Spirit of '76

Clare Grundman

Subtitle: Based on Songs of the Time of George Washington and the American Revolution

This work bears the designation QMB Journal 332.

General Info

Year: 1964
Duration: c. 8:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $15.00 | Score Only (print) - $11.95; (digital) - $15.00

For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Orchestra Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

B-flat Soprano Clarinet I, m.211, b.2: Missing an accent on the quarter note
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I, m.334, b.2: C should be a D
B-flat Soprano Clarinet II, m.347-349: These three measures should be slurred, including the eighth note on beat 1 of m.350

Program Notes

Based on songs of the time of George Washington and the American Revolution and includes Washington's March at Trenton; Yankee Doodle; Norah, Dear Norah; and Girls and Boys.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: U.S. Coast Guard Band
Audio CD: U.S. Coast Guard Band (Lewis J. Buckley, conductor) - 2011

State Ratings

New York: Concert Band IV
West Virginia: III

Performances

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Spring Garden Band of York (Diver, Penn.) (Dale Groome, conductor) - 3 July 2023
Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) - 20 May 2018
McKinney (Tx.) Community Band (Jeremy Kondrat, conductor) – 2 July 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)

All Wind Works

American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 (1948)
American Folk Rhapsody No. 2. See: Second American Folk Rhapsody
American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 (1970)
American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 (1977)
A Bernstein Tribute (as arranger) (1991)
The Black Knight (1956)
The Blue and the Gray (1961)
The Blue and the Gray (arr. Longfield) (1961/2013)
The Blue-Tail Fly (1951)
Burlesque for Band (1967)
Caprice for Clarinets (1961)
Chessboard Suite (1964)
Chorale from "Concord" (arr. Longfield) (1988/2018)
Concord (1987)
Concertante for Alto Sax and Band (1973)
A Copland Portrait (as adapter) (1986)
A Copland Tribute (as arranger) (1986)
Joy to the World (as arranger) (1970)
An English Christmas (1982)
English Suite (1968)
Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952)
Fantasy on English Hunting Songs (1985)
Flutation (1961)
The Green Domino (1951)
Hebrides Suite (1962)
An Irish Rhapsody (1971)
Japanese Rhapsody (1969)
Kentucky 1800 (1954/1987)
Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
Little English Suite (1968)
Little Suite for Band (1957)
March Processional (1950)
A Medieval Story (1966)
Music for a Carnival (1957)
Nocturne for Harp and Band (1975)
Quiet Christmas (1959)
A Scottish Rhapsody (1981)
Second American Folk Rhapsody (1959)
Señor, Señor (1963) (as Carlos Guermo)
Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/1978)
A Somerset Rhapsody (as transcriber) (1906/1927/1980)
Spirit of '76 (1964)
Three Sketches for Winds (1969)
Two Moods (1947)
Tuba Rhapsody
A Welsh Rhapsody (1968)
Western Dance (1968)

Resources

Grundman, C. (1964). The Spirit of '76. Based on Songs of the Time of George Washington and the American Revolution. [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: New York.