Fantasy on Childhood Songs

From Wind Repertory Project
David Moore

Medley arranged by David Moore


General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Chimes
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Gong
  • Police Whistle
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Tom-tom (low)
  • Triangle
  • Wood Block
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

The arranger draws on a rich bag of nursery rhyme songs and a fertile imagination to create an exuberant band setting. Snippets of familiar tunes are combined and tumble one into another in an always-surprising musical journey to the whimsical side. Included at Pop Goes the Weasel, I'm a Little Teapot, The Mulberry Bush, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, London Bridge, Ten Little Indians, Merrily We Roll Along, The Farmer in the Dell, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

- Program Note from publisher


Fantasy on Childhood Songs, originally called Nursery Rhymin', was commissioned by the 2002 Northwest Iowa Junior High School Honor Bands and premiered by the Seventh and Eighth Grade Honor Band.

- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band


Media


State Ratings

  • Louisiana: II


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Moore, D. (2005). Fantasy on Childhood Songs [score]. Grand Mesa Music: Grand Junction, Co.
  • Perusal score
  • Richardson, Colleen. "Fantasy on Childhood Songs." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 362-370. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.