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Song of the Sea Maidens
General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-tom
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Song of the Sea Maidens is a programmatic work which tells the story of sailors who, while on a peaceful trading voyage, are caught in a violent storm that sweeps their ship off course. The sailors struggle against the storm, but eventually the waves become too powerful and the sailors are no longer able to maintain their position. They are pushed toward the dangerous cliffs of a remote island, but are unable to detect the impending disaster because of the storm. Sea Maidens, living on the cliffs off the island, see the sailors in troubled water below and begin to sing. The sailors hear the song in the distance, softly at first, but growing louder. As the song surges above the roar of the waves, the sailors realize the danger they are in and quickly direct their ship around the island. The storm soon dissipates and the sailors are once again left to the tranquility of the sea.
Song of the Sea Maidens was commissioned by John Bell and the Park Hill Senior High School Symphonic Band for their performance at the 1992 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Symphony (Debra Traficante, conductor) – 12 April 2021
- Nassau-Suffolk Performing Arts Concert Band (James Dragovich, conductor) - 6 May 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alchemy (2008/2013)
- All the Pretty Little Horses. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Ancient Runes (2017)
- Apples (2018)
- Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
- Bright Sunny Days (2013)
- By My Side (2018)
- Casus Belli
- Celebration In Brass
- Concerto for Percussion (as transcriber) (1994/1997)
- Conversations with the Night (1994)
- Dance, from All Hail the Power
- December Dance (2005)
- Diamond Jubilee Suite (2018)
- Distorted Images: A Jazzman's Nightmare
- A Fallen Leaf
- Fanfare: In Memoriam (2015)
- Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa (2003)
- Frenzy
- The Four Horsemen
- A Glimpse through the Trees
- Grant Them Eternal Rest
- Havener Fanfare (2012)
- Heirloom
- I Am (1990)
- John Henry
- Joyride
- Kinetic Energy (1994)
- Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
- Metamorphosis (2013)
- Old Ben's Farm (2016/2019)
- On the Merrimack (2010)
- Ovations
- Phoenix (2020)
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Relentless
- Scarborough Fair. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Scherzo
- Scherzo No 2 (2013)
- Shades of Ivory
- Simple Song
- Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
- Song for Lyndsay (2005)
- Song for My Children (2013)
- Song for My Parents (2020)
- Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
- Song of the Sea Maidens
- Stamp, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Star-Crossed (2013)
- Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
- Symphony No. 3 (1999)
- Symphony No. 4 (2006)
- Symphony No. 6
- Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
- Symphony No. 10 (2019)
- This Is the Drum (2013)
- Thoughts of You
- Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
- Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2013)
- Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
- To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
- Tricycle (1997)
- Twilight of the Gods (2010)
- An Uncommon Man
- Unraveling
- Urban Scenes
- The Vikings (2015)
- Winter of the World
Resources
- Andrew Boysen Jr. website Accessed
- Boysen Jr., A. (1994). Song of the Sea Maidens [score]. Neil A. Kjos Music Company: San Diego, Calif.
- Perusal score