Yorkshire Ballad (flex)

James Barnes

James Barnes (adapt. Clarence Barber)

General Info

Year: 1984 / 2019 / 2021
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

• Flute
• Oboe
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• B-flat Trumpet
• Violin

Part 2

• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet
• Violin

Part 3

• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• Horn in F
• Viola

Part 4

• Bassoon
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• Trombone
• Euphonium
• Horn in F
• Cello

Part 5

• Bassoon
• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• Trombone
• Euphonium
• Tuba
• Cello

Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Snare Drum
• Triangle
• Wood Blocks

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Written in the summer of 1984, Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T Smith and the Kansas Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication, it has become one of the composer's most popular works, and has been arranged for a variety of ensembles. As the composer writes, "I composed this little piece so that younger players would have the opportunity to play a piece that is more or less in the style of Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy."

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Eastern Oklahoma State College Concert Band (Wilburton) (Brian T. Harris, conductor) - 26 April 2022

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
• Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

All Wind Works

• All Pleasant Things... (1998)
• Alpine Holiday (2014)
• Alvamar Overture (1981)
• Appalachian Overture (1983)
• Arioso and Presto (2001)
• Autumn Soliloquy (1987)
• Bayerisches Osterfest (2014)
• Beautiful Oregon (2007)
• Breckenridge (1989)
• Brookshire Suite (1980)
• Burnished Brass (2020)
• Caribbean Hideaway (1997)
• Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
• Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
• Century Tower (1984)
• Chorale and Jubiloso (1998)
• Chorale Prelude on a German Folk Tune (1986)
• Citadel (2015)
• Concerto for Euphonium (2011)
• Concerto for Tuba (tr. Rogers) (1996)
• Credo (2016)
• Crossgate (1984)
• Dance Variants (2017)
• Danza Sinfonica (2005)
• Desperate Pursuit (2010/2012)
• Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
• Dramatic Overture (2021)
• Dream Journey (1997)
• Eagle Bend (2000)
• Eaglecrest (1984)
• Eighth Symphony (2017)
• Eisenhower Centennial (1992)
• Escenas de los Aztecas (2012)
• Fanfare and Capriccio (2001)
• Fanfare and Processional (2018)
• Fanfares and Alleluias (1996)
• Fantasy Variations (1988)
• Festival Concert March (1982)
• Fifth Symphony (2003)
• First Symphony. See: Symphony
• Fourth Symphony (ed. Rogers) (1999/2001)
• Foxfire (2001)
• Golden Festival Overture (1997)
• Goldene Kameraden (2014)
• Heatherwood Portrait (1983)
• High Plains Overture (1991)
• Hobart Centennial March (2002)
• Home on the Range (as arranger; harm. Ralston) (1873/1992)
• Hope Arises
• Hunter Park (1974)
• Impressions of Japan (1994)
• Inspiration Point (1997)
• Inventions on Marching Songs (1996)
• Invocation and Toccata (1982)
• Jubilation Overture (2005)
• Legend (1992)
• A Leroy Anderson Portrait (as arranger) (1982)
• A Light in the Wilderness (1995)
• The Lightning Brigade (2018)
• Lonely Beach (1993)
• The Long Gray Line (1988)
• Lyric Interlude (1980)
• Majestic (2023)
• Malagueña (as arranger) (1928/2016)
• Maracas from Caracas (2002)
• Meditation (2017)
• My Old Kentucky Home (as arranger) (1853/1997)
• Ninth Symphony (2019)
• Nulli Secundus (1999)
• The Old Guard (1994)
• Pagan Dances (1996)
• The Perishing Rifles (1997)
• Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
• Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
• Prairie Winds Festival (2016)
• A Prayer for Higashi Nihon (2011)
• Quest (2016)
• Rapscallion (1976)
• Rhapsodic Essay (1999)
• Ritmico (2018)
• Riverfest (1985)
• Romanza (1989)
• Scarlet and Silver Jubilee (2007/2009)
• Second Symphony (2000)
• Seventh Symphony. See: Symphonic Requiem
• The Silver Gazebo (1996)
• Sixth Symphony (2006)
• A Solemn Prelude (2003)
• Sorcery Suite (2002)
• Spitfire Overture (1991)
• Sterling Brass (1981/1998)
• Stone Meadows (1987)
• Sunflower Saga (1994)
• Symphonic Essay (2012)
• Symphonic Overture (1991)
• Symphonic Requiem (2015)
• Symphony (1974-75)
• Symphony No. 1. See: Symphony
• Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony
• Symphony No. 3. See: Third Symphony
• Symphony No. 4. See: Fourth Symphony
• Symphony No. 5. See: Fifth Symphony
• Symphony No. 6. See: Sixth Symphony
• Symphony No. 7. See: Symphonic Requiem
• Symphony No. 8. See: Eighth Symphony
• Symphony No. 9. See: Ninth Symphony
• Tchaikovsky Suite (as arranger) (1878/2004)
• The Texans (1986)
• Third Symphony (1997)
• Threnody (2015)
• Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
  • Fanfare for West Point
• Toccata Fantastica (2001)
• Torch Dance (1985)
• Trail of Tears (1989)
• Trailridge Saga (1988)
• Tribute (2011)
• Twin Oaks (2000)
• Variants on a Moravian Hymn (1993)
• A Very American Overture (1996)
• Visions Macabres (1978/1984/2006)
• We the People (1990)
• Westport Overture (1988)
• Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
• Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
• The Whistler and His Dog (as arranger) (1905/2005)
• The Wild Blue Yonder (2008)
• Wildwood Overture (2003)
• The Wizard of Oz (as arranger) (1939/1995)
• Yama Midori (2003)
• Yorkshire Ballad (1985)
• Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

Resources

• Barnes, J. (1985). Yorkshire Ballad: For Concert Band [score]. Southern Music: San Antonio, Tx.
• Creative Repertoire Initiative
• Perusal score