Erie Canal
Maurice Whitney (on a melody by Thomas S Allen)
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General Info
Year: 1955
Duration:
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The melody Low Bridge, Everybody Down was written in 1905 by Thomas S Allen and copyrighted, melody and verse, in 1912. The song depicts traveling on the Erie Canal in New York during the mule-pulling days.
Whitney published The Erie Canal in 1955 based on Low Bridge, Everybody Down and gives it a “full symphonic treatment, including tempo changes, frequent key modulations, extended harmonies, and all manner of instrumental color.”
- Program Note from Wind Band Literature
Media
- Audio: Original song and lyrics
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bazaar (1952)
- Brass Quartet No. 1
- Ceremonial March
- Erie Canal (1955)
- From Sea to Shining Sea (1983)
- Introduction and Samba (1951)
- No Man Is an Island (1971)
- Roulade
Resources
- Pease, Andy. “The Erie Canal by Maurice Whitney.” Wind Band Literature, 3 July 2019. Web.] Accessed 12 July 2019
- Whitney, M. (1955). The Erie Canal [score]. C. Fischer: New York.