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Shenandoah (arr Sheldon)
Traditional (arr. Robert Sheldon)
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General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $48.00 | Score Only - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Oh Shenandoah (also called simply Shenandoah, or Across the Wide Missouri) is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, dating at least to the early 19th century. The song had become popular as a sea chanty with sailors by the 1880s.
Shenandoah was printed as part of Capt. Robert Chamblet Adams's article Sailors' Songs in the April 1876 issue of The New Dominion Monthly. It was later printed as part of William L. Alden's article Sailor Songs in the July 1882 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Ike Skelton, the U.S. congressman for Missouri, noted in 2005 that local artist George Caleb Bingham immortalized the jolly flatboatmen who plied the Missouri River in the early 19th century; these same flatboatmen were known for their chanties, including the lovely Oh Shenandoah. This boatmen's song found its way down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to the American clipper ships, and thus around the world.
Sea Songs and Shanties, Collected by W.B. Whall, Master Mariner (First edition in Nov 1910), states that the song probably originated from American or Canadian "voyageurs", who were great singers. Thomas Moore drew inspiration from them in his Canadian Boat Song. The author further states that he heard it sung over fifty years prior to publishing the book, which place its origin at least a fair bit earlier than 1860. Besides sung at sea, this song figured in old public school collections.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
The Shenandoah Valley and the Shenandoah River are located in Virginia. There is disagreement among historians concerning the origins of their names. Some claim that the river and valley were named in the 1750s by the Cherokee as a friendly tribute to a visiting Iroquois Chief named Skenandoah. Others suggest that the region was named not by the Cherokee, but by the Senedo Indians of the Virginia Valley. In the Senedo tradition, Shenandoah means “daughter of the moon”, and bears no relation to the Iroquois Chief Skenandoah.
The origins of the folk song are equally obscure, but all date to the 19th century. It has been attributed variously to a coal miner in Pennsylvania, a young protégé of Stephen Foster, and to a housewife in Lexington, Kentucky. Many variants on the melody and text have been handed down through the years, the most popular telling the story of an early settler’s love for a Native American woman.
- Program Note from State University of New York, Potsdam, Symphonic Band concert program, 17 November 2016
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
State Ratings
- Georgia: II
- Mississippi: III-A
- West Virginia: III
Performances
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- Rio Vista Middle School (Fresno, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Adam Pietz, conductor) -16 March 2018 (2018 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwalbe, conductor) - 2 November 2014
- San Bernardino County (Calif.) Middle School Honor Band - 2013
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
- West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
All Wind Works
- An American Hymntune (as arranger) (2004)
- Appalachian Legacy (1995)
- Appalachian Morning (2008)
- Armenian Anthem
- Art in the Park (2008)
- As a Wind from the North (2006)
- As Twilight Falls (2011)
- An Australian Sea Ballad (2011)
- Awakened Like the Morn
- Barrier Reef
- Bayside Portrait, A
- Bellefonte Overture
- Bermuda Triangle, The
- Beyond the Higher Skies (1999)
- Beyond the Riverbend (2013)
- Big Brass on Patrol
- Black Is the Color... (2009)
- Blaze of Glory
- Blessed Legacy (as arranger) (2019)
- The Blue Ridge (as arranger) (2017)
- Bounty Hunter from "Advent Rising"
- Bright Auroral Skies
- Bright Lights! (2015)
- Bristol Bay Legend
- Brule River Celebration
