Variations on "Jerusalem the Golden"
Charles Ives (trans. Keith Brion)
Subtitle: For Concert Band and a Brass Band of Old Fashioned Instruments (or Modern Brass Sextet or Quintet)
General Info
Year: 1900 / 1974
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: Grade IV(see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Brass Band
- Solo B-flat Cornet
- E-flat Alto Horn I-II-III
- Baritone
- E-flat Tuba
Piccolo I-II (II optional)
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional Bassoon III)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
Solo B-flat Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Solo B-flat Cornet
B-flat Cornet (or Trumpet) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Keith Brion's speculative reconstruction of this set is thoroughly in keeping with the concerto grosso, or ritornello, scheme of the countless solo and ensemble fantasies that enlivened band concerts of the day. Accordingly, this performance features a sextet of the older, small-bore brass instruments alternating with the full, modern concert band. Brion's source is an ink copy made by Ives's father of a sketch composed during Charlie's early teens that is quite possibly the Fantasia on "Jerusalem the Golden" that Ives includes under the "Brass Band" heading of a later work list.
- Program Note by Jonathan Elkus
Media
State Ratings
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Performances
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- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Jeffrey Spenner, conductor) - 12 February 2023
- Rhode Island College (Providence) Wind Ensemble (Robert Franzblau, conductor) – 12 March 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Eastern Division Conference, West Chester, Penn.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Alcotts (tr. Elkus) (1920/1947)
- The Alcotts (tr. Thurston) (1920/1972)
- Charlie Rutlage (tr. Sinclair)
- A Christmas Carol (tr. Paxton) (1922/2016)
- The Circus Band (tr. Elkus)
- A Concord Symphony (tr. Patterson) (1920/2010)
- "Country Band" March (tr. Sinclair) (1903/1974)
- Decoration Day (tr. Elkus)
- Fantasia on "Jerusalem the Golden" (1888)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 2" (tr. Elkus) (1907/1974)
- Four Eccentric Songs (tr. Paxton) (1922/2016)
- Fugue in C (arr. Sinclair) (1900/1992)
- Here's to Good Ol' Yale: See: March 6: Here's to Good Ol' Yale
- In the Mornin' (arr. Singleton) (1929)
- Lento Maestoso and Finale from "Symphony No. 2" (tr. Elkus) (1907/1974/2001)
- March 6: Here's to Good Ol' Yale (tr. Elkus) (1897/2003)
- March Intercollegiate (ed. Brion) (1892(?)/1973)
- Memories, Very Pleasant and and Rather Sad (arr. Elkus) (1922/2011?)
- Old Fashioned Hymns (tr. Paxton) (1922/2016)
- Old Home Days (arr. Elkus) (1954)
- Omega Lambda Chi (ed. Brion) (1896/1974)
- Overture and March "1776" (tr. Sinclair) (1904/1910)
- Postlude in F (tr. Singleton) (1890-92/1991)
- Ragtime Dance No. 4 (trans. Sinclair) (?/1990)
- Runaway Horse on Main Street (1908)
- A Son of a Gambolier (arr. Elkus) (1892/1962)
- Symphony No. 2. See: Lento Maestoso and Finale from "Symphony No. 2" and Finale from "Symphony No. 2"
- They are There! (arr. Sinclair)
- The Unanswered Question (1908/1935/1989)
- Variations on "America" (orch. Schuman, tr. Rhoads) (1891/1968)
- Variations on "Jerusalem the Golden" (tr. Brion) (1900/1974)
Resources
- Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 163. Print.
- "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. Charles Ives's America. CD album booklet.