YOUNG BAND REPERTOIRE PROJECT
Literature Analyses
HILL SONGS
written by James Andrews
| Publisher: | Shawnee Press, Inc. |
| Year Published: | 1979 |
| Difficulty Level: | Publisher rating = 3
1987-90 Texas PML rating = Grade 2 |
| Style/Form: | Maestoso (half = 60); Allegretto (half = 72 or quarter
= 144); Adagio (quarter = 72); Tempo Rubato; Molto Adagio (quarter = 56);
Allegro scherzando (quarter = 126); Leggiero; Largo Maestoso (quarter =
40 - 48)
A (m.1 - m.25); B (m.26 - m.77); C (m.78 - m.172); Coda (m.123 - end) |
| Key Signatures:
(concert pitch) |
Three key changes:
four flats (m.1 - m.30); two flats (m.31 - m.53); four flats (m.54 - m.77); two flats (m.78 - end) |
| Time Signatures: | Alla Breve (m.1 - m.25); 3/4 (m.26 - m.77); 2/4 (m.78 - end) |
| Ranges: | Woodwinds:
Piccolo/Flutes up to g2; Clarinet 1 up to d1 Brass: 1st Cornet up to g1; 1st F Horn up to e1; 1st Trombone 1 up to f |
| Rhythms: | Winds:
Level 2 throughout A section; Level 1 in B section; Level 3 in C section with sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth rhythms for whole band while trumpets and upper woodwinds haves some sixteenth note runs Percussion: Level 1 for A and B sections; Level 3 for the C section with the snare having sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth syncopation |
| Instrumentation: | Piccolo/Flutes, Oboe; E flat Clarinet (optional), 1st Clarinet, 2nd and 3rd Clarinet, E flat Alto Clarinet, B flat Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, 1st Cornet, 2nd and 3rd Cornets, 1st and 2nd F Horns, Baritone TC, Baritone BC, 1st and 2nd Trombones, 3rd Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion I, Percussion II |
| Percussion: | Timpani (2 drums); Percussion I: Snare Drum, Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle, Tambourine; Percussion II: Xylophone, Bells, Chimes |
| Conductor Score: | Full Score; 25 lines |
| Length/Timing: | 4 minutes, 30 seconds; (138 measures) |
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