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Lincolnshire Posy
Percy Aldridge Grainger (ed. Frederick Fennell)
Contents
General Info
Year: 1937 / 1987 / 2010
Duration: c. 16:45
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: LudwigMasters Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.
N.B. The 2020 Mark Rogers revision of this edition is found Lincolnshire Posy here.
Movements (may be played without pause)
1. Dublin Bay (Lisbon) – 1:20
2. Horkstow Grange – 2:50
3. Rufford Park Poachers – 4:00
4. The Brisk Young Sailor – 1:40
5. Lord Melbourne – 3:25
6. The Lost Lady Found – 2:20
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
B-flat Baritone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Handbells
- Side Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tubular Bells
- Xylophone
Errata
It is highly recommended that conductors use the 1987 Frederick Fennell edition of Posy. While this edition is obviously not free of errors, it corrects and clarifies many ambiguities that exist in the original version.
1987 Version The following errors are in both the Score and the Parts:
- The tempo for the third movement should be eighth note = 132, not quarter note = 132.
1987 Version The following errors are in the parts:
- Trumpet I: Movement III, Version B, meas. 49, beat 1: the part should read A-flat - G natural - G-flat. It is correct in the score.
- Baritone TC: Movement IV, meas. 22, beat 1: G should read F (concert F should be concert E-flat).
- F Horn IV: Movement III, meas. 82. Time signature should be 2/4.
2010 Version The following errors are in the score:
- Piccolo: Movement III Version A, meas. 10, beat 1: E-flat should read C.
- 2nd trumpet: Movement IV, meas. 41, beat 3: E should read E-Flat.
2010 Version The following errors are in the parts:
- 2nd trumpet: Movement IV, meas. 41, beat 3: E should read E-Flat.
- F Horn IV: Movement II, meas. 33, beat 2: add whole note B-flat.
Program Notes
Lincolnshire Posy was commissioned by the American Bandmasters Association and premiered at their convention with the composer conducting. It is in six movements, all based on folk songs from Lincolnshire, England. Grainger's settings are not only true to the verse structure of the folk songs, but attempt to depict the singers from whom Grainger collected the songs. Since its premiere, it has been recognized as a cornerstone of the wind band repertoire.
Lincolnshire Posy, as a whole work, was conceived and scored by me direct for wind band early in 1937. Five, out of the six, movements of which it is made up existed in no other finished form, though most of these movements (as is the case with almost all my compositions and settings, for whatever medium) were indebted, more or less, to unfinished sketches for a variety of mediums covering many years (in this case, the sketches date from 1905 to 1937). These indebtednesses are stated in the score.
This bunch of "musical wildflowers" (hence the title) is based on folksongs collected in Lincolnshire, England (one notated by Miss Lucy E. Broadwood; the other five noted by me, mainly in the years 1905-1906, and with the help of the phonograph), and the work is dedicated to the old folksingers who sang so sweetly to me. Indeed, each number is intended to be a kind of musical portrait of the singer who sang its underlying melody -- a musical portrait of the singer's personality no less than of his habits of song -- his regular or irregular wonts of rhythm, his preference for gaunt or ornately arabesqued delivery, his contrasts of legato and staccato, his tendency towards breadth or delicacy of tone.
- Program Note by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Edition note. This history of errors in this work is legend. When Percy Grainger wrote it, he wrote out all of the parts FIRST, then made a “compressed full score," meaning a two-line score like a condensed score, but with much more complete information than your usual condensed score.
Using that process, and under time pressure for the premiere, many errors found their way into parts and score. In the original Schott/Shirmer publication, there are over **500** errors. Frederick Fennell found most of them; others were discovered by other conductors (H. Robert Reynolds, Jennifer Martin, several others), and by players young and old, and were sent to Fennell over the years. Fennell made his first edition principally to fix those errors and to clarify information discovered in Grainger’s manuscript score and parts, while working from an unpublished full score by Ward Hammond.
