Songs of Old Kentucky

From Wind Repertory Project
Brant Karrick

Brant Karrick


General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00   |   Score Only - $10.00


Movements

1. John Giley (with Wayfaring Stranger) - 3:15
2. Barn Dance - 2:30


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Snare Drum
  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Bells
  • Chimes
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Triangle
  • Wind Chimes
  • Wood Block
  • Xylophone

Players clapping


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

The Kentucky mountaineers have preserved a proud heritage of traditional ballads, and other old Scottish and English folk songs brought to America by their ancestors. Borrowing from this wonderful genre of folk songs, this outstanding setting of John Riley, The Lonesome Scenes of Winter, Sourwood Mountain, Frog Went-A- Courting, and Loving Hannah is destined to become a band classic. Skillfully scored and imaginative in setting, Songs of Old Kentucky provides a charming vehicle for expressive playing.

- Program Note from publisher


Five folk tunes are employed in Karricks Songs of Old Kentucky. All come from transcriptions made by Josephine McGill and Loraine Wyman, who traveled the Cumberland Mountains during the early 20th century collecting a total of more than 200 songs. These songs reflect the heritage of the mountain settlers, reaching back to their Scottish and English roots of generations past.

The work was premiered in 2006 by the Kentucky Music Educators Association District — IX All District Band, the group for which it was commissioned. John Riley (with Wayfaring Stranger), is the first movement of the work. The music emerges from a beautiful if somewhat lonely alto saxophone soliloquy. Soon joined in counterpoint by the clarinet, the lines unfold to engage the entire ensemble in a colorful tapestry of thematic statements until the movement is called to conclusion through the return of the melancholy call of the alto saxophone.

- Program Note by the Louisville Concert Band concert program, 19 December 2013


Media


State Ratings

  • Florida: IV
  • Texas: III. Complete


Performances

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Resources

  • Kerrick. B. (2007). Songs of Old Kentucky [score]. Alfred Publishing: Van Nuys, Ca.