Nottingham Castle
General Info
Year: 1997
Duration: c. 2:00
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II (I optional)
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
An original composition suggestive of early British folk tunes, this piece is descriptive of Nottingham Castle and Sherwood Forest in England. Different modes (aeolian and dorian) are contrasted with a bright major section to make an attractive piece.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Rutgers University Wind Ensemble (William Berz, conductor)
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class D
- Indiana: ISSMA JH/MS/ELEM BAND GROUP III
- Louisiana: I
- Michigan: Junior High D
- North Carolina: II
- Texas: I. Complete
- West Virginia: I
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)
All Wind Works
- 633 Squadron (as arranger) (1964/2003)
- Adagio Cantabile (as arranger) (1798/2009)
- Adagio for Winds (2004)
- Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3 (as arranger) (1721/1980)
- Aria (as arranger)
- As Summer Was Just Beginning (1994)
- British Isles Suite (1999)
- Chaconne (2011)
- Chaconne and Festive Aria (as arranger)
- Chaconne in D Minor (as arranger)
- Chorale and Fugue in F Major (as arranger)
- Christmas Day (as arranger)
- Concerto for Prince Johann (as arranger) (c. 1713 / 2011)
- Country Wildflowers (1998)
- Die Meistersinger Themes (as arranger) (18684/2009)
- Highland Echoes (1995)
- Fa Una Canzona (as arranger) (c. 1590/1990)
- Farewell, Dear Voyager (2000)
- Fugue in B-flat Major (as arranger) (1722/1988)
- I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (as transcriber) (1905-12/1987)
- Irish Trilogy (as arranger) (1961/2003)
- Nottingham Castle (1997)
- Old Irish Tune (2002)
- Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (as arranger)
- Pioneer Songs (2003)
- Remembrance (2014)
- Romany Life (as arranger)
- The Running Set (as arranger) (1933/2007)
- Sarabande (as arranger) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
- Song for Friends, A (1997)
- A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)
- Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (as arranger) (1893/2007)
- Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (as arranger) (1957/1989)
- Tchaikovskyana (as arranger) (1979/2015)
- Themes from "Green Bushes" (as arranger) (1906/1987)
- Trieste Overture (as arranger) (2006)
- Walking Tune (as arranger) (1900/1940/1988)
- West Point Bicentennial March (2002)
- Where Eagles Dare (as arranger) (1968/2011)
- While I Watch the Yellow Wheat (2002)
- With Quiet Courage (1995)
Resources
- Daehn, L. (1997). Nottingham Castle: For Young Band [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
- Perusal score
- Salinas, Paul A. "Nottingham Castle" Young Band Repertoire Project, Spring 2000. Web. Accessed 15 August 2021