Wolsey's Wilde
William Byrd (arr. Anne McGinty)
General Info
Year: 2001
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Keyboard
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $35.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Cornet/Trumpet I-II
Horn in F (Tenor Saxophone) (optional)
Low Brass and Woodwinds
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Tom-tom
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Who else but Anne McGinty could arrange this charming tune by William Byrd for beginning band? This tune has all of the grace, style and spirit of the Renaissance era.
- Program Note adapted from publisher
The Wolsey's Wilde melody is also the fifth movement of Gordon Jacob's William Byrd Suite. It was found in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, which is a collection of English keyboard music written in the Elizabethan period (approx.1562-1612).
- Program Note from Elmhurst College Faculty Recital concert program, 10 September 2017
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class D
- Georgia: II
- Louisiana: I
- Texas: I. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Hopper Band (Cypress, Tx.) (Todd Hearn, conductor) – 10 May 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Bells (arr. Schoonenbeek) (1899/2019(?))
- Court Festival (arr. Pearson) (1999)
- The Earl of Oxford's Marche (arr. Sparke) (1581-91/2006)
- The Earle of Oxford's Marche (arr. Grimo) (1581-91/1992)
- The Battell (tr. Jacob) (c. 1590/1964)
- Earl of Salisbury, The (tr. Frackenpohl) (c. 1612/1961)
- Fitzwilliam Suite (arr. Gordon) (1962)
- La Volta (arr. Fenske) (1996)
- Sellingers Rownde (arr. Fenske) (1591?/2015)
- William Byrd Portrait (arr. Vinson) (2003)
- Wolsey's Wilde (arr. McGinty) (2001)
- Wolsey's Wilde (arr. Hartzell) (1995)
Resources
- Anne McGinty website Accessed 12 September 2021