Even with all of those errors found over the years, and proofreading by many people, further errors were discovered in the first printing, and another one or two in printings two through four. And yet errors persist, or perhaps have been introduced, in the latest, 2010, printing. Users are encouraged to be on the lookout for errors in this complex work.
- Edition Note by Jennifer Martin
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Eastman Wind Ensemble (Frederick Fennell, conductor)
- Audio CD: Michigan State Symphonic Band (Keith Brion, conductor)
- Audio CD: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra (Timothy Reynish, conductor)
- Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporon, conductor)
- Audio CD: University of Michigan Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor)
- Audio CD: University of Michigan Symphony Band (H. Robert Reynolds, conductor)
State Ratings
- Florida: --- (The Florida Bandmasters Association denotes this as "significant literature.")
- Grade IV: Movements 1 and 2.
- Grade V: Movements 1, 2, and 6.
- Grade VI: Any 4 movements.
- Minnesota: Category I (any 4 movements)
- New York:
- Grade VI: Any 5 movements
- North Carolina:
- Grade VI: Play 4 or more movements
- Masterworks: Play all
- South Carolina: "Masterwork"
- Virginia: VI
- Texas:
- Grade II: Any one movement
- Grade III: Any two movements
- Grade IV: Any four movements
Performances
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- United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C. (Gerard Schwarz, conductor) – 9 July 2020
- University of Toronto (Ont.) Wind Ensemble (Gillian MacKay, conductor) – 1 March 2020
- Penn State University (University Park) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Dennis Glocke, conductor) – 5 March 2020
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Michael E. Hancock, conductor) – 28 February 2020
- CBDNA Southwestern Division Intercollegiate Band (Norman, Okla.) (Gary Green, conductor) – 22 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southwestern Division Conference, Norman, Okla.)
- Penn State University (University Park) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Dennis Glocke, conductor) – 18 February 2020 (Carnegie Hall, New York)
- University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) – 18 February 2020
- Northern Symphonic Winds (Potsdam, N.Y.) (Brian K. Doyle, conductor) – 15 February 2020
- Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music (Riga) Wind Band (Petri Komulainen, conductor) – 14 February 2020
- Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) Concert Band (Thomas Duffy, conductor) – 14 February 2020
- Washington State University (Pullman) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Angela Gomez, conductor) – 12 February 2020
- Western University (London, Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Colleen Richardson, conductor) – 11 February 2020
- United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Ryan Nowlin, conductor) – 2 February 2020
- New York (N.Y.) Wind Orchestra (Hana Kim, conductor) – 14 December 2019
- Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Morehouse, conductor) – 4 December 2019
- Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) Symphonic Band (Nathaniel Dickey, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- University of Texas (Austin) Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble (H. Robert Reynolds, conductor) – 30 September 2012
- Arts Academy Band [Interlochen, Mich.] (Frederick Fennell, conductor) - 11 January 1970
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Irish Tune from County Derry (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Klarfeld) (1918/2014/2020)
- Molly on the Shore (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sheehan) (1920/2020)
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Flex instrumentation) (as scorer)
- Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1918/2020)
- Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2019)
All Wind Works
- Angelus ad Virginem (as arranger) (1940s)
- The Annunciation Carol
- The Annunciation Carol (tr. Grainger) (13th Cent./1942/1993)
- Arrival Platform Humlet (arr. Eichenberger) (1912/)
- Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Simpson) (1912/1916/1995)
- Arrival Platform Humlet (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
- Australian Up-Country Tune (arr. Bainum) (1930/1970)
- Bell Piece (ed. Duffy and Ould) (1935/1953/1991)
- Blithe Bells (1931)
- Blithe Bells (arr. Jager) (1931/1989)
- Blithe Bells (ed. Ould) (1931/2013)
- A Bridal Lullaby (arr. Hartley)
- Brigg Fair (arr. Ballenger) (1905/1991)
- British Waterside (arr. Moss) (1921)
- British Waterside (arr. Wilson) (1921/1998)
- Children's March (rev. Erickson) (1919/1971)
- Children's March (rev. Rogers) (1919/1995)
- Children's March (arr. Wagner) (1919/2000)
- Choral No 2 for Organ (as scorer; ed. Rogers) (1890/1941/20--?)
