Nutmeggers, The

Eric Osterling

Eric Osterling

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General Info

Year: 1954
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bourne
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $76.45   |   Score Only (print) - $8.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This lively work was Osterling's first published march. The title came from a nickname given to the state of Connecticut many years ago – the early traders in that area reportedly sold wooden nutmegs for real ones.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

"Nutmegger" is a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut. The official nickname for Connecticut is "The Constitution State", as voted in 1958 by the Connecticut state legislature; however "The Nutmeg State" is an unofficial nickname for the state, hence the nickname "Nutmegger".

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

• Audio CD: Lakota West High School Symphonic Winds (Robert Jorgensen, conductor) - 2006

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Charlevoix (Mich.) City Band – 16 August 2016
• Lakota West High School (West Chester, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Robert Jorgensen, conductor) – 22 December 2006 (2006 Midwest Clinic)
• The Franklin (Tenn.) Band (Lee Moody, conductor) – May 1986

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Australian Rhapsody
• Bandology (1963)
• Bandwagon March
• Beguine for Youth
• Blue Mist Beguine
• Bluesville
• Castlewood
• Cha Cha Lite
• Charter Oak (1955)
• A Christmas Ballet
• Clarinet Magic
• Come in from the Rain (as arranger)
• Crystal Star
• Dancing Trumpet
• Dixieland Struttin’
• Dorchester
• Environ
• Fire Brand
• First Symphony (1973)
• Gateway March
• God of Our Fathers (as arranger) (1876/1983)
• Golden Crown
• Grand Island Parade
• The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/1992)
• Hogan's Heroes March (as arranger) (1965/2002)
• Holiday for Flutes (as arranger) (1944/1997)
• Holiday for Trumpets (as arranger)
• Hollingsworth March
• Jaguar
• The Jungle Book: Colonel Hathi’s March (as arranger) (1992)
• Le Sabre
• The Maestro
• March and Procession of Bacchus (as arranger) (1878/1966)
• March for a Festive Occasion
• Mount of Might (1962)
• Mustang March (1966)
• Noble Procession
• Nocturne for Winds
• Nordic Overture
• The Nutmeggers (1954)
• An Occasional Suite (as arranger) (1746/1958)
• Pennsylvania Polka (as arranger)
• Pulsar
• Renegade
• Ring of Honor
• Rockin’ Bach
• Rudolph's Christmas Concert (as arranger) (1962)
• Salute to Louis Armstrong (2003)
• Sambalita (1956)
• Satin Doll (as arranger) (1988)
• Saxology (2000)
• Scandinavian Fantasy
• Solara
• Study in Lavender
• Sunburst (1970)
• Sunliner
• Swamp Dog Rag
• Symphonic Chorale (1969)
• Symphony No. 1. See: First Symphony
• Thundercrest (1964)
• Trilogy
• Totem Pole (1959)
• Tropical Scene
• Wipe Out (as arranger)
• The Woodwind Rag
• The Worried Drummer (as arranger) (1960/2004)
• Yorkdale

Resources

• Nutmegger, Wikipedia Accessed 28 July 2021
• Osterling, E. (1954). The Nutmeggers [score]. Bourne, Inc.: [s.l.].
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 463.