English Suite

Clare Grundman

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General Info

Year: 1968
Duration: c. 8:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $110.00 | Score Only (print) - $14.95

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Four beloved English folk tunes have been transformed into exquisite symphonic settings by Clare Grundman. The memorable folk strains have been skillfully arranged, a hallmark of Grundman's writing career, and make perfect programming sense for contest or festival. Includes: The Oak and the Ash, Barb'ra Allen, The Girl I Left Behind Me, and The British Grenadiers.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

Alabama: Class B
Florida: III
Georgia: IV
Kansas: III
Louisiana: III
Michigan: Senior High B
North Carolina: IV
South Carolina: IV
Tennessee: III
Virginia: IV
West Virginia: III

Performances

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Kennesaw (Ga. ) State University Wind Symphony (Daniel Lee, conductor) - 30 November 2022
University of North Georgia (Gainesville) Wind Ensemble (J. Ashley Jarrell, conductor) – 21 February 2019
Brentwood (Calif.) Concert Band (Carey Hurst, conductor) – 10 June 2017
Gulf Breeze (Fla.) High School Concert Band (Tony Easterling, conductor) – 9 May 2017

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. (1968). English Suite [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: [United States].