- Colonial Song (1912/1918)
- Colonial Song (ed. Rogers) (1918/1997)
- Colonial Song (ed. Topolewski) (1918/2001)
- Colonial Song (arr. Wagner) (1919/2014)
- Country Gardens (1918/1920?)
- Country Gardens (arr. Sousa, Brion and Schissel) (1918/1953)
- Country Gardens (arr. Karrick) (1918/2013)
- Country Gardens (arr. Clark) (1918/1931)
- County Derry Air (ed. Ould)
- Danish Folk Music Settings (arr. Kreines) (1926-41/1950/)
- Danny Deever (arr. Carpenter)
- Died for Love
- Died for Love (arr. Conway)
- Down Longford Way & Shenandoah (as orchestrator; arr. Osmon) (1928/1935/1990)
- The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (1939)
- Duke of Marlborough Fanfare, The (ed. Hunsberger) (1939/2000)
- Duke of Marlborough Fanfare, The (arr. Ragsdale) (1939/1995)
- Early One Morning (arr. Kreines). See: Two Grainger Melodies
- Eastern Intermezzo (arr. Warshaw) (1899/1922/)
- Faeroe Island Dance (1946//1954/1969)
- Father and Daughter (arr. Ragsdale) (1912)
- Folktune (as arranger) (1942)
- Four Grainger Songs (arr. Svanoe) (2003) (unpublished)
- Gay but Wistful (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
- A Grainger Threesome (arr. Ragsdale) (2007)
- Green Bushes (1906/2007) (tr. Pappajohn)
- Gumsucker's March (arr. Rogers) (1914/1942/1996)
- Handel in the Strand (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1912/2001)
- Handel in the Strand (arr. Goldman) (1912/1961)
- Handel in the Strand (arr. Rohrer) (1912/2015)
- Harlem 125th Street Walkabout (arr. Hartley)
- Harvest Hymn (tr. Kreines) (1940/1983)
- Hill Song No. 1 (1902)
- Hill Song No. 1 (adapt. Rogers) (1901/1922/1923/1997)
- Hill-Song Nr. 1 (trans. Clark) (1901/1922/1923/2019)
- Hill Song No. 2 (1907)
- Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapt. Sweeney) (1937/2008)
- The Hunter in His Career (arr. Robinson)
- The Immovable Do (1940)
- I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (tr. Daehn) (1905-12/1987)
- I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (arr. Wagner) (1905-12/1999)
- In a Nutshell (tr. Patterson) (1916/2011)
- In Dahomey (arr. Miller)
- Irish Tune (arr. Stotter) (1918)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (1918)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Erickson) (1918/1970)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Klarfeld) (1918/2014/2020)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Kreines) (1918/1996)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Renshaw) (1918)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
- Jutish Medley (arr. Kreines)
- Lads of Wamphray March (ed. Kreines) (1907)
- Lads of Wamphray Ballad (arr. Ragsdale) (1905/2018)
- Lads of Wamphray March (ed. Kreines) (1905/1937)
- Lincolnshire Posy (1937)
- Lincolnshire Posy (ed. Fennell) (1937/1987/2010)
- Lincolnshire Posy (ed. Fennell; rev. Rogers) (1937/1987/2010/2020)
- Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Higgins) (1937/2008)
- Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Osika) (1937/)
- Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (adapt. Sweeney) (1937/2017)
- Lord Maxwell's Goodnight (orch. Wilson)
- Lord Peter's Stable Boy (1925/1930)
- Lord Peter's Stable Boy (arr. Kreines)
- Lost Lady Found (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2011)
- March (as arranger) (1946)
- Marching Song of Democracy (1917/1948/1991)
- Marching Song of Democracy (ed. Brion) (1917/1948/1991)
- Marching Tune (2013) (arr. Story)
