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Scarborough Fair
Subtitle: Mvt. 3 from Three Folk Song Settings for Band
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
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-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Brake Drum
- Cabasa
- China Cymbal
- Crotales
- Field Drum
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This fiery setting of the well-known folk song starts quietly, then builds to a heart-pounding finish. As this arrangement makes up the final movement of Three Folk Song Settings for Band, intriguing musical references to the previous two movements create added interest.
-Program Note from publisher
Three Folk Song Settings for Band is comprised of three folk songs, each opening with a similar motive of a rising fifth followed by a descending second. This unifying motive sets the foundation for the entire suite, and is used both harmonically and melodically in each of the three movements.
The final movement, Scarborough Fair, concludes the suite with a rousing setting of this well-known folk song, and includes references to the previous two movements.
Three Folk Song Settings for Band was commissioned by Russ Kramer and the Mason City (Iowa) High School Symphonic Band, and was premiered in 2007.
-Program Note from score
This is the final movement from a larger work, Three Folk Song Settings for Band, and is published separately. Though in one tempo throughout, the meter alternates regularly between 6/8 and 3/4 meters. The opening bars introduce a three-note motif of an ascending perfect 5th, followed by a descending major 2nd that becomes a building block for the entire movement. This opening section features brief solos for horn, flute, euphonium, and clarinet, along with a rhythmic pedal in the marimba and colorful splashes of percussion. The movement progressively building to a rousing finale. The otherwise standard instrumentation uses four-part trumpets, four-part trombones and piano, while the elaborate percussion scoring requires a minimum of five players, each covering several pieces of equipment. This well-crafted movement could stand alone or be combined as part of the larger suite.
-Program Note from The Instrumentalist, September 2013
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of California Irvine Wind Ensemble (Kevin McKeown, conductor) - 13 March 2023
- Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Penn.) Symphonic Winds (Travis Weller conductor) - 23 September 2022
- Lindenwood University (St. Charles, Mo.) Wind Ensemble (Gary W. Brandes, conductor) - 14 March 2022
- University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Summer Band (Kelly Cartwright, conductor) - 21 July 2016
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor) – 20 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)
- Providence (Charlotte, NC) High School Wind Ensemble (Josha K. Potter, conductor) - 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alchemy (2008/2013)
- All the Pretty Little Horses. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Ancient Runes (2017)
- Apples (2018)
- Branden's Rainbow (1997/2002)
- Bright Sunny Days (2013)
- By My Side (2018)
- Casus Belli (2018)
- Celebration In Brass (1995)
- Concerto for Percussion (as transcriber) (1994/1997)
- Conversations with the Night (1994)
- Dance, from All Hail the Power
- December Dance (2005)
- Diamond Jubilee Suite (2018)
- Distorted Images: A Jazzman's Nightmare (1989)
- A Fallen Leaf (2004)
- Fanfare: In Memoriam (2015)
- Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa (2003)
- Frenzy (2010)
- The Four Horsemen (1989)
- A Glimpse through the Trees (2014)
- Grant Them Eternal Rest (2003)
- Havener Fanfare (2012)
- Heirloom (2009)
- I Am (1990)
- John Henry (1990)
- Joyride (2003/2008)
- Kinetic Energy (1994)
- Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
- Metamorphosis (2013)
- Old Ben's Farm (2016/2019)
- On the Merrimack (2010)
- Ovations (1995)
- Phoenix (2020)
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Relentless (2000)
- Scarborough Fair. See: Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Scherzo (1995)
- Scherzo No 2 (2013)
- Shades of Ivory (1996)
- Simple Song (1995)
- Snowflakes Dancing (2012/2016)
- Song for Lyndsay (2005)
- Song for My Children (2013)
- Song for My Parents (2020)
- Song of Loudest Praise, A (2010)
- Song of the Sea Maidens (1994)
- Stamp, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Star-Crossed (2013)
- Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion (1997)
- Symphony No. 3 (1999)
- Symphony No. 4 (2006)
- Symphony No. 6 (2012)
- Symphony No. 8 (2015-2016)
- Symphony No. 10 (2019)
- This Is the Drum (2013)
- Thoughts of You (1998)
- Three Folk Song Settings for Band
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (2007/2012)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (2014)
- Scarborough Fair (as arranger) (2013)
- Time Streams (After Tricycle) (2011)
- To Break Earth's Sleep (2015)
- Tricycle (1997)
- Twilight of the Gods (2010)
- An Uncommon Man (1993)
- Unraveling (2006)
- Urban Scenes (1993)
- The Vikings (2015)
Resources
- Andrew Boysen Jr. website Accessed 5 June 2021
- Perusal score