Legends and Heroes
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Subtitle: American Folksong Suite No. 1 for Concert Band
General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 7:53
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Movements
1. Patrick on the Railway
2. Sweet Betsy
3. Little David, Play On
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This folksong-based trilogy is comprised of three folksongs of differing styles and cultural backgrounds, each of which pay tribute to a legendary hero. The Irish immigrant tune from the 1840's Patrick On The Railways; the familiar Sweet Betsy and the African-American spiritual Little David, Play On combine to make a varied and interesting work.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by and dedicated to the North Carolina Central District Bandmasters' Association.
Media
State Ratings
- Georgia: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
- Kansas: III
- Michigan: Senior High B
- North Carolina: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Royal Oak (Mich.) Concert Band (Kevin R. Czarnik, conductor) - 29 October 2023
- University of Missouri (Columbia) Symphonic Band (Brad Snow, conductor) – 15 October 2015
- Collier All-County (Fla.) High School Honor Band (Ian Schwindt, conductor) – January 2009
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
- American Riversongs (1991)
- American Sketches (2014)
- As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
- At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
- The Band in the Square (2006)
- The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
- Caribbean Rondo (2009)
- Come to the Fair!
- A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
- Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
- English Country Settings (1997)
- Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
- Great American West Suite, The (2013)
- In the Forest of the King (2000)
- La Bonne Aventure (2010)
- Legends and Heroes (2003)
- Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
- Music for the King's Delight (2007)
- Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
- Prairie Songs (1998)
- Prospect (1983)
- Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
- Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
- Songs of the Plains (2015)
- Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
- Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
- The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
- Travelin' Music (2018)
- The Voyageurs (2002)
- A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
- Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
- Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)
Resources
- La Plante, P. (2003). Legends and Heroes: American Folksong Suite No. 1 [score]. Dawhn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.