Little Red Schoolhouse
William Grant Still (arr. Charles Bucky Steele)
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General Info
Year: 1957 / 1977
Duration: c. 19:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Peer International
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $139.95 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This suite contains the following melodies: Little Conqueror; Egyptian Princess; Captain Kidd, Junior; Colleen Bawn; and Petey.
Little Red Schoolhouse is a collection of five short pieces that each contain a folk song-like quality to them. Colleen Bawn is a beautiful, lyrical movement that evokes feelings of reminiscence and longing as the music unfolds. Petey features a jaunty and upbeat tune in 6/8 time that is a delight to listen to!
- Program Note compiled by Derek Stoughton
Media
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State Ratings
- Arkansas: IV
- Tennessee: V
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- University of Colorado (Boulder) Concert Band (Branden Steinmetz, conductor) - 17 April 2023
- University of Delaware (Newark) Symphonic Band (James P. Ancona, conductor) - 2 December 2021
- Southwest Washington (Camas) Wind Symphony (Patrick Murphy, conductor) – 21 October 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Africa: Land of Superstition (arr. Tam)
- Afro-American Symphony for Band (arr. West Point Military Academy) (1930/1970)
- Afro-American Symphony. See also: Symphony No. 1
- Scherzo from "The Afro-American Symphony" (1930/1970)
- The American Scene (1957)
- Choreographic Prelude (arr. Lloyd) (1970)
- Dances in the Canebrakes (as orchestrator; arr. Brown) (1953/)
- Entrances of the Porteuses (arr. Perna; ed. Lloyd)
- Fanfare for American War Heroes (arr. Lloyd) (1942 / )
- Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron
- Folk Suite for Band (1966)
- Frisco Jazz Band Blues (1919)
- From the Delta (1945)
- The Hesitating Blues (as arranger) (1916)
- Kaintuck' (tr. Perna) (1935)
- Land of Peace
- Little Folk Suite from the Western Hemisphere
- Little Red Schoolhouse (arr. Steele) (1957/1977)
- Miniatures (1963)
- Old California
- Rising Tide. See: Victory Tide
- "Scherzo" for Band. See: Afro-American Symphony for Band
- Song of the City. See: Victory Tide
- Summerland: From Three Visions (arr. Teter) (1937/2013)
- Summerland: For Wind Ensemble (arr. Teter) (1937/2013)
- Symphony No. 1 (1931/1946)
- Symphony No. 1. See also: Afro-American Symphony for Band
- To You, America! (1952/1956)
- Victory Tide (1939/1942/1945)
- Wood Notes (arr. Mauldin) (1948/1959/2022)
Resources
- Still, W; Steele, B. [1977]. Little Red Schoolhouse: Suite: For Concert band [score]. Southern Music: [s.l.].
- "Works for Band and Brass Ensemble." William Grant Still Music. Web. Accessed 31 October 2018