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Subtitle: Serenade and Jig on English County Songs
General Info
Year: 1997
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $72.00 | Score Only - $6.00
Movements
1. Serenade
2. Jig
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This affecting composition is based on three traditional songs from the British Isles: May Day Carol; O Waly O Waly and The Ash Grove. Set in two movements, the first is a "Serenade" and the second is a lively "Jig." The traditional sound of the British wind band found in so many staples of the repertoire is in full force here.
- Program Note from publisher
This is a well-conceived, imaginative work featuring three English folk tunes. It opens with a delicately scored statement of May Day Carol, first in the woodwinds, then trumpets. More fully developed passages follow, leading to the first statement of O Waly Waly (The Water Is Wide). Some development follows, leading into The Ash Grove, featuring a variety of instruments playing the tune in a lively jig-like rhythm.
- Program Note from Music for Concert Band
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class B
- Florida: IV
- Iowa: III
- Louisiana: IV
- Michigan: Senior High C
- Mississippi: V I-A
- North Carolina: IV
- Texas: IV. Complete
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- West Virginia University (Morgantown) Symphonic Band (Anthony Panebianco, conductor) - 16 November 2021
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Campus Band (Arris Golden, conductor) – 19 February 2019
- Jersey Village High School (Houston, Tex.) Symphonic II Band (Sixto Montesinos, conductor) - April 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
- American Riversongs (1991)
- American Sketches (2014)
- As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
- At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
- The Band in the Square (2006)
- The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
- Caribbean Rondo (2009)
- Come to the Fair!
- A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
- Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
- English Country Settings (1997)
- Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
- Great American West Suite, The (2013)
- In the Forest of the King (2000)
- La Bonne Aventure (2010)
- Legends and Heroes (2003)
- Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
- Music for the King's Delight (2007)
- Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
- Prairie Songs (1998)
- Prospect (1983)
- Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
- Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
- Songs of the Plains (2015)
- Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
- Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
- The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
- Travelin' Music (2018)
- The Voyageurs (2002)
- A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
- Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
- Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)
Resources
- Krienes, J.; Hansbrough, R. (2014). Music for Concert Band: A Selective Annotated Guide to Band Literature. Meredith Music Publications: Delray Beach, Fla.; pp. 51.