Serenade of Carols
Morton Gould (trans. by composer)
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General Info
Year: 1949
Duration: c. 7:35
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: G&C Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Movements
1.
2. Boar's Head Carol; Patapan; Carol of Service - 3:15
3. Come, Love We God; Coventry Carol; The Holy and the Ivy - 4:20
4.
N.B. Although the 1949 orchestral version of the work contained four movements, there is no indication that Gould transcribed the first and fourth movements for band. A transcription by Donald Patterson does include all four movements.
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in E-flat and F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Temple Block
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Serenade of Carols [Movement 2] was arranged by [Morton] Gould in 1949. A collection of popular Christmas tunes, it includes favorites such as What Child Is This, Pat-a-Pan, The Holly and the Ivy, and God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.
- Program Note by Robert S. McEwan for liner notes to U.S. Coast Guard CD Holiday Fanfare
The Serenade of Carols was originally scored for small orchestra. The work is based on a variety of carols, some well-known, grouped according to their respective moods and textures. The second movement is in a gay and bright mood, full of fast-moving contrapuntal lines. The interpretation depends a good deal on a moving tempo and a vital pulse that keeps the work continually "on its toes." The piccolo and flute play a very prominent part with fast-running phrases. The following carols are utilized -- Boar's Head Carol, Patapan, and Carol of Service. The third movement is cast in the form of a chorale. The following carols are utilized -- Come, Love We God; Coventry Carol; and The Holly and the Ivy.
- Program Note adapted from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Jeffrey Spinner, conductor) - 11 December 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Amber Waves. See: American Ballads
- American Ballads (1976)
- Star-Spangled Overture (tr. Ripley) (1976)
- Amber Waves (tr. Ripley) (1976)
- Jubilo (tr. Ripley) (1976)
- Memorials — on “Taps”
- Saratoga Quickstep — on “The Girl I Left Behind”
- Hymnal — on “We Shall Overcome”
- American Patrol (Gould)
- American Salute (tr. Lang) (1943/1971)
- American Salute (arr. Wagner) (1943/2009)
- American Symphonette No. 2 (1939)
- American Youth March
- Ballad for Band (1946)
- Café Rio (1957)
- Centennial Symphony, Gala for Band (1983)
- Cheers! — A Celebration March (1979)
- Cinerama Holiday (1955)
- Cinerama March from “Cinerama Holiday” (concert band)
- On the Boulevard from “Cinerama Holiday”
- Skier’s Waltz (arr. Cacavas) (1955/1957)
- Souvenirs of Paris from “Cinerama Holiday”
- Concertette for Viola and Band (1943)
- Cowboy Rhapsody (arr. Bennett)
- Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band (1955)
- The Deserted Ballroom (tr. Bennett) (1938)
- Dramatic Fanfares (arr. Brunelli) (1964/1967)
- Family Album Suite
- Fanfare for Freedom (1943)
- The First Noel (as arranger) (1949)
- Folk Suite (arr. Lang) (1959)
- Overture from "Folk Suite" (arr. Lang.) (1955/1959)
- Four Latin American Symphonette (arr. Koekelkoren) (1942/1998)
- Fourth of July (1947)
- Global Greetings(1994)
- Holiday Music (1947)
- Holocaust Suite (arr. Gould) (1978/1980)
- Jericho Rhapsody (1941)
- Jingle Bells (as arranger) (1857/1952)
- Jubilo. See: America Ballads, Jubilo - on "Year of Jubilo"
- Latin American Symphonette (arr. Koekelkoren) (1942/1998)
- March of the Leathernecks (arr. Lang) (1943/1944)
- Memorials. See: American Ballads, Memorials — on “Taps”
- Mini-Suite for Band (1968)
- Old Romance
- Overture from “Folk Suite”
- Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (as arranger; trans. Patterson)
- Pavanne (1938)
- Prisms (1962)
- Prologue, from CBS-TV series “World War I”
- Red Cavalry March (tr. Lang) (1943)
- Remembrance Day (Soliloquy for a Passing Century) (1995)
- Revolutionary Prelude, from CBS-TV documentary “World War I”
- Saint Lawrence Suite (1958)
- Santa Fe Saga (1956)
- Saratoga Quickstep. See: American Ballads, Saratoga Quickstep — on “The Girl I Left Behind”
- Sarajevo Suite (1964)
- Serenade of Carols (tr. Gould) (1949)
- Serenade of Carols (tr. Patterson) (1949/2009)
- Skier's Waltz. See: Cinerama Holiday Skier’s Waltz
- Soft Shoe Serenade from “Hoofer Suite” (1956)
- Star-Spangled Overture. See: American Ballads, Star-Spangled Overture - on "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- Symphonette No. 2 (1938)
- Movement I from “Symphonette No. 2”
- Pavanne from “Symphonette No. 2” (arr. Yoder) (1939)
- Symphony No. 4 (1952)
- Taps. See: American Ballads, Memorials — on “Taps”
- We Shall Overcome. See: American Ballads, Hymnal
- West Point Symphony. See: Symphony No. 4
- Windjammer (Highlights) (1958)
- Yankee Doodle (tr. Lang) (1945)
Resources
- Russell Girsberger, personal correspondence, December 2022