Auld Tannenbaum

Ralph Ford

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 1:55
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani (optional)
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Jingle Bells
Suspended Cymbal
Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Here's a piece for the entire holiday season! Auld Lang Syne and O Tannenbaum are skillfully combined in a soothing setting that highlights both of these memorable melodies.

- Program Note from publisher

Auld Tannenbaum is the result of Ralph Ford’s skillful intertwining of two popular Christmas carols: Auld Lang Syne and 0 Tannenbaum. Translated to “days gone by,” Auld Lang Syne is taken from a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns. Traditionally played on New Year’s Eve, this song is used to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight The fusion with the German 0 Tannenbaum, depicting the fir's evergreen qualities as a symbol of constancy and faithfulness, highlights the memorable melodies from each carol.

- Program Note from Roma Middle School Symphonic Winds concert program, 15 December 2016

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Clint Small Middle School Wind Ensemble (Jenna Troiano, conductor) - 2008

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Artie Henry Middle School (Cedar Park, Tx.) Band (Robert T. Herrings III, conductor) - 21 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
Roma (Texas) Middle School Symphonic Winds (Corey L. Graves, conductor) - 15 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic)
Deerpark Middle School (Austin, Texas) Symphonic Band – 12 December 2011
Clint Small, Jr., Middle School (Austin, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Jenna Troiano, conductor) – 18 December 2008 (2008 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

American Hymn Tune Trilogy (as arranger) (2001)
Areopogus (2011)
Ashford Celebration (2001)
Auld Tannenbaum (2008)
Bellingrath Gardens (2003)
Blunderbuss Battles (2012)
Broadway Classics (as arranger) (2003)
Cango Caves (2002)
Christmas Bossa Nova (as arranger) (2001)
Classical Gas (as arranger) (2014)
CompleX 2030 (2013)
Con Brio (2012)
Cotton Ferry Expedition (2007)
Coventry Carol (as arranger) (2009)
Creepers in the Castle (2015)
Dancin' on the Bayou (2003)
Dark Adventure (2001)
The Dark Knight Rises (as arranger) (2013)
Dervish (2008)
Desperado (as arranger)
Dillon's Flight (2007)
Dimensions (2003)
Divas! (as arranger) (2001)
Down Home Christmas (as arranger) (2006)
Dumb Love (as arranger) (2013)
Dune Buggy (2012)
El Tiburon! (2017)
Everything is Awesome (as arranger) (2014)
Fantasy Carol (as arranger) (2005)
Fire Caves of Golgathon (2006)
Fire's Edge (2015)
For All the Wyle Eternal (2009)
Frosty's Caribbean Holiday (as arranger) (2003)
Funkytown (as arranger) (2014)
G-Force Five (2005)
Galileo's Vision (2004)
Give Up the Funk (as arranger) (2012)
Gizmo (2011)
Go West! (as arranger) (2004)
Happy Birthday Around the World (as arranger) (2003)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part II (as arranger) (2011)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (as arranger) (2001/2005)
High School Cadets (as arranger) (2000)
Highlights from "The Lord of the Rings" (as arranger) (2002)
Hip-Hop All the Way (as arranger) (2005)
Hooroosh! (2006)
House of Cards Theme (as arranger) (2013/2015)
Hyperdrive (2014)
Idols of America (as arranger) (2004)
In Glorious Splendour (as setter) (2011)
Invasion! (2019)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (as arranger) (2004)
It's My Party (as arranger) (1963/2001)
It's Vegas, Baby
Journey of the Taikonaut (2004)
Kernkraft 400 (as arranger) (2012)
The Last Battle (2003)
Layla (as arranger) (2007)
Let it Snow!/Winter Wonderland (as arranger) (2005)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (as arranger) (2001)
Lux Prima (as arranger) (1791/2008)
Minecraft (as arranger) (2011/2015)
Minnie the Moocher (as arranger) (2013)
Moonlight Serenade (as arranger) (2004)
New Age Christmas (as arranger) (2000)
Ooh La La (as arranger) (2014)
Panopticon Rising (2015)
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (as arranger) (2000)
Patton (as arranger) (2007)
Pippin (as arranger) (2014)
Pique Dame Highlights (as arranger) (2012)
Planet X (2015)
Quantum Mission (2009)
Rogue River (2019)
Romanza (1991/2002)
Royal Canadian Sketches (2001)
Sailing Onward until Dawn (2013)
Secret Agent Man (as arranger) (2002)
She Flies with Her Own Wings (2015)
- Majestic Columbia
- Galaxy in Crater Lake
- Rogue River (2015/2019)
Sea to Sky
- Beyond Whistler (2008)
- March: The Lion's Gate (2007)
- Shannon Falls (2007)
- Stawamus Chief (2008)
The Sleeping Place of the Stars (2004)
Slip and Slide (2000)
Slovenian Folk Dances (as arranger) (2005)
Songs of Aloha (2014)
Soul Man (as arranger) (1967/2012)
Sounds of Joy (as arranger) (2002)
Spirit of Troy (2010)
Spy Games (2008)
Strange Pursuit (2007)
Suite from "Man of Steel" (as arranger) (2014)
Suite from Video Games Live - Part I (as arranger) (2007)
Suite from Video Games Live - Part 2 (as arranger) (2002/2008)
Sun Peaks (2009)
Swing Those Bells (as arranger) (2000)
A Swingin' Holiday (as arranger) (2008)
Swingin' on the Housetop (as arranger) (2001)
Temple of Ka Uka (2008)
Theme from "Patton" (as arranger) (1970/2007)
To Forge the New Frontier (2000)
Tonadillas Suite (as arranger) (2012)
Totally Tina Turner (as arranger) (2005)
Un Flambeau Jeannette, Isabelle (2004)
Video Games Live, Part I. See: *Suite from Video Games Live - Part I
Video Games Live, Part II. See: Suite from Video Games Live - Part 2
Voices of Thronateeska (2002)
Voyage Jubiloso (2002)
Walvisbaai (2014)
Winter Rhapsody (2004)
The Wizard of Oz, Themes (as arranger) (2007)

Resources

Perusal score.