Slumber, My Darling (arr. Windham)
Stephen Foster (setting William Windham)
General Info
Year: 1862 / 1001
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
William Windham has scored a delightful setting of Steven Foster's lullaby for young band. This is a lush and rich addition to the literature.
- Program Note adapted from publisher
For Connor Matthew Brasell on the day of his christening.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio CD: Lake Highlands High School Wind Symphony (Marion West, conductor) – 2001
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Lake Highlands High School (Richardson, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Marion West, conductor) – 21 December 2001 (2001 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Syler) (1854/2020)
All Wind Works
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Fantastic Foster (arr. Harnsberger) (2010)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Goto)
- Gentle Annie (arr. Baller)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Syler) (1854/2020)
- Jeanie (1854)
- Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (arr. Harvey) (1854/1990)
- My Old Kentucky Home
- My Old Kentucky Home (arr. Cowherd) (1853/1984)
- My Old Kentucky Home (arr. Pottag) (1853/1941)
- Old Folks at Home
- Slumber, My Darling (arr. Karrick) (1862/2004)
- Slumber, My Darling (arr. Windham) (1862/2001)
- Stephen Foster Revisited (arr. Holcombe) (1991)
- Stephen Foster Songbook (arr. Bulla) (1999)
- Swanee River
- Tribute to Stephen Foster, A (arr. Nestico) (1968)
- Variations on "My Old Kentucky Home" (arr. Ito) (1852/2010)
- Way Down upon the Swanee Ribber (arr. Safranek) (1914)
Resources
None discovered thus far.