oliver) (1913/2010)
- March of the Illini (1926/1928)
- My Hero (as arranger) (1908/1936)
- The Purple Carnival (1933)
- Roll 'Em Up (1922)
- Skyliner (ed. Kinsey) (1936/2022)
- A Step Ahead (1940)
- The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (1934)
Resources
- Alford, H. (1922). Roll 'Em Up: One Step or Fox Trot [score]. Harry L. Alford: [s.l.].
- Benjamin, R. " Minding the Score: The Music of Harry L. Alford—America’s Pioneer Arranger." Web. Accessed 23 June 2022