Reviewed by: Jaime Villarreal - Spring 2000
| Style/Form: |
Medley of three folk songs - "The Miller's
Dram" (mvt 1); "Along the Ocean Shore" (mvt 2); "The Blacksmith and His
Son" (mvt 3) |
| Key Signatures:
(concert pitch) |
Three flats; Two flats; One flat |
| Time Signatures: |
6/8; 4/4; 2/4 |
| Ranges:
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Woodwinds:
Piccolo up to eb 2 (mvt 1) and f2 (mvt 3); Flute up to
eb2 (mvt 1) f2 (mvt 2) and f2 (mvt 3); Oboe up to c2 (mvt 1) d2 (mvt
2) and c2 (mvt 3); Bassoon up to f (mvt 1)
up to f, down to Eb (mvt 2) up to d, down to Eb (mvt 3); 1st Clarinet
up to bb1 (mvt 1) up to c2, down to c (mvt 2) up to d2 (mvt 3); 2nd Clarinet
up to bb1, down do A (mvt 1) up to f1, down to G (mvt 2) up to b1, down
to c (mvt 3); 3rd Clarinet up to d1, down to A (mvt 1) up to d1, down to
E (mvt 2) up to d1, down to F (mvt 3); Bass Clarinet up to d1, down to
F (mvt 1) down to E (mvt 2) up to b, down to E (mvt 3); Alto Sax up to
c2, down to e (mvt 1) down to d (mvt 2) up to c2, down to c (mvt 3); Tenor
Sax up to g1 (mvt 1) up to c2, down to e (mvt 2) down to c (mvt 3); Bari
Sax down to c (mvt 1) down to B (mvt 2) up to f# 1, down to B (mvt 3)
Brass:
1st Trumpet up to f1, down to c (mvt1) down to c (mvt
2) up to g1 (mvt 3); 2nd Trumpet up to d1 (mvt 1) up to b (mvt 2) up to
d1 (mvt 3); 3rd Trumpet up to bb, down
to Bb (mvt1) down to G (mvt 2) up to b, down to A (mvt 3); 1st and 2nd
Horn down to Bb (mvt 1) up to e1, down to Bb (mvt 2) up to c1, down to
A (mvt 3); 3rd and 4th Horn down to Bb (mvt 1) up to c1, down to A (mvt
2) down to A (mvt 3); 1st Trombone up to eb (mvt 1) up to f (mvt 2) up
to f (mvt 3); 2nd Trombone up to c (mvt 2) up
to c (mvt 3); 3rd Trombone up to c, down to FF (mvt 2) down to G (mvt 3);
Baritone up to f (mvt 1) up to f, down to FF (mvt 2) up to d, down
to BBb (mvt3); Tuba down to GGG (mvt 2)
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| Rhythms:
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Winds:
mvts 1 and 2 - Level 2; mvt 3 - Level 3
Percussion:
mvt 1- Level 2; mvt 3 - Level 3
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| Instrumentation: |
Piccolo, 1st and 2nd Flutes, Oboe, Eb Clarinet, 1st,
2nd and 3rd Bb Clarinets, Eb Alto Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet, 1st and 2nd
Eb Alto Sax, Bb Tenor Sax, Eb Baritone Sax, Bassoons, 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Bb Cornet, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Horn in F, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Trombone,
Baritone, Tuba, Percussion, Timpani |
| Percussion: |
Three players - Triangle, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Cymbal |
| Conductor Score: |
Condensed Score |
| Length/Timing: |
mvt 1 - 36 measures/1minute; mvt 2 - 32 measures/1minute,
45 seconds; mvt 3 - 51 measures/1minute, 30 seconds; Total time = 5 minutes
(approximately) |
| Comments: |
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Ranges are pretty extreme for a grade 1
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Percussion do not play in the second movement
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There is a timpani pitch change in measure 27 of movement
three
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The first movement is in 6/8 with level two rhythms
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Piccolo part, three clarinet trumpet and trombone parts,
and four horn parts
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All clarinets cross the break at some point
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Trumpets use mutes in the first movement
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There are divided oboe and bassoon parts
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Solo in 1st trumpet in movement two
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Soli in trombone section in movement two
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Publishers rating is a grade two but Texas PML says to play
two contrasting movements to perform as a grade one
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Conductors score has program notes, rehearsal suggestions
and composer information
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Third movement modulates to one flat
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