Kentucky 1800
General Info
Year: 1954 / 1987
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $8.50
Instrumentation
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel (or Bells)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Kentucky 1800 is based on the tunes of three American folk songs: The Promised Land, Cindy, and I'm Sad and I'm Lonely, melodies which are reminiscent of the years the pioneers were forging westward. It is a rhapsodic tone poem in which thematic material is treated in great depth and with variety. The work is a band masterpiece which has long since become a favorite with audiences.
- Program note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, conductor
- Audio CD: James W. Robinson Robinson Middle School Symphonic Band (Linda J. Gammon, conductor) – 2000
State Ratings
- Florida: III
- Kansas: II
- Minnesota: III
- Ohio: Class C Required List
- Texas: II. Complete
- Tennessee: III
Performances
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- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) North Star Campus Band (Malcolm Burke, conductor) - 19 October 2023
- Cannon Music Camp (Boone, N.C.) Symphonic Band (Jason Gardner, conductor) - 15 July 2023
- Bemidji (Minn.) Area Community Band (Ryan Webber, conductor) - 2 July 2023
- University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) University Band (Eric Scott, conductor) - 30 April 2023
- Thomas Jefferson High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) Symphonic Band (Carl Rowles, conductor) - 13 December 2022
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Autumn Heath, conductor) - 30 November 2022
- Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Suena Santander (Bucaramanga, Colombia) (Rubén Darío Gómez, conductor) - 15 May 2022
- The Southern Tier (Binghamton, N.Y.) Concert Band and Maine-Endwell Middle School Band (Endwell, N.Y.) (Jennifer Pham, conductor) - 25 April 2022
- University of Louisville (Ky.) Community Band (Jason Cumberledge, conductor) - 21 February 2022
- Clyde (Ohio) High School Combined Bands (Jacob Donofrio, conductor) - 30 January 2022 (Severance Music Center, Cleveland)
- Indiana State University (Terre Haute) Wind Orchestra (Roby George, conductor) - 18 November 2021
- Kentucky Virginia (Whitesburg, Ky.) Summer Winds (Jason Griffith, conductor) - 1 June 2021
- Benedictine College (Atchison, Kan.) Symphonic Band (Jennifer Whyte, conductor) - 20 March 2021
- Paul R. Wharton High School (Tampa, Fla.) Symphonic Band (Justin O. Swaim, conductor) 20 February 2020
- University of Iowa (Iowa City) University Band (J.T. Womack, conductor) – 9 December 2019
- Atlantic Wind Ensemble (Ocean Grove, N.J.) (Dennis T. Eschbach, conductor) – 25 May 2019
- Kent State (Ohio) Communiversity Band (Wendy Matthews, conductor) – 30 April 2019
- University of West Alabama (Livingston) Concert Band (Michael Tignor, conductor) – 23 April 2019
- University of South Florida (Tampa) Campus Band (Paula Ramirez, conductor) – 17 April 2019
- Barber Middle School (Acworth, Ga.) 7th Grade Symphonic Band (Robert Grogan, conductor) – 19 March 2019
- Valencia (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Mark Judd, conductor)– 17 March 2019 (Carnegie Hall, New York)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
All Wind Works
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 (1948)
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 2. See: Second American Folk Rhapsody
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 (1970)
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 (1977)
- A Bernstein Tribute (as arranger) (1991)
- The Black Knight (1956)
- The Blue and the Gray (1961)
- The Blue and the Gray (arr. Longfield) (1961/2013)
- The Blue-Tail Fly (1951)
- Burlesque for Band (1967)
- Caprice for Clarinets (1961)
- Chessboard Suite (1964)
- Chorale from "Concord" (arr. Longfield) (1988/2018)
- Concord (1987)
- Concertante for Alto Sax and Band (1973)
- A Copland Portrait (as adapter) (1986)
- A Copland Tribute (as arranger) (1986)
- Joy to the World (as arranger) (1970)
- An English Christmas (1982)
- English Suite (1968)
- Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952)
- Fantasy on English Hunting Songs (1985)
- Flutation (1961)
- The Green Domino (1951)
- Hebrides Suite (1962)
- An Irish Rhapsody (1971)
- Japanese Rhapsody (1969)
- Kentucky 1800 (1954/1987)
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
- Little English Suite (1968)
- Little Suite for Band (1957)
- March Processional (1950)
- A Medieval Story (1966)
- Music for a Carnival (1957)
- Nocturne for Harp and Band (1975)
- Quiet Christmas (1959)
- A Scottish Rhapsody (1981)
- Second American Folk Rhapsody (1959)
- Señor, Señor (1963) (as Carlos Guermo)
- Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/1978)
- A Somerset Rhapsody (as transcriber) (1906/1927/1980)
- Spirit of '76 (1964)
- Three Sketches for Winds (1969)
- Two Moods (1947)
- Tuba Rhapsody
- A Welsh Rhapsody (1968)
- Western Dance (1968)
Resources
- Grundman, C. (1987). Kentucky 1800 [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: [s.l.]
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 154-165.