All the Pretty Little Horses (arr Boysen)

Andrew Boysen Jr.

Traditional, arranged by Andrew Boysen, Jr.

Subtitle: Mvt. 2 from 'Three Folk Song Settings for Band'

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: III 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $78.00 | Score Only - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bells
Chimes
Crotales
Finger Cymbals
Marimba
Mark Tree
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The second movement of Three Folk Song Settings for Band, this hauntingly beautiful setting provides a lyrical contrast to the two outer movements. The touching lullaby, thought to be of African-American origin, is displayed in a way that is both memorable and well crafted.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of California Irvine Wind Ensemble (Kevin McKeown, conductor) - 13 March 2023
Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Vivian Scott, conductor) - 30 November 2022
Analy High School (Sebastopol, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Casey Jones, conductor) - 11 October 2022
Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Penn.) Symphonic Winds (Travis Weller conductor) - 23 September 2022
Raritan Valley Symphonic Band (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) (Christopher Sumner, conductor) – 24 April 2019
Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Timothy M. Smith, conductor) – 11 December 2016
Kearsarge Community Band (New London, N.H.) (Aarne Vesiland, conductor) – 28 February 2016
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Garson Olivieri, conductor) - 17 May 2015
Capital University 2014 Honors Wind Ensemble (Paula A. Crider, conductor) - 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alchemy (2008/2013)
All the Pretty Little Horses. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Ancient Runes (2017)
Apples (2018)
Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
Bright Sunny Days (2013)
By My Side (2018)
Casus Belli
Celebration In Brass
Concerto for Percussion (as transcriber) (1994/1997)
Conversations with the Night (1994)
Dance, from All Hail the Power
December Dance (2005)
Diamond Jubilee Suite (2018)
Distorted Images: A Jazzman's Nightmare
A Fallen Leaf
Fanfare: In Memoriam (2015)
Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa (2003)
Frenzy
The Four Horsemen
A Glimpse through the Trees
Grant Them Eternal Rest
Havener Fanfare (2012)
Heirloom
I Am (1990)
John Henry
Joyride
Kinetic Energy (1994)
Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
Metamorphosis (2013)
Old Ben's Farm (2016/2019)
On the Merrimack (2010)
Ovations
Phoenix (2020)
Poor Wayfaring Stranger. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Relentless
Scarborough Fair. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
Scherzo
Scherzo No 2 (2013)
Shades of Ivory
Simple Song
Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
Song for Lyndsay (2005)
Song for My Children (2013)
Song for My Parents (2020)
Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
Song of the Sea Maidens
Stamp, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Star-Crossed (2013)
Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
Symphony No. 3 (1999)
Symphony No. 4 (2006)
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
Symphony No. 10 (2019)
This Is the Drum (2013)
Thoughts of You
Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
- Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2013)
Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
Tricycle (1997)
Twilight of the Gods (2010)
An Uncommon Man
Unraveling
Urban Scenes
The Vikings (2015)
Winter of the World

Resources

Andrew Boysen, Jr., website