All Ye Young Sailors
Traditional Sea Chantey arranged by Pierre La Plante
Subtitle: Blow the Man Down!
General Info
Year: 2005
Duration: c. 1:30
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
All Ye Young Sailors is taken from a line of one of the best known of all sea chanteys, Blow the Man Down. The song is sometimes called The Black Ball Line, named after a shipping company. It is "halyard" and "long drag" chantey, sung to ease the chores of hoisting the yards and catting the anchor. It was sung in call-and-response fashion by a skillful singer or "shanteyman," who was valued as much for his singing as for his seafaring ability. Old "salts" call a shantey "another hand on the rope."
- Program Note from score
This work was written at the suggestion of a colleague of Pierre La Plante's who wished there were more 6/8 pieces written for beginning bands.
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony (Scott A. Stewart, conductor) – 2005
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Alcoa (Tenn.) Middle School 7th/8th Grade Band – Spring 2021
- Atlanta (Ga.) Youth Wind Symphony (Scott A. Stewart, conductor) – 15 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
- American Riversongs (1991)
- American Sketches (2014)
- As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
- At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
- The Band in the Square (2006)
- The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
- Caribbean Rondo (2009)
- Come to the Fair!
- A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
- Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
- English Country Settings (1997)
- Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
- Great American West Suite, The (2013)
- In the Forest of the King (2000)
- La Bonne Aventure (2010)
- Legends and Heroes (2003)
- Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
- Music for the King's Delight (2007)
- Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
- Prairie Songs (1998)
- Prospect (1983)
- Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
- Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
- Songs of the Plains (2015)
- Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
- Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
- The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
- Travelin' Music (2018)
- The Voyageurs (2002)
- A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
- Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
- Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)
Resources
- La Plante, P. (2005). All Ye Young Sailors: "Blow the Man Down": Traditional Sea Chantey [score]. Dawhn: New Glarus, Wisc.
- Perusal score
- Pierre La Plante website Accessed 22 January 2022