Songs of the Plains
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $76.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Orchestra Chimes
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Blocks
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In the nineteenth century, the country was till largely an agrarian nation where most of the population lived on farms and small communities. It wasn't until after 1900 that the western states of Arizona, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were admitted as the last of the forty-eight contiguous United States. Although America began to become highly industrialized by the end fo the nineteenth century, the farmer, in most instances, still relied on animal and people power to plow the fields and run the farm machinery.
The songs from this era reflect the way of life of the early settlers who moved across the plain and parts west: The Farmer is the Man Who Feeds Us All; The Little Old Sod Shanty; and "Hey, Betty Martin.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
- North Carolina: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Five O'Clock Concert Band (Nick Liebl, conductor) – 11 March 2020
- Louis Pizitz Middle School (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) Symphonic Band (Kim Bain, conductor) - 16 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
- American Riversongs (1991)
- American Sketches (2014)
- As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
- At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
- The Band in the Square (2006)
- The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
- Caribbean Rondo (2009)
- Come to the Fair!
- A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
- Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
- English Country Settings (1997)
- Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
- Great American West Suite, The (2013)
- In the Forest of the King (2000)
- La Bonne Aventure (2010)
- Legends and Heroes (2003)
- Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
- Music for the King's Delight (2007)
- Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
- Prairie Songs (1998)
- Prospect (1983)
- Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
- Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
- Songs of the Plains (2015)
- Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
- Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
- The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
- Travelin' Music (2018)
- The Voyageurs (2002)
- A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
- Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
- Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. September 2017, 38. Print.
- Pierre La Plante website Accessed 8 December 2015