With Quiet Courage

Larry Daehn

General Info

Year: 1996
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Mallet Percussion
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

B-flat Bass Clarinet, m.8: The last two B-flats should be tied (measure 24 is correct).

Program Notes

The composer prefaces this composition in honor of his mother with these words:

Her life was heroic, but without fanfare.
She worked and hoped and inspired.
She loved and was loved.

Her life was a noble song of quiet courage.

The best review I found for this wonderfully touching composition is this: “How to cry in four minutes.”

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Iowa: III
Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
Kansas: IV
Louisiana: III
Maryland: IV
Michigan: Senior High C
Mississippi: III-A
North Carolina: II
Oklahoma: III-A
South Carolina: III
Tennessee: III
Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Wind Symphony (Luccas Souza, conductor) - 1 October 2023
Kent State University (Ohio) Symphony Band (Catarina Tran, conductor) - 7 March 2023
Clovis (Calif.) Community Band (Dan Lindstrom, conductor) - 24 April 2022
Kennesaw (Ga.) State University University Band (Hannah Rudy, conductor) - 15 November 2021
Dordt University (Sioux Center, Iowa) Campus Band (Janna Vanden Brink, conductor) - 21 November 2020
Andrews University (Berrien Spring, Mich.) Wind Symphony (Kaija Perry, conductor) - 24 October 2020
University of Kentucky (Lexington) Concert Band (Ashley Shoupe, conductor) - 17 November 2019
Syracuse University (Syracuse, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Joseph L. Filio, Jr., conductor) – 30 April 2019
West Chester University (Penn.) Concert Band (Ryan Lowrie, conductor) – 7 December 2018
Ripon (Wisc.) College Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Kurt Dietrich, conductor) – 18 November 2018
Hartwick College (Oneonta,N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Andy Pease, conductor) – 15 November 2018
Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Concert Band (Alan Johnson, conductor) – 11 October 2018
Lee University (Cleveland, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (David Holsinger, conductor) – 9 October 2018
Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Audry Thompson, conductor) – 5 December 2017
Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 11 October 2017
The Ohio State University (Columbus) University Band (Onsby Rose, conductor) – 17 November 2016
Montgomery County (Penn.) Concert Band (Ryan Pongras, conductor) - 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)

All Wind Works

633 Squadron (as arranger) (1964/2003)
Adagio Cantabile (as arranger) (1798/2009)
Adagio for Winds (2004)
Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3 (as arranger) (1721/1980)
Aria (as arranger)
As Summer Was Just Beginning (1994)
British Isles Suite (1999)
Chaconne (2011)
Chaconne and Festive Aria (as arranger)
Chaconne in D Minor (as arranger)
Chorale and Fugue in F Major (as arranger)
Christmas Day (as arranger)
Concerto for Prince Johann (as arranger) (c. 1713 / 2011)
Country Wildflowers (1998)
Die Meistersinger Themes (as arranger) (18684/2009)
Highland Echoes (1995)
Fa Una Canzona (as arranger) (c. 1590/1990)
Farewell, Dear Voyager (2000)
Fugue in B-flat Major (as arranger) (1722/1988)
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (as transcriber) (1905-12/1987)
Irish Trilogy (as arranger) (1961/2003)
Nottingham Castle (1997)
Old Irish Tune (2002)
Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (as arranger)
Pioneer Songs (2003)
Remembrance (2014)
Romany Life (as arranger)
The Running Set (as arranger) (1933/2007)
Sarabande (as arranger) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
Song for Friends, A (1997)
A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)
Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (as arranger) (1893/2007)
Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (as arranger) (1957/1989)
Tchaikovskyana (as arranger) (1979/2015)
Themes from "Green Bushes" (as arranger) (1906/1987)
Trieste Overture (as arranger) (2006)
Walking Tune (as arranger) (1900/1940/1988)
West Point Bicentennial March (2002)
Where Eagles Dare (as arranger) (1968/2011)
While I Watch the Yellow Wheat (2002)
With Quiet Courage (1995)

Resources

Daehn, L. (1995). With Quiet Courage [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
Pease, Andy. "With Quiet Courage by Larry Daehn." Wind Band Literature. Web. Accessed 5 November 2018