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O Cool Is the Valley
Subtitle: Poem for Band (After a poem by James Joyce)
This work bears the designation Opus 118.
Contents
General Info
Year: 1971
Duration: c. 6:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Elkan Vogel, Inc / Theodore Presser Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Full Score Only - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bb Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbal (suspended)
- Snare Drum (wire brushes)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
O Cool Is the Valley parallels the mood of the James Joyce poem. It is a colorful but quiet piece requiring meaningful melodic playing and sensitive playing. The opening motive generates the pastoral musical textures of two contrasting themes.
This piece was premiered by the Bowling Green University Band on February 5, 1972, with the composer conducting. It was commissioned by the Ohio Music Education Association.
- Program Notes from score
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- New England Conservatory (Boston) Senior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble (Allison Lacasse, conductor) – 21 February 2020 (France Performance Tour)
- Salem Band (Winston Salem, N.C.) (Eileen Young, conductor) - 4 February 2020
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason H. Nam, conductor) – – 1 October 2019
- North Idaho College (Coeur d'Alene) Wind Symphony (Bryan Hannaford, conductor) – 20 March 2019
- State University of New York, Potsdam, Concert Band (James T. Madeja, conductor) – 19 November 2016
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Bagatelles for Band (1961)
- Celebrations (1966)
- Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen (1984)
- Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star (1963)
- Chorale Prelude: Turn not Thy Face (1967)
- Divertimento for Band (1953)
- A Lincoln Address (1959/1974)
- Masquerade for Band (1965)
- O Cool Is the Valley (1971)
- O God Unseen. See: Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen
- Pageant (1953)
- Parable IX (1972)
- Psalm for Band (1953)
- Round Me Falls the Night
- Serenade for Band (1960)
- Serenade No 1 (1929/1963)
- Serenade No. 11. See: Serenade for Band
- Symphony for Band (1956)
Resources
- Persichetti, V. (1972). O cool Is the Valley [full score]. Elkan-Vogel, Bryn Mawr, Penn.
