Kentucky 1800

Clare Grundman

Clare Grundman

General Info

Year: 1954 / 1987
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00   |   Score Only - $8.50

Instrumentation

Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Sax I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbals (crash and suspended)
• Glockenspiel (Bells)
• Snare Drum
• Timpani
• 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

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Minnesota: III
• Ohio: Class C Required List

Performances

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• 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
• 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
• Catawba Valley New Horizons Band, Hickory NC (Len Allman, conductor) - 11 May 2017
• University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) North Star Band (Jonny Chao, conductor) – 20 October 2016
• Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, LA) Symphonic Band (Jason S. Ladd, conductor) - 8 March 2016
• University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) University Band (Brian Coffill, conductor) – 10 October 2013
• Norton Community High School (Ks.) Symphonic Band (Jordan E. Kinsey, conductor) - 27 January 2013

Works for Winds by this Composer

• American Folk Rhapsody No. 1
• American Folk Rhapsody No. 2 (1959)
• American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 (1970)
• American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 (1977)
• Bernstein Tribute, A (as arranger)
• The Blue and the Gray (1961)
• The Blue and the Gray (arr. Longfield) (1961/2013)
• Blue-Tail Fly, The (1951)
• Burlesque for Band (1967)
• Chorale from "Concord" (arr. Longfield) (1988/2018)
• Concord (1987)
• Concertante for Alto Sax and Band (1973)
• Copland Portrait, A
• Copland Tribute, A (as arranger)
• English Christmas, An (1982)
• English Suite (1968)
• Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952)
• Fantasy on English Hunting Songs (1985)
• The Green Domino (1951)
• Hebrides Suite (1962)
• Irish Rhapsody, An (1971)
• Japanese Rhapsody (1969)
• Kentucky 1800
• Little English Suite (1968)
• Little Suite for Band
• A Medieval Story (1966)
• Music for a Carnival (1957)
• Nocturne for Harp and Band
• Quiet Christmas (1959)
• Scottish Rhapsody, A
• Second American Folk Rhapsody (1959)
• Somerset Rhapsody, A (as transcriber) (1906/1927/1980)
• Spirit of '76 (1964)
• Three Sketches for Winds (1969)
• Two Moods (1947)
• Tuba Rhapsody
• Welsh Rhapsody, A
• 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.