Seventeen Come Sunday
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Ed Huckeby)
Subtitle: From English Folk Song Suite, Mvt. 1
General Info
Year: 1924 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:35
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
C Instruments
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Violin
- Guitar
B-flat Instruments
- B-flat Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
E-flat Instruments
- E-flat Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
Part 2
C Instruments
- Flute
- Oboe
- Violin
B-flat Instruments
- B-flat Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet
E-flat Instruments
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- Horn in E-flat
Horn in F
Part 3
B-flat Instruments
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Euphonium T.C.
E-flat Instruments
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Horn in E-flat
Bass Clef
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Euphonium B.C.
- Cello
Horn in F
Viola
Part 4
B-flat Instruments
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- B-flat Euphonium T.C.
E-flat Instruments
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Bass Clef Instruments
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Euphonium B.C.
- Cello
Part 5
Tuba
Bass Part
- Keyboard Bass
- Electric Bass Guitar
- String Bass
B-flat Treble Clef Bass Part
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- B-flat Tuba T.C.
E-flat Treble Clef Bass Part
- E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- E-flat Tuba T.C.
Keyboards
- Piano
- Electric Piano
- Synthesizer
- Accordion
- Organ
Timpani (optional)
Mallet Percussion (optional), including:
- Bells
- Marimba
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Seventeen Come Sunday is the opening movement of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Folk Song Suite. It was written for military band, and premiered in 1923 as a four-movement suite. After the premiere, Vaughan Williams removed the second movement (entitled Sea Songs) which was published as a separate work, thus making the suite a three-movement work for publication.
The first movement of the suite, a march, is comprised of three English folk songs, Seventeen Come Sunday, Pretty Caroline, and Dives and Lazarus. The Folk Song Suite is one of Vaughan Williams’ most popular and most performed works for band.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Concert Band (Lauren Ryals, conductor) - 10 November 2022
- University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Tyler Strickland, conductor) - 3 May 2021
- Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Symphonic Band (Nathan Heed, conductor) - 20 April 2021
- Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina) Wind Ensemble (Carl Rowles, conductor) – 29 September 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
- My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
- Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
All Wind Works
- Concerto for Bass Tuba (arr. Wick and Chambers) (1954/1992)
- Concerto Grosso (arr. Grechesky) (1924)
- Concerto in F minor for Tuba and Winds (arr. Hare) (1954/1992)
- England's Pleasant Land (arr. Noble) (1938/2017)
- English Folk Song Suite. See: Folk Song Suite
- English Folk Song Suite (arr. Villanueva) (1924/)
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (arr. Bocook) (1910/2006)
- Fantasia on Christmas Carols (arr. Laughlin) (1912/2016/2020)
- Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. Wagner) (1934/2011)
- Five English Folk Songs (arr. Feldman) (1913/2009)
- Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" (arr. Gregson) (1939/2004)
- Flourish for Glorious John (orch. Boyd) (1957/1998)
- Flourish for Wind Band (1939)
- Folk Song Suite (1924/2008)
- Folk Songs from Somerset (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
- The Golden Vanity (arr. Wagner) (1933/2009)
- I Vow to Thee, My Country (as setter; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
- Lark Ascending, The (tr. Silvester) (1914/1925/2003)
- Linden Lea (arr. Wagner) (1902/2013)
- Linden Lea (arr. Stout) (1902/1984)
- The Lowlands of Scotland (arr. Daehn) (1912/2006)
- March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (arr. Erwin) (1909/2010)
- My Bonny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
- Norfolk Rhapsody (tr. Robert O'Brien) (1905)
- Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor (tr. O'Toole) (1906/2014?)
- Overture to "The Wasps" (tr. Frank Hudson) (1909)
- Prelude, 49th Parallel (arr. van der Beek) (1960/2018)
- Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Noble) (1941/2014)
- Prelude: 49th Parallel (arr. Winkler) (1941/1960)
- Prelude from "49th Parallel" (tr. Osmon) (1941/1960/1987/2002)
- Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes (arr. Curnow) (1954/1982)
- Prelude: The New Commonwealth (arr. Grauer) (1940/2006)
- A Ralph Vaughan Williams Portrait (arr. Wagner) (2018)
- Rhosymedre (tr. Beeler) (1920/1972)
- Rhosymedre (tr. Johnston) (1920/2011)
- Rhosymedre (tr. Baldwin) (1920/)
- The Running Set (arr. Daehn) (1933/2007)
- The Running Set (tr. Silvester) (1933)
- Scherzo alla Marcia (1956)
- Sea Songs (1924)
- Sea Songs (arr. Longfield) (1924/2006)
- Seventeen Come Sunday (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1924/2020)
- Sine Nomine (arr. Cacavas) (1906/1998)
- Sine Nomine (arr. Houseknecht) (1906/1960)
- Sine Nomine (arr. Reed) (1906/1976)
- Songs of Travel (arr. Patterson) (1901-4)
- Three Dorset Songs (arr. Stotter) (1902-1903/2003)
- Three Studies in English Folk Song (arr. Harbinson) (1927/1999/2003)
- Toccata Marziale (1924)
- Toccata Marziale (ed. Battisti) (1924/2005)
- Variations for Wind Band (trans. Hunsberger) (1957/1988/1997)
- A Vaughan Williams Christmas (arr. Wagner) (1999)
- Wassail (arr. Smith)
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