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Australian Sea Ballad, An
Contents
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: 2:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Band Set & Score - $42.00 | Score Only - $6.00
Instrumentation
Score
Flute
Oboe
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone (Baritone B.C., Bassoon)
Baritone T.C.
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bells
- Cymbal (suspended)
- Triangle
- Timpani
World Parts, including:
- Eb Horn
- Trombone in Bb T.C.
- Trombone in Bb B.C.
- Baritone in Bb B.C.
- Tuba in Bb T.C.
- Tuba in Bb B.C.
- Tuba in Eb T.C.
- Tuba in Eb B.C.
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Australian folk song "Catalpa" was first published in Three Street Ballads in 1957. The lyrics refer to the April 1876 escape of several Irish prisoners, with the assistance of some Americans, from a jail in Freemantle, Western Australia. It was suggested that the escape was made easy because tehre was plenty of American gold and some of it was placed in the hands of unscrupulous warders. It is rumored that the song became so popular in local pubs that it was banned, and time in jail was threatened for anyone caught singing it.
This beautiful setting allows for the utmost blend and sonority of a full band, with many opportunities for color and expressive playing. "An Australian Sea Ballad" will provide a wonderful contrasting moment in any concert program!
-Program Notes by Robert Sheldon
"Catalpa" Lyrics as follows:
A noble whale ship and commander
called the Catalpa, they say
sailed into Western Australia
and took six poor Fenians away
Come all you screw warders and jailers
remember Perth regatta day
take care of the rest of your Fenians
or the Yankees will steal them away
source: http://www.lyricattack.com/r/realmckenzieslyrics/thecatalpalyrics.html
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
Recent Performances
None discovered thus far.
- Washington Union High School (Fresno, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Kevin Tinkle, conductor) - 13 April 2018 (2018 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
- West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
All Wind Works
- An American Hymntune (as arranger) (2004)
- Appalachian Legacy (1995)
- Appalachian Morning (2008)
- Armenian Anthem
- Art in the Park (2008)
- As a Wind from the North (2006)
- As Twilight Falls (2011)
- An Australian Sea Ballad (2011)
- Awakened Like the Morn
- Barrier Reef
- Bayside Portrait, A
- Bellefonte Overture
- Bermuda Triangle, The
- Beyond the Higher Skies (1999)
- Beyond the Riverbend (2013)
- Big Brass on Patrol
- Black Is the Color... (2009)
- Blaze of Glory
- Blessed Legacy (as arranger) (2019)
- The Blue Ridge (as arranger) (2017)
- Bounty Hunter from "Advent Rising"
- Bright Auroral Skies
- Bright Lights! (2015)
- Bristol Bay Legend
- Brule River Celebration
- Cape Fear Chronicles
- Cataclysm (2018)
- Carol of Two Mangers, A
- Celebration and Song (2009)
- Cellular Symphony
- Century Point
- Chanteys (2000)
- Charleston Harbor Celebration
- Chiaroscuro (2002)
- Child's Lullaby, A (2016)
- Chimney Rock Celebration (2017)
- Choreography (2009)
- Christmas Couplet, A
- Christmastimes Three
- Coldwater Creek
- Commemoration
- Conundrum
- Corsairs Landing, The
- Crazy for Cartoons (2011)
- Crest of Nobility
- Crossings, The
- Danse Celestiale (1989)
- Danzas Cubanas (2010)
- Daydreams (Sheldon) (2013)
- Der Lehrmeister (2017)
- Divertimento
- Dorian Dreamscape
