This Is My Country

Al T. Jacobs

General Info

Year: 1940 / 1954 / 1960
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Orchestra Bells
Snare Drum

SATB Choir

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Al Jacobs' daughter, Joann, recently wrote, "Dad ran into Don Raye who said he was in the process of writing a patriotic song [This is My Country] and would he like to write the music. So the words came first for sure, and then my dad wrote the music. I believe the song was written in New York . . ."

Jacobs and Raye wrote their song in 1940 and, as a result of a January 7, 1942, recording session for Decca Records, the group Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians popularized it. Over the years a number of other recordings of the tune were made, for example, by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Pattie Labelle.

- Program Note from The Library of Congress

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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National Concert Band of America (Alexandria, Va.) (Adrian Holtan, conductor) - 11 December 2022
National Concert Band of America (Alexandria, Va.) (Adrian Holton, conductor) - 23 October 2022
Racine (Wisc.) Concert Band (Mark Eichner, conductor) - 1 July 2018
Peninsula Concert Band (Hampton, Va.) (Ronnie Tong, conductor) – 11 November 2017
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Carlos Gama, Jr., conductor) - 27 June 2017
United States Marine Band (Jason K. Fettig, conductor) – 20 January 2017 (Presidential inauguration)
Midland (Tex.) Community Band (Gary Simmons, conductor) – 4 July 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

This Is My Country (arr. Ades) (1940/1954)
This Is My Country (arr. Brubaker) (1940/2009)
This Is My Country (arr. Carter) (1940)

Resources

Jacobs, A.; Ades, H. (1960). This Is My Country [score]. Shawnee: [s.l.].
This is My Country, Wikipedia Accessed 24 June 2016
This is My Country, Library of Congress Accessed 24 June 2016