Down in Some Lonesome Valley

Douglas E. Wagner

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General Info

Year: 2002
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

An unforgettable ballad that you'll be sure you've heard it before. Rolling melodies with charismatic dynamic swells warm the hearts of listeners and performers alike.

- Program Note from publisher

This work appears to be an adaptation of the folk song Pretty Saro, the first line of which reads: "Down in some lonesome valley, down in some lone place."

Pretty Saro (Roud 417) is an English folk ballad originating in the early 1700s.The song died out in England by the mid-eighteenth century but was rediscovered in North America (particularly in the Appalachian Mountains) in the early twentieth century, where it had been preserved through oral traditions.

- Program Note adapted from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: First Colony Middle School Honors Band (Bethann Adams, conductor) – 2002

State Ratings

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Performances

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First Colony Middle School (Sugar Land, Tx.) Honors Band (Bethann Adams, conductor) – 20 December 2002 (2002 Midwest Clinic)

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Resources

Douglas E. Wagner website – Accessed 19 June 2022
Hawn, C. Michael. "History of Hymns: 'Jesus Walked this Lonesome Valley' ." Discipleship Ministries, 7 April 2019. Web. Accessed 19 June 2022
Pretty Saro. Wikipedia. Accessed 19 June 2022