- Cape Fear Chronicles
- Cataclysm (2018)
- Carol of Two Mangers, A
- Celebration and Song (2009)
- Cellular Symphony
- Century Point
- Chanteys (2000)
- Charleston Harbor Celebration
- Chiaroscuro (2002)
- Child's Lullaby, A (2016)
- Chimney Rock Celebration (2017)
- Choreography (2009)
- Christmas Couplet, A
- Christmastimes Three
- Coldwater Creek
- Commemoration
- Conundrum
- Corsairs Landing, The
- Crazy for Cartoons (2011)
- Crest of Nobility
- Crossings, The
- Danse Celestiale (1989)
- Danzas Cubanas (2010)
- Daydreams (Sheldon) (2013)
- Der Lehrmeister (2017)
- Divertimento
- Dorian Dreamscape
- Eagle Mountain Overture
- Edifice (2014)
- El Rey de Fransia (2003)
- El Taco Picante (2017)
- Falcon Lake Overture
- Fall River Overture
- Fanfare and Intermezzo (1998)
- Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune
- Final Voyage, The
- Fires of Bandai, The (2014)
- Flight of the Piasa (2008)
- Four Winds
- Garden of the Black Rose
- Gently I Wander (2017)
- Gently Touch the Sky
- Ghost Fleet (2001)
- Golden Panther March
- "Halo Suite" from Video Games Live
- Harbinger (2015)
- Hill Country Holiday
- Holiday Sleigh Ride
- Iberian Escapades (2009)
- Images (Sheldon)
- Infinite Horizons
- In the Center Ring (2003)
- In the Shining of the Stars (1996)
- In This Quiet Place
- Integrity
- Intrada for Winds
- Intrepid Journey (2015)
- Irish Air, An
- Irish Ballade, An
- Joyful Journey, A
- Korobochka
- A Lantern in the Window (1998)
- Legend of Starved Rock
- Let Evening Come
- Lindbergh Variations
- Lion's Gate (2019)
- A Longford Legend (1999)
- Lords of Greenwich, The
- Lost Colony
- Lost in Mammoth Cave
- Lydian Lullaby (2006)
- Manatee Lyric Overture
- Maqamat
- March Ceremonial
- March of the Majestics
- March Mixolydian
- Mark of Triumph
- Melody Park (2014)
- The Message on the Rock (2004)
- Metroplex (2006)
- The Monster Under the Bed (2005)
- Moravian Folk Rhapsody (2004/2008)
- Morning Mist (2012)
- Most Wonderful Christmas, A (1934/2006)
- Mystery of Duffy's Cut, The
- Mystic Journey
- Noel Francais
- Northwest Rising
- Ocean Ridge Rhapsody
- Of Kindred Spirit
- On Placid Seas (2015)
- Once the Man
- One Thousand Cranes
- Oracles of the Sirocco (2018)
- Overdrive (2015)
- Overture to a New Horizon (2014)
- Palimpsest
- Paragon
- Patriotic Salute
- Patriotic Snippets
- Pevensey Castle (1993)
- Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
- Phantom of Dark Hollow, The (2006)
- Phrygian Phantasy
- Pioneer's Passage, The
- The Pioneers
- Pop Culture (2007)
- Praeludium and Dance
- A Prairie Portrait (2006)
- Prairiescape
- Prelude on an Old English Hymn (2000)
- Prevail! (2016)
- Pride of the Grenadiers
- Pursuit of the Centaur (2016)
- Quixotic Episode
- Red Covered Bridge, The (2014)
- Red Rock Canyon
- Requiem to a Land Forgotten
- Resurgences (2013)
- Rhapsodic Celebration (2011)
- Ritmico!
- River Trail Expedition
- Riverside Overture (2019)
- Rock Island Trail
- Sag Harbor Sunset (2011)
- Sandcastle Sketches
- Savannah River Rhapsody
- Scandinavian Folk Tale, A
- Scottish Ballade, A
- Shenandoah (arr. Sheldon) (2003)
- Siege of Harlech Castle, The
- Silver Spring Soliloquy
- Simple Celebration, A (2001)
- Skydance (2018)
- Sound Innovations Fanfare (2010)
- Southwest Saga
- Spirit Lake Overture
- The Spirit of Killian Hill (2007)
- Spirit of Thanksgiving, The (2014)
- Star Bright (2018)
- The Stormchasers (2012)
- Storybrook Mountain
- Sugar Creek Overture
- The Swords of Stavanger (2009)
- Symphonic Narrative, A
- Synergies
- Tales of Dundee
- There Will Come Soft Rains
- Three Carols for a Celebration
- Three Georgian Vignettes (2008)
- Three Miniatures for Winds and Percussion
- Timberline Overture
- To Conquer the Skies
- Travelin' Music (2016)
- Variants on a Sea Shanty (as arranger) (2014)
- Variants on a Union Hymn
- Velocity
- Visions of Flight
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Wallaby Walkabout
- Welsh Ayres and Dances
- West Highlands Sojourn (1993)
- West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
- Willow Grove
- Winds of Morocco
- Windward Overture (2016)
- With Every Sunrise (2016)