- The Merry King (ed. Schissel) (1905/2006)
- Mock Morris (arr. Kreines) (1910/1921)
- Mock Morris (arr. Perna) (1910/2010/2016)
- Mock Morris (arr. Simpson)
- Molly on the Shore (1920)
- Molly on the Shore (ed. Clark and Schmidt) (1920/2002)
- Molly on the Shore (arr. Johnston) (1920/2011)
- Molly on the Shore (tr Ragsdale) (tr. Ragsdale) (1920/1978)
- My Dark-Haired Maid (ed. Ragsdale) (1899)
- Near Woodstock Town (arr. Cramer) (2004)
- Nightingale and the Two Sisters, The (arr. Kreines) (1931)
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (setting) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Pagodes from "Estampes" (as arranger) (1903/1928/1996)
- A Percy Grainger Portrait (arr. Wagner) (2010)
- A Percy Grainger Suite (arr. Erickson) (1996)
- The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1947/1953)
- Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Flex instrumentation) (as scorer)
- Scotch Strathspey and Reel (arr. Osmon) (1901-1911/1982)
- Sehet was die liebe tut (as arranger) (1937)
- Sheep Shearing Song (as arranger) (1904/1923/1942/2017)
- Shenandoah (arr. Osmon)
- Shepherd's Hey (1918)
- Shepherd's Hey (ed. Rogers) (1918/1994)
- Shepherd's Hey (arr. De Stefano) (1918/2012)
- Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1918/2020)
- Spoon River (1919-29/1940s)
- Spoon River (arr. Bainum) (1922/1967/2009)
- Spoon River (ed. Carson & Naylor) (1922/2010)
- Spoon River (arr. Sheldon) (1922)
- Spoon River (arr. Story) (1922/2014)
- Six Dukes Went A-Fishin' (arr. Kreines)
- The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (scored Goldman) (1916/1965)
- The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Clark) (1916/1996)
- The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (arr. Simpson) (1916/1988)
- Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol, The (arr. Stotter) (1911/1916/2006)
- Themes from "Green Bushes" (arr. L. Daehn) (1906/1987)
- This is Not My Plaid (arr. Ragsdale) (2014)
- Three Tragic Ballads (arr. Ragsdale) (1924, 1902, 1909/2016)
- A Tribute to Grainger (arr. Ragsdale) (1999)
- Tuscan Serenade (as arranger) (1865/1937/1994)
- Two Grainger Melodies (trans. Kreines) (1912/1988)
- Two Grainger Sweets - Harvest Hymn and Mock Morris (arr. Krienes)
- Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (arr. Ryan) (1937/2019)
- Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1937/2019)
- Walking Tune (Woodwind Quintet) (1900)
- Walking Tune (arr. L. Daehn) (1900/1940/1988)
- Walking Tune (arr. Simpson)
- The Warriors (tr. Pappajohn) (1916/1998)
- We Have Fed Our Sea for a Thousand Years (1911)
- Willow, Willow (1911/1992) (orch. Simpson)
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1949)
- Youthful Suite (tr. Rogers)
- Northern March
- Rustic Dance (1899/1950/2010)
- Eastern Intermezzo
- English Waltz (1899-1901/1940-1947/1999)
- Zanzibar Boat Song (arr. Hazzard) (1902/2013)
Resources
- Blocker, L., Cramer, R., Corporon, E. ,Lautzenheiser, T., Lisk, E., & Miles, R. (1996). Teaching music through performance in band (Volume One). Chicago, IL: Gia Publications.
- Fansler, Michael. (2005) Events Leading to the Composition of Lincolnshire Posy Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinics Handout.
- Garofalo, Robert. (2008). Creation and Early Performances of Lincolnshire Posy. Journal of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Vol. 15 (2008).
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 840-853.
- Percy Aldridge Grainger website.