Kentucky 1800

Clare Grundman

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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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 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)
Mercyhurst D’Angelo University (Erie, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Scott Meier, conductor) – 30 September 2018
Banning (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Thomas Finch, conductor) - 5 May 2018
Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Concert Band (Casey Jackson, conductor) – 12 March 2018
Illinois State University (Normal) University Band (MaryKatherine Kuhne, conductor) – 30 November 2017
Wheaton North High School Concert Band (Kent Krause, conductor) - 2 November 2017
Cypress Symphonic Band (Houston, Tex.) (Clarence Weeks, conductor) – 1 July 2017

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)
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)
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.