Sleep Gently, My Child

Johannes Brahms

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Subtitle: From Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1

General Info

Year: 1892 / 2001
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Keiser Southern Music, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Among Brahms' last works is a set of three intermezzi, completed in 1892 and published as Op. 117. The first is in E-flat major, the second in B-flat minor, and the third in C-sharp minor. The first of these pieces, a tender folk-like lullaby, is the source for this band arrangement. Brahms gave this piece the marking "andante moderato," and the piece was so popular that Scottish words "Sleep gently, my child. Sleep gently and fair" were adapted to the melody, inspiring the title used in this publication.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio CD: Charles A. Sprague High School Wind Ensemble (Ike Nail, conductor) – 2001

State Ratings

Florida: II
Louisiana: II
Mississippi: II-A
Texas: II. Complete

Performances

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Charles A. Sprague High School (Salem, Ore.) Wind Ensemble (Ike Nail, conductor) – 20 December 2001 (2001 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Allegro (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Watkin) (1876/2003)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1869/2020)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1869)
St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1873/1991/2007)

All Wind Works

Academic Festival Overture (arr. Allen) (1880/2019)
Academic Festival Overture (arr. Safranek) (1880/1914)
Academic Festival Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1880/1914/197-?)
Academic Festival Overture (tr. Patterson) (1880/2012)
Allegro (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Watkin) (1876/2003)
Begräbnisgesang (ed. Whitwell) (1858/2014)
Blessed Are They (arr. Buehlman) (1868/1970)
Blessed Are They (arr. Kreines) (1868/xxx)
Blessed Are They Who Mourn (arr. Hanna) (1868)
A Child's Lullaby (arr. Swearingen) (1868/1996)
Clarinet Sonata No. 1 (1894)
Der Jäger (tr. Schuetter) (1859-60/2010)
Famous Melodies of Brahms (arr. Ployhar) (1970)
Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1 (arr. Bobrowitz) (1862-76/2019)
Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Butts) (1862-76/)
Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Johnson) (1862-76/)
Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Nelson) (1862-76/1972)
Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Wilcox) (1862-76/)
Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Williams) (1862-76/2008)
Four Serious Songs (arr. Langslet) (1897/2017)
Funeral Hymn (arr. Westover) (1858/2018)
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (tr. Williams)
Hungarian Dance No 5 (arr. Laurendeau) (1869/1905)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1869/2020)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Longfield) (1869/1996)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Mahl) (1869/1911)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Stalter) (1869)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1869)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (tr. Thompson) (1869/2018)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Laurendeau) (1869/1905)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Longfield) (1869/2005)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Halle) (1869/1905)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Price) (1869/1940)
Hungarian Dance No. 7 (arr. Hildreth) (1869/1919)
Hungarian Dances Nos 3, 5, 11 and 16 (arr. Sheen) (1869/1985)
Hungarian Dances No 7-8 (arr. Brockton) (1922)
Hymn of Freedom (tr. Gardner) (1876/1950/1995)
Nänie (tr. Smith) (1881/2020)
Oyama (arr. Laurendeau) (1905)
Piano Quintet in F minor (tr. Stroble) (/2020)
Prelude and Scherzo (arr. Hubbell) (c. 1857/1981)
Romanza (tr. Paxton) (c. 1865-1873/2020)
Serenade No. 2 in A major (ed. Smith) (1860/2012)
Sleep Gently, My Child (arr. Mahaffey) (1892/2001)
St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1873/1991/2007)
Symphony No. 1 Theme (arr. Feldstein and Clark) (1876/2006)
Symphony No. 4 (arr. Wirgler)
Three Chorale Preludes (arr. Boyd; ed. Fennell) (1896/1996)
Three Hungarian Dances (arr. Singleton) (1858-1868/2009)
Tragic Overture (tr. Kreines) (1880/)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (1862)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (tr. Kreines; ed. Johnson) (1862)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (tr. Duthoit) (1873/1938)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (tr. Hindsley) (1873/197-?)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (tr. Popkin) (1873/1996)

Resources

List of Compositions by Johannes Brahms, Wikipedia Accessed 23 June 2021