Pioneer Songs

Larry Daehn

General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani (optional)
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Wood Block
Xylophone (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Based on three well-known American songs from the pioneer days, this selection for young bands offers nice variety of style. The expressive quotation of Down in the Valley and the lively tunes Cindy and Skip to My Lou make this a treat for the audience.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

California: SCSBOA Band Music List Grade .5
Georgia: II
Louisiana: I
Louisiana: II
Louisiana: LMEA Band 2019-20 Additions GR 2
Michigan: Junior High C
North Carolina: II
Ohio: OMEA Junior High School Band C
Texas: II. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Jackson Middle School (Grove City, Ohio) Symphonic Band – 5 February 2018

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. (2003). Pioneer Songs [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
Perusal score