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Shepherd's Hey (arr Fisher)
Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Danielle Fisher)
General Info
Year: 1918 / 2017
Duration: c. 1:45
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Danielle Fisher
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $35.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
C Instruments
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
B-flat Instruments
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
E-flat Instruments
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
F Instruments
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
Low Bass Clef Instruments
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
C Bass Clef Instruments
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
Timpani
Percussion
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Shepherd's Hey was scored for wind band in 1918. The word 'Hey' denotes a particular figure in Morris Dancing. Morris Dances are still danced by teams of "Morris Men" decked out with bells and quaint ornaments to the music of the fiddle or 'the pipe and tabor' (a sort of drum and fife) in several agricultural districts in England. The ‘hey’ involves the interweaving of generally two lines of dancers, which may be symbolized by Grainger's use of two parallel lines of music at the opening of the composition, rather than a simple statement of a theme that then moves into variants.
- Program Note from Windband.org
Performance Notes
- Instrumentation: Four parts in all transpositions + percussion (fully flexible-- assign parts as you see fit).
- Great teaching piece to introduce grace notes.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Children's Chorus from "Carmen Suite" (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (1875/2017)
- Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (1916/2020)
- March from "Second Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1911/2018)
- March to the Sunrise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1824/2018)
- Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (1876/2016)
- Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1918/2020)
All Wind Music
- and the swallow (as transcriber) (2017/2021)
- Ballade Slave
- Children's Chorus from "Carmen Suite" (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (1875/2017)
- Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- F&K Rigoletto Fantasie
- Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (1916/2020)
- March from "Second Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1911/2018)
- March to the Sunrise (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Melancoly March (2019)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1824/2018)
- The Paperclip Prince (2018)
- Pathways (2021)
- Ragamuffins (2019)
- Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (1876/2016)
- Shepherd's Hey (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1918/2020)
- Sueños de Circo (2017)
- untitled Fisher (2022)
Resources
- Danielle Fisher website Accessed 9 July 2020
- Rudgers, Gregory B. Shepherd's Hey. MBM Times, Issue 6 (2012), 61.
- Shepherd's Hey, Windband.org Accessed 29 May 2016