Four French Songs of the 16th Century
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
Media
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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
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Four French Songs of the 16th Century (1973)
- Pageants of Glory (2004)
- Song of the Peace Pipe (2006)
Resources
- Hanson, R. (1973). Four French Songs of the 16th Century: For Symphonic Band [score]. Southern Music Co.: San Antonio, Tex.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Robert Hanson." Accessed 10 November 2016