Black Knight, The

Clare Grundman

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This work bears the designation Q.M.B. Edition, 223.

General Info

Year: 1956
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $101.45 | Score Only (print) - $9.75

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Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Westfield High School Symphonic Band (Philip Geiger, conductor) - 1996

State Ratings

Alabama: Class C
Arkansas: II
California: SCSBOA Band Music List Grade II
Kansas: II
Louisiana: II
North Carolina: III
Oregon: 1A 2A
Tennessee: II
Texas: II. Complete
Virginia: III
West Virginia: III

Performances

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Unionville High School (Kennett Square, Penn.) Concert Band – 9 May 2018

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

Grundman, C. (1956). The Black Knight [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: New York.
Villarreal, Jaime. "The Black Knight." Young Band Repertoire Project. Web. Accessed 29 June 2021