- Eagle Mountain Overture
- Edifice (2014)
- El Rey de Fransia (2003)
- El Taco Picante (2017)
- Falcon Lake Overture
- Fall River Overture
- Fanfare and Intermezzo (1998)
- Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune
- Final Voyage, The
- Fires of Bandai, The (2014)
- Flight of the Piasa (2008)
- Four Winds
- Garden of the Black Rose
- Gently I Wander (2017)
- Gently Touch the Sky
- Ghost Fleet (2001)
- Golden Panther March
- "Halo Suite" from Video Games Live
- Harbinger (2015)
- Hill Country Holiday
- Holiday Sleigh Ride
- Iberian Escapades (2009)
- Images (Sheldon)
- Infinite Horizons
- In the Center Ring (2003)
- In the Shining of the Stars (1996)
- In This Quiet Place
- Integrity
- Intrada for Winds
- Intrepid Journey (2015)
- Irish Air, An
- Irish Ballade, An
- Joyful Journey, A
- Korobochka
- A Lantern in the Window (1998)
- Legend of Starved Rock
- Let Evening Come
- Lindbergh Variations
- Lion's Gate (2019)
- A Longford Legend (1999)
- Lords of Greenwich, The
- Lost Colony
- Lost in Mammoth Cave
- Lydian Lullaby (2006)
- Manatee Lyric Overture
- Maqamat
- March Ceremonial
- March of the Majestics
- March Mixolydian
- Mark of Triumph
- Melody Park (2014)
- The Message on the Rock (2004)
- Metroplex (2006)
- The Monster Under the Bed (2005)
- Moravian Folk Rhapsody (2004/2008)
- Morning Mist (2012)
- Most Wonderful Christmas, A (1934/2006)
- Mystery of Duffy's Cut, The
- Mystic Journey
- Noel Francais
- Northwest Rising
- Ocean Ridge Rhapsody
- Of Kindred Spirit
- On Placid Seas (2015)
- Once the Man
- One Thousand Cranes
- Oracles of the Sirocco (2018)
- Overdrive (2015)
- Overture to a New Horizon (2014)
- Palimpsest
- Paragon
- Patriotic Salute
- Patriotic Snippets
- Pevensey Castle (1993)
- Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
- Phantom of Dark Hollow, The (2006)
- Phrygian Phantasy
- Pioneer's Passage, The
- The Pioneers
- Pop Culture (2007)
- Praeludium and Dance
- A Prairie Portrait (2006)
- Prairiescape
- Prelude on an Old English Hymn (2000)
- Prevail! (2016)
- Pride of the Grenadiers
- Pursuit of the Centaur (2016)
- Quixotic Episode
- Red Covered Bridge, The (2014)
- Red Rock Canyon
- Requiem to a Land Forgotten
- Resurgences (2013)
- Rhapsodic Celebration (2011)
- Ritmico!
- River Trail Expedition
- Riverside Overture (2019)
- Rock Island Trail
- Sag Harbor Sunset (2011)
- Sandcastle Sketches
- Savannah River Rhapsody
- Scandinavian Folk Tale, A
- Scottish Ballade, A
- Shenandoah (arr. Sheldon) (2003)
- Siege of Harlech Castle, The
- Silver Spring Soliloquy
- Simple Celebration, A (2001)
- Skydance (2018)
- Sound Innovations Fanfare (2010)
- Southwest Saga
- Spirit Lake Overture
- The Spirit of Killian Hill (2007)
- Spirit of Thanksgiving, The (2014)
- Star Bright (2018)
- The Stormchasers (2012)
- Storybrook Mountain
- Sugar Creek Overture
- The Swords of Stavanger (2009)
- Symphonic Narrative, A
- Synergies
- Tales of Dundee
- There Will Come Soft Rains
- Three Carols for a Celebration
- Three Georgian Vignettes (2008)
- Three Miniatures for Winds and Percussion
- Timberline Overture
- To Conquer the Skies
- Travelin' Music (2016)
- Variants on a Sea Shanty (as arranger) (2014)
- Variants on a Union Hymn
- Velocity
- Visions of Flight
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Wallaby Walkabout
- Welsh Ayres and Dances
- West Highlands Sojourn (1993)
- West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
- Willow Grove
- Winds of Morocco
- Windward Overture (2016)
- With Every Sunrise (2016)
Additional Resources
