Percy Grainger's extraordinary scoring skills permeate this classic, carefree work for symphonic band. Children's March: “Over the Hills and Far Away”, originally a piano solo, was orchestrated by the composer while he was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Artillery Band. It includes two unusual scoring elements for the time - a prominent part for piano (cued in the winds), and brief four-part vocal interludes to be sung by members of the band (or a small chorus ad lib). Grainger believed that the greatest expressivity could be found in the lower instruments of the band (particularly the lower woodwinds), and Children's March includes a liberal and highly specialized use of the bassoons, English horn, bass clarinet and low saxophones. The march was first performed by the renowned Goldman Band in 1919, and was recorded in its original form by the same band with the composer conducting. (Full set includes a vocal score.)
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Instrumentation | Number of Parts | Pages Per Part |
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FULL SCORE | 1 | 0 |
CONDENSED SCORE | 1 | 0 |
PIANO | 1 | 0 |
PICCOLO | 1 | 0 |
1ST FLUTE | 4 | 0 |
2ND FLUTE | 4 | 0 |
3RD FLUTE | 4 | 0 |
OBOE 1 | 1 | 0 |
OBOE 2 | 1 | 0 |
ENGLISH HORN | 1 | 0 |
BASS OBOE | 1 | 0 |
EB CLARINET | 1 | 0 |
BB CLARINET 1 | 3 | 0 |
BB CLARINET 2 | 3 | 0 |
BB CLARINET 3 | 3 | 0 |
BB CLARINET 4 | 3 | 0 |
EB ALTO CLARINET | 2 | 0 |
BB BASS CLARINET | 2 | 0 |
EB CONTRA ALTO CLARINET | 1 | 0 |
CONTRABASS CLARINET IN BB | 1 | 0 |
BASSOON 1 | 1 | 0 |
BASSOON 2 | 1 | 0 |
CONTRABASSOON | 1 | 0 |
CONTRABASS SARRUSOPHONE | 1 | 0 |
SOPRANO SAXOPHONE IN BB | 1 | 0 |
ALTO SAX (SUB. SOPRANO SAX) | 1 | 0 |
ALTO SAXOPHONE | 2 | 0 |
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE | 2 | 0 |
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE | 1 | 0 |
BASS SAXOPHONE IN BB | 1 | 0 |
1ST BB CORNET | 2 | 0 |
2ND BB CORNET | 2 | 0 |
3RD BB CORNET | 2 | 0 |
4TH BB CORNET | 2 | 0 |
F HORN 1 | 1 | 0 |
F HORN 2 | 1 | 0 |
F HORN 3 | 1 | 0 |
F HORN 4 | 1 | 0 |
TROMBONE 1 | 2 | 0 |
TROMBONE 2 | 2 | 0 |
TROMBONE 3 | 2 | 0 |
EUPHONIUM IN TREBLE CLEF | 3 | 0 |
EUPHONIUM IN BASS CLEF | 3 | 0 |
TUBA | 6 | 0 |
DOUBLE BASS | 1 | 0 |
TIMPANI & CHIMES | 2 | 0 |
PERCUSSION 1 | 3 | 0 |
PERCUSSION 2 | 3 | 0 |
CHORAL SCORE | 1 | 0 |
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Series: Southern Music Band
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