Travelin' Music (La Plante)
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Fiddle folksong
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $59.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Cowbell
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Temple Blocks
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This lively setting of an old-time fiddle tune will send you "travelin" on a delightful musical journey! Written back in the 1850s, we know it as Arkansas Traveler. This colorful setting puts a new twist on this folk-tune favorite.
- Program Note from publisher
The Arkansas Traveler was the state song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963; it has been the state historical song since 1987. The music was composed in the 19th century by Colonel Sandford C. Faulkner (1803–1874). The song is traditionally known to have had several versions of lyrics, which are much older than the copyrighted song. The current official lyrics were written by a committee in 1947 in preparation for its naming as the state song.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class D
- Louisiana: II
- Ohio: OMEA Junior High School Band A
- Texas: II. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
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
- The Arkansas Traveler (song), Wikipedia. Accessed 4 July 2021
- Perusal score
- Pierre La Plante website Accessed 4 July 2021