Twelve Days of Christmas, The (arr. Balent)

Andrew Balent

Traditional English carol arranged by Andrew Balent

Subtitle: Traditional English Carol

General Info

Year: 1997
Duration:
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carol
Publisher: Carl Fisher
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Snare Drum

Chorus (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Twelve Days of Christmas is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly numerous gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day). The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin.

The tunes of collected versions vary. The standard tune now associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who introduced the familiar prolongation of the verse "five gold rings" (now often "five golden rings").

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Fayette (Mo.) High School Sixth Grade Band - 11 December 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Air and Finale (as arranger) (1717/1989)
• Amazing Grace (as arranger) (2002)
• American Pride (2002)
• The Angels of Christmas (as arranger)
• Bacchanale (as arranger) (1877/2002)
• Bill Bailey's Brass (as arranger) (2003)
• Can Santa Can Can? (as arranger) (2005)
• Czardas (as arranger) (1904)
• Dance of the Tumblers (as arranger) (1882/2000)
• Dragons and Jet Planes (as arranger) (1970)
• Finale from Symphony No. 4 (as arranger)
• Fughetta (as arranger) (2012)
• The Gladiator March (as arranger) (1886/2007)
• Golliwogg's Cakewalk (as arranger)
• Hands Across the Sea (as arranger) (1899/2012)
• Hunting Song (2005)
• Invercargill March (as arranger) (1908/1913)
• Jingle Bell Brass (as arranger) (2001)
• John Denver (as arranger) (1998)
• Joshua (as arranger)
• The Klaxon (as arranger) (1930/1995)
• Little Brazil Suite (as arranger) (2006)
• Lullaby for Clarinets (2002)
• Manhattan Beach March (as arranger) (2015)
• Maple Leaf Rag (as arranger) (1899/1916/1992)
• Marching Through America (as arranger) (1993)
• Military Escort (as arranger) (1923/1990)
• Orpheus Overture (as arranger)
• Sabre Dance (as arranger)
• Selections from The Nutcracker Suite (as arranger)
• Semper Fidelis (as arranger) (1888/2009)
• Simple Gifts (as arranger) (1986)
• Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46 (as arranger) (1878/2010)
• Sound Off (as arranger) (1885/2018)
• Stand Tall America (as arranger)
• Take Me out to the Ball Game (as arranger) (1908/2008)
• Tenth Regiment March (as arranger) (1895/2004)
• Them Basses March (as arranger) (1924/1987)
• Tidings of Comfort and Joy (as arranger)
• Tomahawk Dance (1994)
• Torch of Valor (as arranger) (2004)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas (as arranger) (1987)
• Waltzing Matilda (as arranger) (1997)

Resources

• Balent, A. [1997]. The Twelve Days of Christmas : Traditional English Carol [score]. Carl Fisher: New York.
• The Twelve Days of Christmas, Wikipedia Accessed 24 December 2020