Sailor's Odyssey, A

David Bobrowitz

Arranged by David Bobrowitz

Subtitle: Based on 'The Drunken Sailor'

General Info

Year: 2004
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00   |   Score Only - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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-III
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Snare Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Bells
• Chimes
• Tambourine
• Wood Block
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This musical odyssey explores the familiar sea chantey Drunken Sailor. The free-wheeling nature of the tune comes through, as young bands perform a nice array of articulations and thematic variations.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
• Louisiana: II
• South Carolina: II
• Texas: II. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• ATSSB Region 3 High School Concert Band (Texas) (Benny Davis, conductor) - 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
• A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation)(as arranger) (2004/2020)

All Wind Works

• All Trails Lead West (2007)
• Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (as arranger) (c. 1770/2015)
• American Gothic (2009)
• American Ramble (2016)
• Balfour Castle (2009)
• Caribbean Carnival (2007)
• Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
• A Chanukah Celebration (arr. Soper) (1995)
• City of Glass and Steel (2006)
• Clowns! Clowns! Clowns! (2009)
• The Comic (2012)
• A Concert Fanfare (2016)
• Diamond Falls (2013)
• Divertimento for Tuba and Band (2013)
• Fantasy on "March Slav" (as arranger) (1876/2019)
• Festival at Camelot (2017)
• Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1862-76/2019)
• Grand Central Station (2016)
• The Iron Horse Across America (2009)
• Irish Fantasy (2013)
• Luminosity and Other Colorations (1995)
• The Mall of America (2009)
• March of the Trolls (2007)
• Midnight Fair (2018)
• Mission: Explore Strange New Worlds (2010)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (as arranger) (1774/2013)
• A New Orleans Moment (2012)
• A Night in Budapest (2016)
• Oceanic Scenes (2004)
• Procession at Bayham Old Abbey (2017)
• Ragtimeout (2017)
• A Sailor's Odyssey (as arranger) (2004)
• A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
• Sonidos de Sevilla (2009)
• Symphony No. 1: Finale (as arranger). See: Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1
• Symphony No. 29: First Movement (as arranger). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
• The Traffic Circle (2017)
• Variations on "Russian Sailor's Dance" (as arranger)
• The Visionary (2006)
• Viva Mexico! (2015)
• Wheels (2016)
• Whodunit? (2004)

Resources

• Bobrowitz, D. (2004). A Sailor's Odyssey: Based on "The Drunken Sailor" [score]. Grand Mesa: Grand Junction, Colo.