Alcott Songs
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 12:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Steve Danyew
Cost: Score and Parts - $230.00 | Score Only - $60.00
Movements
1. Awake, Awake
2. Hello, Hello
3. Dear Grif
4. Here's a Nut
5. Don't Drive Me Away
6. Lullaby
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
Soprano
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Witty and whimsical, this song cycle is comprised of six short pieces, with clever, playful texts by 19th century American poet Louisa May Alcott. From the light, dance-like opening to the soft, dreamy lullaby at the close, these songs are organized to depict a carefree summer day. The poems are Lily-Bell and Thistledown Song, Hello! Hello!, Dear Grif, Here's a Nut, Don't Drive Me Away, and Lullaby.
-Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Concert Band (Alexander Scott, conductor) – 12 April 2023
- University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Wind Ensemble (Rebekah Daniel, conductor; Mishelle Cipriani, soprano) - 9 November 2021
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Concert Band Chamber Winds (Courtney Snyder, conductor) – 9 November 2018
- University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Kevin Holzman, conductor) – 28 November 2017
- Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday, conductor; Hailey McAvoy, mezzo-soprano) – 1 April 2016
- Illinois State University (Normal) Symphonic Winds (Dan Belongia, conductor) - 16 November 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Canon Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- The Lost City of Tryon (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Three Spirituals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Down by the Riverside (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1922/2020)
- Deep River (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- I Want to Be Ready (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- Three Tallis Melodies (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Adagietto (2014)
- Alcott Songs (2015)
- Amazing Grace (2020)
- American Nocturne (2021)
- Canon Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Distant Moons
- Entrata (2019)
- Festival Music (2020)
- Flash Back
- For This Brave New Day (2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Goodnight, Goodnight (2010)
- Green Diamond (2018)
- An Hour of Hallowed Peace (2016/2019)
- Into the Silent Land (2018)
- Journeys
- Lamentation for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (2019)
- Lauda (2009)
- The Lost City of Tryon (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Magnolia Star (2012)
- Montis Dei. See: Lauda
- Mountainscape (2012)
- River Town Jubilee (2015)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2011)
- This World Alive (2013)
- Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Three Scenes from Home (2017)
- Three Spirituals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
- Down by the Riverside (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1922/2020)
- Deep River (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- I Want to Be Ready (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
- Third Mode Melody (2020)
- Three Tallis Melodies (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (2020)
- Vermont State Fair (2015)
- Winter Song (2018)