Walk in the Morning Sun, A
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, available exclusively though C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
While growing up in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc. in the 1950s, some of the first orchestral music I heard was written by Leroy Anderson. The town's radio station, WDOR, had a noon show that featured area news, community events, obituaries and local gossip, with musical interludes sprinkled in.
Although Leroy Anderson had been composing since the 1930s, this was the time when he was experiencing the greatest commercial success, and his orchestral miniatures with a staple on WDOR. Blue Tango, A Trumpeter's Lullaby, The Syncopated Clock, and, of course, Sleigh Ride are only a partial list of this master tunesmith's orchestral gems.
A Walk in the Morning Sun is a musical "tip of the hat" to Leroy Anderson's unique style and contribution to American music.
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Carlton J. Kell High School Wind Symphony (David McGrath, conductor) - 2010
Media
State Ratings
- Georgia: IV
- Louisiana: III
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Snider Concert Band (Matt Smoot, conductor) - 25 April 2021
- Texas A&M University (College Station) Concert Band (Russell Tipton, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- Tar River Community Band (Greenville, N.C.) (James E. Mauser, Jr., conductor) – 23 March 2019
- California State University, Northridge, Wind Symphony (Lawrence Stoffel, conductor) – 8 November 2017
- Pikes Peak Wind Symphony (Richard Kusik, conductor) - 2012
- Carlton J. Kell High School (Marietta, Ga.) Wind Symphony (David McGrath, conductor) – 17 December 2010 (2010 Midwest Clinic)
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
- La Plante, P. (2010). A Walk in the Morning Sun [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
- Moorhouse, Christopher. "A Walk in the Morning Sun." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 183-190. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.