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Songs from the Catskills
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Contents
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: III(see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $99.00 | Score Only - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II-III
English Horn
Eb Clarinet
Bb Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II-III
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpets (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Harp/Piano
Banjo
Timpani
Mallet Percussion
Percussion I-II-III
(Percussion detail needed)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Catskill Mountains is a beautifully preserved region in Upstate New York, flanked to the east by the Hudson River. From the moment my wife and I settled in 2008 in Saugerties, a quaint Hudson Valley town 100 miles north of Manhattan, I started immersing myself into the area's rich musical history. Discovering a fascinating mix of American, Irish and Scottish folk music, ultimately, it was not easy to choose from such abundance. I ended up using the following six songs:
- The Foggy Dew - is of Irish origin, but was adopted with another text into the local folk song repertoire;
- Last Winter was a Hard One - tells the story of two Irish immigrant women who complain that their husbands can not find work, and that ‘Those Italians’ steal their jobs;
- A Poor and Foreign Stranger - a gorgeous, heart-breaking ballad;
- The Bluestone Quarries - describes the hard work in the nineteenth-century stone quarries. This song is very similar to When Johnny Comes Marching Home;
- The Arkansas Traveler - made famous by folk singer Pete Seeger (If I Had a Hammer) The music makes a side trip to The Old Tobacco Box before coming to a festive conclusion.
Songs from the Catskills was commissioned by Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) and Scott A. Jones, Director of Bands, for its 2011 Honor Band Weekend. In April 2011, the work was premiered during this event, conducted by the composer.
The work is dedicated to Marilyn and Travis Rothlein, our dear friends and neighbors in the Catskills.
- Program note by composer
This is a delightful collection of six contrasting folksongs associated with the region. It is written in one continuous movement connected by short transitions. The colorful assortment includes The Foggy Dew, The Winter Was a Hard One, A Poor and Foreign Stranger, The Bluestone Quarries, The Arkansas Traveler, and The Old Tobacco Box. The otherwise standard instrumentation includes English horn, E clarinet, string bass, banjo, harp and piano. This is a significant new work by the well-known composer of Symphony No. 1, “The Lord of the Rings".
- Program note from The Instrumentalist (J.T.) - February 2013
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances=
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- Allegheny College (Pa.) Band Camp for Adult Musicians (Timothy Foley, conductor) - 13 June 2014
- Rio Bravo Wind Ensemble (Allen Clark, conductor) - 7 November 2012
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- African Harmony (2017)
- Aladdin Suite (as arranger)
- Aquarium (1991)
- At Kitty O'Shea's (2011)
- Beatles Collection (as arranger) (1982)
- Canticles (2007)
- Casanova
- Celtic Classics (2016)
- Ceremonial Fanfare
- Clair de lune (as arranger) (1890/1905/2017)
- Cloud Factory (2011)
- Continental Overture
- Copacabana (as arranger)
- Echoes of San Marco (2016)
- Edgar (as arranger) (1889/2008)
- Extreme Make-over (2004)
- Extreme Beethoven
- Fellini (2015)
- Festive Hymn (2007)
- Fifty Shades of E (2016)
- Highlights from "Riverdance" (as arranger) (1994/2014)
- Highlights from the Seville Suite (as arranger) (1992/2011)
- Honky Tonk Ragtime (as arranger) (1985)
- Jazz Suite No. 2 (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- March (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Lyric Waltz (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Dance I (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Dance II (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Waltz No. 2 (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Finale (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Joropo (as arranger)
- Jupiter Hymn (as arranger)
- Klezmer Classics
- La Fanciulla del West (as arranger) (1910/2008)
- La Quintessenza
- Les Papillons (as editor)
- Loch Ness (1988)
- Madurodam
- March to Mars (as arranger) (1987)
- Musical Highlights from "Chess" (as arranger) (1993)
- The Painted Bird (2021)
- Pavane pour une infante défunte (as arranger) (1899/1991)
- Phantom of the Opera (as arranger)
- Polish Christmas Music, Part I
- Romeo and Juliet (as arranger) (1935/1990)
- Songs from the Catskills (2012)
- Spring (2010)
- Star Wars Saga (as arranger) (1987)
- Suite for Variety Orchestra (as arranger) (post 1956/1994)
- Summer (2013)
- Symphony No. 1, "Lord of the Rings"
- Symphony No. 2, "The Big Apple"
- Symphony No. 3, "Planet Earth" (2007)
- Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonie der Lieder"
- Symphony No. 5, "Return to Middle Earth" (2019)
- UFO Concerto (2012)
- T-Bone Concerto (1996)
- Te Deum (as transcriber) (1900/2010)
- Two-Bone Concerto (2016)
- Teddy Trombone (as arranger)
- The Venetian Collection
- Via Claudia (2012)
- Wind in the Willows
- Windy City Overture
- Witches' Sabbath, The (as arranger)
- The Woman in White (as arranger) (2006)
References
None discovered thus far.
