This is My Country (arr Brubaker)
Al Jacobs (arr. Jerry Brubaker)
General Info
Year: 1940 / 2009
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $77.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
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 I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Xylophone
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
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Dallas (Tex.) Winds (Jeffrey D. Gershman, conductor; Carl Johnson, vocal) – 3 July 2017
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
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Al T. Jacobs." Accessed 6 August 2017
- Jacobs, A.; Raye, D.; Brubaker, J. (2009). This Is My Country [score]. Belwin Band: [s.l.].
- Perusal score
- This is My Country, Library of Congress Accessed 24 June 2016