Songs of Soldiers
Subtitle: Johnny Comes Marching Home and Johnny's Gone for a Soldier
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00; (digital) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Civil War songs When Johnny Comes Marching Home and Johnny's Gone for a Soldier form the melodic basis for this exuberant, celebratory work honoring the end of war and and the return of soldiers. A shifting kaleidoscope of instrumental effects in 6/8 time climaxes in a masterful combining of the two themes for a thrilling conclusion.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Montrose (Colo.) Community Band (Toby King, conductor) – 24 June 2018
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- Festival and Ballad for Winds (2011)
- A Festival Celebration (2020)
- Festival Espirit (2013)
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- A Frontier Fought and a City Found (2010)
- Hammer and Rail (2015)
- I Bought Me a Band (2012)
- Irish Jig for Young Feet (2009)
- Journey to the Prairie (2010)
- Jubilant Flourishes (2012)
- The Last Stagecoach Heist (2012)
- Let Them Soar! (2014)
- Lonely Travelers (2020)
- Metro Dances (2018)
- Monsters of Myth (2013)
- Moravian Dance (2011)
- Peat Fire Flame (2019)
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- Renaissance Round (2018)
- Resilience (2021)
- The Rising Kingdom (2016)
- Rising Winds From the Valley (2011)
- A Scottish Sunrise (2015)
- The Shady Grove (2017)
- Siege of the Dark Castle (2011)
- Songs of Soldiers (2017)
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- Sugar Plum Samba (2016)
- Tales of a Medieval Warrior (2010)
- Triumphant Flourishes (2019)
- The Warrior's Path (2021)
- The Wellerman Come (as arranger) (Traditional/2022)
- A West Highland Fanfare (2011)
- Winds of Joy (2019)
- Winds of a New Day (2012)
- A Winter Flourish for Wenceslas (2019)
- Yankee Fanfare (2013)