Dark Eyes

Philip J. Lang

Folk Song arranged by Philip J. Lang

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General Info

Year: 1948
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mills Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet 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 Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Drums, including:

• Bass Drum
• Castanets
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dark Eyes is probably the most famous Russian romance song. The lyrics were written by the Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Hrebinka's own Russian translation in Literaturnaya Gazeta on 17 January 1843.

J. Fuld, mentions that a Soviet musicologist had reported to him that the song is not "a Russian traditional song but a cabaret song", published in a songs book by A. Gutheil in 1897 and mentioned as a "Gypsy romance based on the melody of Florian Hermann's Valse Hommage. "

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) – 19 November 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Are You Experienced? (1987)
• Cheating, Lying, Stealing (2011)

Resources

• Dark Eyes (song), Wikipedia Accessed 11 January 2018
• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Philip J. Lang." Accessed 11 January 2018