American Folk Rhapsody No. 4

Clare Grundman

General Info

Year: 1977
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $11.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion (6 players), including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Orchestra Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Temple Blocks (4)
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Based on the following American folk songs: Down in the Valley, Little Brown Jug, Rosie Nell, Hey Betty Martin, Tiptoe, Tiptoe.

- Program Note from publisher

To Dr. Donald E. McGinnis and the Ohio State University Concert Band.

-Program Note from score

Media

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State Ratings

Alabama: Class B
Florida: IV
Georgia: IV
Iowa: III
Louisiana: III
Michigan: Senior High CC
South Carolina: IV
Tennessee: III
Virginia: IV

Performances

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Michigan Technological University (Houghton) Campus Concert Band (Michael Christianson, conductor) - 24 April 2022
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Maroon Campus Band (Lance Sample, conductor) – 28 October 2019
University of Louisville Community Band (Jason Cumberledge, conductor) - 21 February 2017
Ely City Band, Ely MN (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 4 July 2013
Cypress Creek High School (Orlando, Fla.) Band (Michael Parks, conductor) - Spring 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)

All Wind Works

American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 (1948)
American Folk Rhapsody No. 2. See: Second American Folk Rhapsody
American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 (1970)
American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 (1977)
A Bernstein Tribute (as arranger) (1991)
The Black Knight (1956)
The Blue and the Gray (1961)
The Blue and the Gray (arr. Longfield) (1961/2013)
The Blue-Tail Fly (1951)
Burlesque for Band (1967)
Caprice for Clarinets (1961)
Chessboard Suite (1964)
Chorale from "Concord" (arr. Longfield) (1988/2018)
Concord (1987)
Concertante for Alto Sax and Band (1973)
A Copland Portrait (as adapter) (1986)
A Copland Tribute (as arranger) (1986)
Joy to the World (as arranger) (1970)
An English Christmas (1982)
English Suite (1968)
Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952)
Fantasy on English Hunting Songs (1985)
Flutation (1961)
The Green Domino (1951)
Hebrides Suite (1962)
An Irish Rhapsody (1971)
Japanese Rhapsody (1969)
Kentucky 1800 (1954/1987)
Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
Little English Suite (1968)
Little Suite for Band (1957)
March Processional (1950)
A Medieval Story (1966)
Music for a Carnival (1957)
Nocturne for Harp and Band (1975)
Quiet Christmas (1959)
A Scottish Rhapsody (1981)
Second American Folk Rhapsody (1959)
Señor, Señor (1963) (as Carlos Guermo)
Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/1978)
A Somerset Rhapsody (as transcriber) (1906/1927/1980)
Spirit of '76 (1964)
Three Sketches for Winds (1969)
Two Moods (1947)
Tuba Rhapsody
A Welsh Rhapsody (1968)
Western Dance (1968)

Resources

Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 130. Print.
Grundman, C. (1977). American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: [New York].