YOUNG BAND REPERTOIRE PROJECT

Literature Analyses

KENTUCKY 1800

written by Clare Grundman


Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes Inc.
Year Published: 1955
Difficulty Level: Publisher rating = none

1995-98 Texas PML rating = Grade 2

 

Reviewed by:  Rebecca Gonzales - Spring 1999
Style/Form: With motion (m. 1 - m. 8) - Flowing (m. 9 - m. 16) - Marcato (m. 17 - m. 35) - Cantabile (m. 36 - m. 59) - Rhythmic (m. 60 - m. 89) - Marcato (m. 90 - m. 97) - Broadly (m. 98 - end)

Intro (m. 1 - m. 8) - A (m. 9 - m. 35) - B (m. 36 - m. 54) - C (m. 55 - m. 89) - B (m. 90 - m. 97) - A (m. 98 - end)
Key Signatures:

(concert pitch)

 Three key changes: 

two flats (m.1 - m.35); four flats (m.36 - m.59); three flats (m.60 - m.89); two flats (m. 90 - end)
Time Signatures: 4/4 (m.1 - m.59); 2/4 (m.60 - m.89); 4/4 (m.90 - end)
Ranges: Woodwinds:

    Flute up to g2; Bassoon up to d, down to F1; Clarinet 1 up to e2, down to F; Clarinet 2 up to a1; Alto Sax 1 up to e2; Tenor Sax up to a1; Bari Sax to b1

Brass:

    Trumpet 1 to a1; Trombone 1 to f; Trombone 2 to e-flat; BC Euphonium up to f; Tuba up to E;
Rhythms: Winds:

    Level 3 with dotted-eighth/sixteenth for all; Trumpets, Saxes, and Horns have two sixteenth-eighth.

Percussion:

    Level 1; Snare has dotted-eighth/sixteenth. 
Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Sax 1, Alto Sax 2, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Trumpet 1, 
Trumpet 2, Trumpet 3, Horn in F 1, Horn in F 2, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Baritone TC, Baritone BC, Tuba, String Bass,
Snare Drum (Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle, Bells), Timpani
Percussion: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Bells, Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Timpani (3 drums)
Conductor Score: Full Score; 25 lines
Length/Timing: 3 minutes, 15 seconds; (103 measures)
Comments:
  • Solos: Horn (m. 13, 4 measures); Trumpet (m. 54, 6 measures);
  • Cues for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Bari Sax, Trumpet, and Horn.
  • Straight mutes are needed for trumpets 
  • Use of fp and accents
  • No brass or percussion at m. 21 (4 measures) 

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