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Sailing Songs
General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 6:11
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Claves
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Based on three familiar songs about sailors and the sea, this symphonic setting makes use of the unique colors and sonorities of the concert band. The piece features both rhythmic and melodic interest in all parts, with a careful consideration given to the playability of the piece.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class CC
- Mississippi: V-A
- North Carolina: IV
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: IV
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Gary Willems, conductor) – 12 June 2018
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Charles Buck III, conductor) – 23 July 2013
- Austin (Minn.) High School Concert Band (Bradley Mariska, conductor) – 7 March 2013
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
- Del Borgo, E. (1995). Sailing Songs [score]. Alfred: [s.l.]