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Gaelic Rhapsody
General Info
Year: 1987
Duration: c. 6:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Field Drum
- Orchestra Chimes
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Rather typical of Elliot Del Borgo's published works, this is a fairly straightforward, albeit quite nice, sensitive setting of Londonderry Air; The Galway Pipers; The Irish Washerwoman and The Minstrel Boy, with some of the arranger's more typical meter changes and "flashy" woodwind passages appearing later in the work.
- Program Note from publisher
The Gaelic literature of Ireland, Highland Scotland and the Isle of Man is divided into several periods which date back before A.D. 900. Even the melodies featured by Del Borgo in this robust arrangement date back to interesting "first printings." They include Kerry Dancers, (1879), The Rakes of Mallow (Irish tradition), Londonderry Air (1855), and Minstrel Boy (1813).
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class BB
- Arkansas: III
- Florida: IV
- Iowa: III
- Kansas: IV
- Minnesota: III
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: IV
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- West Valley College (Saratoga, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Troy Davis, conductor) – 28 September 2019
- Berea (Ky.) College Wind Ensemble (James Dreiling, conductor) – 27 February 2017
- Charlotte (N.C.) Concert Band ( Drew Carter, conductor) - 2 November 2013
- Bullard (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Bradly Feyma, conductor) - 15 March 2013 (2013 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.))
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
All Wind Works
- Adagio for Winds (1974)
- Ancient Air and Dance (2000)
- Ancient Moon (2000)
- Blue Ridge Holiday
- Call to Glory
- Calypso a la Rondo (2003)
- Canterbury Overture
- Celtic Suite (1994)
- Ceremoniale (1981)
- Chant Rituals (1993)
- Chorale and Canon (1985)
- Chorale and Variant (1969)
- A Christmas Fantasia (1989)
- A Christmas Triptych (as arranger) (1994)
- Christmas Variants (2000)
- Cole Porter in Concert (as arranger)
- Commemoration Overture (1976)
- Continental Christmas Suite (1996/2010)
- Coventry Carol
- Crown and Scepter
- Dervish Dance
- Dies Irae
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1979)
- Dorian Rhapsody (1996)
- Fantasia for Christmas (1998)
- Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924/1994)
- Festa! (1985)
- Fire Dance (Del Borgo) (2004)
- A Flemish Carol (1994)
- Flight of Eagles
- Fortress Variants (2004)
- Gaelic Rhapsody (1987)
- Good King's Christmas, A
- Intermezzo Sinfonico (as arranger) (1890/2003)
- A Jefferson Portrait (2001)
- Joyant Overture
- Knightsbridge Overture (1987)
- Lest We Forget
- Lux Aeterna (1993)
- Miss Liberty's Promise
- Modal Song and Dance (1985)
- Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)
- New England Suite
- Ode to Joy
- Overture for Winds (1982)
- Phantom Ship
- Prelude and Dance
- Prologue and Dance (1981)
- Renaissance Couplet (as arranger) (1994)
- Rituale (1981)
- Ritual Dances
- Sailing Songs (1995)
- Sea Trilogy
- Serial Music (1970)
- Shaker Variants (1995)
- Slavonic Dances
- Soliloquy and Dance
- Songs of the Whalemen (1995)
- The Steppes of Russia (1999)
- Symphonic Essay (1973)
- Tryptich II (1985)
- Two British Folk Songs (1993)
- Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
- Yultide Celebration
Resources
- Del Borgo, E. (1987). Gaelic Rhapsody for Concert Band [score]. Wingert-Jones Music: Kansas City, Mo.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 164.