Four French Songs of the 16th Century

From Wind Repertory Project
Robert Hanson

Robert Hanson


General Info

Year: 1973
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Keiser Southern Music, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $149.95   |   Score Only (print) - $16.95


Movements

1. Troubadours
2. Solemn Ceremony
3. Petite Dance
4. Festivals


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Snare Drum
  • Tambourine
  • Tenor Drum
  • Triangle
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Four French Songs of the 16th Century (1973) is a four-movement transcription of four of the chansons found in Thirty Chansons for Three and Four Voices from Attaingnant’s Collections, edited by Albert Seay. Pierre Attaingnant was a music publisher working in Paris from 1528 to 1553. These were pivotal years for French music due to the advent of music publishing. The printed collections of Attaingnant serve as a cross-section of Parisian musical taste for the second quarter of the sixteenth century. Most of the chansons in the collection deal with love and sensuality, a favorite topic of poets and musicians in sixteenth-century Paris.

- Program Note from University of North Texas (Denton) University Band concert program, 3 October 2018


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State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class A
  • Arkansas: IV
  • Iowa: III
  • Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
  • Louisiana: IV
  • Michigan: Senior High AA
  • New York: Concert Band IV
  • South Carolina: IV
  • Virginia: IV
  • West Virginia: III


Performances

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  • University of New Mexico (Albuquerque) Symphonic Band (Brett Penshorn, conductor) - 11 October 2023
  • University of North Carolina Charlotte Wind Ensemble (Brett Penshorn, conductor) - 2 March 2022
  • University of North Texas (Denton) University Band (Brett Penshorn, conductor) – 3 October 2018
  • Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Audry Thompson, conductor) – 26 April 2017
  • Bob Jones University (Greenville, S.C.) Symphonic Wind Band (Dan Turner, conductor) – 11 November 2016
  • University of Western Ontario Symphonic Band 24 October 2012


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