Little English Suite

Clare Grundman

Subtitle: Four Old English Songs

General Info

Year: 1968
Duration: c. 7:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, Inc
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $11:95

Movements

1. The Leather Bottel - 1:10
2. Roving - 1:50
3. We Met - 1:40
4. The Vicar of Bray - 1:25

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
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpets I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A timeless and classic work by one of the great all-time band composers. Four traditional English folk songs are presented in an appealing and well designed setting, perfect for any ensemble. Included are the rollicking The Leather Bottel, followed by the lyric Roving and We Met and concluding with the grand and stately Vicar of Bray.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class C
Arkansas: II
Florida: III
Iowa: III
Louisiana: II
Maryland: III
Michigan: Senior High C
South Carolina: III
Texas: I. (Play 2 contrasting mvts.)
Texas: II. Complete

Performances

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Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) University Band (Christina Colley, conductor) - 18 April 2023
Valdosta (Ga.) State University Concert Band (Skye Holmes, conductor) - 2 March 2022
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Symphonic Band (Jim Lloyd, conductor) – 12 March 2020
Los Baños (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Cliff Brand, conductor) - 16 March 2013 (2013 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.))
Hot Springs Concert Band (Arkansas) (Craig V. Hamilton, conductor) - 2013
Austin Peay State University Symphonic Band (John Schnettler, conductor) - 19 April 2012

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. (1968). Little English Suite: Four Old English Songs [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: Oceanside, N.Y.
Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 332-340.