Spirit of '76

Clare Grundman

Clare Grundman

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Subtitle: Based on Songs of the Time of George Washington and the American Revolution

General Info

Year: 1964
Duration: c. 8:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $15.00   |   Score Only (print) - $11.95; (digital) - $15.00

For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Based on songs of the time of George Washington and the American Revolution and includes Washington's March at Trenton; Yankee Doodle; Norah, Dear Norah; and Girls and Boys.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: U.S. Coast Guard Band (Lewis J. Buckley, conductor) - 2011

Media

• Audio: U.S. Coast Guard Band

State Ratings

• New York: Concert Band IV
• West Virginia: III

Performances

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• Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) - 20 May 2018
• McKinney (Tx.) Community Band (Jeremy Kondrat, conductor) – 2 July 2017

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)

All Wind Works

• American Folk Rhapsody No. 1
• American Folk Rhapsody No. 2 (1959)
• American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 (1970)
• American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 (1977)
• Bernstein Tribute, A (as arranger)
• The Blue and the Gray (1961)
• The Blue and the Gray (arr. Longfield) (1961/2013)
• Blue-Tail Fly, The (1951)
• Burlesque for Band (1967)
• Chorale from "Concord" (arr. Longfield) (1988/2018)
• Concord (1987)
• Concertante for Alto Sax and Band (1973)
• Copland Portrait, A
• Copland Tribute, A (as arranger)
• English Christmas, An (1982)
• English Suite (1968)
• Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952)
• Fantasy on English Hunting Songs (1985)
• The Green Domino (1951)
• Hebrides Suite (1962)
• Irish Rhapsody, An (1971)
• Japanese Rhapsody (1969)
• Kentucky 1800
• Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
• Little English Suite (1968)
• Little Suite for Band
• A Medieval Story (1966)
• Music for a Carnival (1957)
• Nocturne for Harp and Band
• Quiet Christmas (1959)
• Scottish Rhapsody, A
• Second American Folk Rhapsody (1959)
• Señor, Señor (1963) (as Carlos Guermo)
• Somerset Rhapsody, A (as transcriber) (1906/1927/1980)
• Spirit of '76 (1964)
• Three Sketches for Winds (1969)
• Two Moods (1947)
• Tuba Rhapsody
• Welsh Rhapsody, A
• Western Dance (1968)

Resources

• Grundman, C. (1964). The Spirit of '76. Based on Songs of the Time of George Washington and the American Revolution. [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: New York.