Revolutionaries, The

David P. Miller

David P Miller

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 7:27
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Silver Clef Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00

Instrumentation:

Full Score
Condensed Score
Compressed Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Sop. Clarinet
B-flat Sop. Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone 1-2
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium TC
Euphonium BC
Tuba
Percussion, including:

• Timpani
• Bells
• Percussion Part (battery on one part)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Description

In the premier volume of the AMERICAN FRONTIER SUITES series, we bring you five tunes popular in the American Colonies during the years of the Revolutionary War:

• The Girl I Left Behind me (1758?)
• Barbara Allen (pre-1665)
• Free America (mid-1600's?) (taken from "The British Grenadiers")
• Yankee Doodle (pre-1770)
• Chester (William Billings, 1778)

Almost all of these tunes are still recognizable today, in the twenty-first century.

Program Notes

In Volume 1 of his American Frontier Suites, The REVOLUTIONARIES, arranger David Miller brings us five tunes popular in late 1700’s America.

The first three of these tunes were originally British traditional tunes, adopted by the Americans for their own use.

The suite opens with the lively marching tune, The Girl I Left Behind Me, adopted from England’s “Brighton Camp” dating from about 1758. The next tune the American patriots borrowed was the famous “British Grenadiers” marching song, renaming it Free America and using it as a rallying song for the revolution, with new words written by Joseph Warren.

The haunting melody Barbara Allen was often sung in pubs and inns of the day as well.

The suite concludes with two tunes of distinctly American origin, the sprightly Yankee Doodle and one of the most famous patriotic songs of that era, William Billings’ 1778 song, Chester.

Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy with us now Volume 1 of David Miller’s American Frontier Suite series: THE REVOLUTIONARIES.

- Program Note by arranger

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• The Mississippi Community Symphonic Band (David P. Miller, conductor) - 17 May 2008

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Alamo March (arr. Miller) (1916/2016)
• Amazing Grace (as arranger)
• The American Frontier Suites Series (as editor)
  • The Revolutionaries (AFS #1)
  • The Seafarers (AFS #2)
  • The Appalachian Frontier (AFS #3)
  • River Valley Suite (AFS #4)
  • The Builders (AFS #5)
  • Pushing Westward (AFS #6)
  • Gold Rush Days (AFS #7)
  • Brother Against Brother (AFS #8)
  • A Nation Divided (AFS #9)
  • The War to End All Wars (AFS #21)
• Association of Concert Bands March, The
• Birthday of a King
• Bombasto March (as arranger)
• Camp Town Bash
• Cedar Key Calypso
• Celebration of Liberty
• Centurions (original)
• Christmas Magic
• Downeaster March
• El Capitan (as editor)
• The Ensemble Concert Books - Volume 1
  • The Washington Post March -ECB1- (editor)
  • What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • How Great Thou Art -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • Bill Bailey -ECB1- (as editor)
  • Give My Regards to Broadway -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • Greensleeves -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • A Bicycle Built for Two -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • Grandfather's Clock -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • Onward, Christian Soldiers -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • You Tell Me Your Dreams -ECB1- (as arranger)
  • You're a Grand Old Flag -ECB1- (arr. Arnie Gross, ed. DMiller)
  • The Billboard March -ECB1- (as editor)
• The Ensemble Concert Books - CHILDREN'S VOLUME
  • Pop Goes the Weasel -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • The Farmer in the Dell -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • Are You Sleeping -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • Old MacDonald -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • Found a Peanut (My Darling Clementine) -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • Twinkle, Twinkle -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • A Baby Bumblebee -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • Jesus Loves Me -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • Polly Wolly Doodle -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • The Muffin Man -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • The Itsy Bitsy Spider -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • The Bear Went Over the Mountain -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • London Bridge -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • On Top of Old Smokey -ECBKids- (as arranger)
  • My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean -ECBKids- (as arranger)
• Fairgreen March
• For All The Saints (as arranger)
• Harold B. Bachman March, The
• Hydrophobia (as arranger)
• I’m An Angel (Just in Time for Christmas)
• Joyful, Joyful
• The Laughing Trombone
• Lexington Processional (formerly CCAF March)
• Liberty Bell March (as arranger)
• Moon Landing, USA (2019)
• Nebula (Concert March)
• O Holy Night (as arranger) (1847/2005)
• Panis Angelicus (for SSAA with band)
• Pathfinder of Panama (as arranger)
• A Patriot's Anthem
• Pearl River March
• The Pledge of Allegiance
• Rifle Regiment March (as editor)
• Rondo for Horns and Concert Band (2020)
• Semper Supra - Guardians We! (2022)
• Solar Eclipse (2017)
• Spanish Serenade
• The Star Spangled Banner Noble
• Swingle Bells
• Symphonic Suite for Band
• Touching Basses
• Trident, The
• US Hooray!
• The Vanished Army (as arranger)
• Washington Post March (as editor)
• Xylo Lagniappe

Resources

• http://silverclefmusic.com/product/afs-01-the-revolutionaries/ Silver Clef Music "AFS #1 - The Revolutionaries"]