They're Off!

Fred Jewell

Subtitle: Galop

General Info

Year: 1918 / 2009
Duration: c. 1:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

"They're Off" is a phrase used while racing horses who gallop. It is also the title of a race-horse-themed galop published in 19181. The fifth and last of such compositions by the outstanding circus composer Fred A. Jewell (1875-1936), it appeared soon aftwer Jewell retired from touring with traveling circuses in later 1917 in favor of a more stable life. In early 1918 he became the director of the local band in Fairfield, Iowa, where the style of music performed tended to be more conventional than the relatively frenetic and colorful numbers used under the big top.

While we are on the theme of horses, galops also have been popular with bands playing at rodeos, where fast and short pieces are required.

- Program Note from Circus Songs

This fun-filled, rollicking galop from the golden age of the circus is accelerated excitement for performers and audience alike. This sounds great at a wide range of tempos and your band will love seeing just how fast they can go.

- Program Note adapted from publisher

This arrangement dedicated to the world's greatest bass drummer, Mr. Doug MacLeod.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Washington Winds (Edward Petersen, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Ryan Scherber, conductor) - 21 November 2022
Knightwind Ensemble (Milwaukee, Wisc.) (Erik N. Janners, conductor) – Winter 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)

All Wind Works

Airy Fairy
American Leader, The
Banner Bearer, The
Battle Royal
Booster Boys
Boy Scouts, The
Carnival Queen, The
Cavaletta
Coast Defenders, The
Collegian
Counterpoint
Crawley's
Crimson Petal, The (1901)
The Denver Post March (1905)
Director General, The
E Pluribus Unum (1917)
E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
Easy Walker
El Campo
Explorer
Floto's Triumph
Fritz, The
Galop - Go! (1915)
Gentry's Triumphal (1900)
Guy, The
Hail to Old Glory
High and Mighty (arr. Glover) (1917/2005)
Huston, The
In the Lead
Intercolonial
Jolly Rover, A
Kick Off, The
La Linea
Last Call, The
Lawsy Massy
Little Traveler
Magnet
March to Mecca
Murat Temple Band March (1925)
Myrtle
New Arrival, The
Officer of the Guard
Old Circus Band March, The (1922)
Old Home Guards
On the Firing Line
Our Mascot
Our Special
The Outlook (1913)
Pass It Along
Path of Honor
Progressive American, The
Quality Plus (1913)
Quality Plus (arr. Longfield) (1913/1994)
Radio Waves (arr. Rhea) (1922/2003)
Request, The
Revelry
Rosemary
Roses of Memory
Scoutmaster
The Screamer (arr. Kopetz) (1906/2006)
Shrine of Liberty (1922)
Skidoo
Some Band Rag
Spick and Span
Supreme Triumph (1920)
Supreme Triumph (arr. Rhea) (1920/)
Tecumseh
They're Off! (arr. Glover) (1918/2009)
Tramp - March
Trombone Blues (1918)
Undertow, The
Whirlwind (Jewell)
Young Love
Yours Truly (1908)

Resources

Jewell, F.; Glover, A. (2009). They're Off: Galop [score]. C.L. Barnhouse; Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Perusal score
Studwell, William E., et al., editors. Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology. The Haworth Press, 1999, p. 31.