YOUNG BAND REPERTOIRE PROJECT

Literature Analyses

NORWEGIAN FOLK SONG SUITE

written by Frank Erickson


Publisher: Bourne Co.
Year Published: 1953
Difficulty Level: Publisher rating = none

1995-98 Texas PML rating = Grade 2

 

Reviewed by: Rebecca Gonzales - Spring 1999
Style/Form: Mvt. 1: Moderately (Q = 112); Intro (m.1 - m.4) - A (m.5 - m.13) - B (m.14 - m.29) - C (m.30 - m.37) - A (m.38 - end)
Mvt. 2: Slowly (Q = 76); A (m.1 - m.8) - B (m.9 - m.16) - A (m.17 - end)
Mvt. 3: Quickly (Q = 120); A (m.1 - m.7) - B (m.8 - m.12) - C (m.13 - m.16) - A (m.17 - m.20) - C (m.21 - m.24) - A (m.25 - end)
Key Signatures:

(concert pitch)

 Three key changes (changes from movement to movement)
Mvt. 1: two flats (m.1 - end); Mvt 2: three flats (m.1- end); Mvt. 3: one flat (m.1- end)
Time Signatures: Mvt. 1: 2/4 (m.1 - end)
Mvt. 2: 3/4 (m.1 - end)
Mvt. 3: 4/4 (m.1 - end)
Ranges: Woodwinds:

    Flute 1 up to g2; Oboe down to d; Bassoon up to d, down to C1; Clarinet 1 to a1; Carinet 2 up to g1; Bass Clarinet up to e1; Bari Sax to a1

Brass:

    Trumpet 2 up to f1; Trombone 2 and 3 up to e; Baritone BC up to e
Rhythms: Winds:

    Level 2 for all

Percussion:

    Level 3 with eighth/ two sixteenth in snare drum in the third movement
Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Trumpet 3, F Horn, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Baritone TC, Baritone BC, Tuba, String Bass, Timpani, Percussion
Percussion: Snare Drum, Triangle, Timpani (2 drums)
Conductor Score: Full Score; 20 lines; Condensed Score; 2 lines
Length/Timing: 3 minutes, 26 seconds (Mvt. 1 - 54 measures; Mvt. 2 - 24 measures; Mvt. 3 - 28 measures)
Comments:
  • Combined parts: Alto Sax with Alto Clarinet; Tenor Sax and Baritone TC; 
  • E - flat horn part written in the score, but there is no part
  • Solos for Trumpet 1 (4 measures - mvt. 3); F Horn (3 measures - mvt. 1)
  • Use of tenuto, accents, and staccato
  • Mvt. 3 - Timpani has one measure to change note, plays next measure, and changes note back next measure

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