Suite of Old French Songs
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Movements
1. The Duke of Marlborough Goes to War
2. Chason Triste
3. Bon Voyage, Monsieur Dumollet
4. Petit Papa
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
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:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Field Drum
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This inviting new suite features four diverse French songs in an attractive sonic package. Beginning with a field drum solo, the first song, “The Duke of Marlborough Goes to War,” will be known by many as “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” It is marked “Alla Marcia.” The key center is F major. Now in F minor, the slower more cantabile second song, “Chason Triste,” marked “Adagio,” precedes the animated third song, “Bon Voyage, Monsieur Dumollet,” marked “Allegretto” The key center here is B major. The energetic concluding song, “Petit Papa,” in E major, is marked “Allegro.” The colorful scoring and the interesting melodies contribute greatly to the work’s significant appeal.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: 2015-16 Additions Class B
- Florida: 2015-16 Additions Grade IV
- North Carolina: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, Calif.) Concert Band (Andy Collingsworth, conductor) - 11 October 2022
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 70.1 (2015): 56-57. Print