The Gum Suckers March
for Concert Band
by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
March
20th Century
Composers
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Publishers
Southern Music Company
Series
Music for Concert Band (Southern)
Formats
Collection / Songbook
Score
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Grade 4
Musical Forms
March
Usages
School and Community
Oversize Score Concert Band (Score) - Grade 4

SKU: HL.259461

For Concert Band. Composed by Percy Aldridge Grainger. Arranged by Mark Rogers. Southern Music Band. March. Softcover. 34 pages. Southern Music Company #S684OS. Published by Southern Music Company (HL.259461).

UPC: 888680725792. 11.25x14.0x0.427 inches.

From Grainger: “Gum-suckers” is a nick-name for Australians hailing from the state of Victoria, the home state of the composer. “The leaves of the 'gum' (Eucalyptus) trees are very refreshing to suck in the parching summer weather.” The 4th movement of his “In a Nutshell” suite for orchestra, the composer himself arranged this piece for band, as he did for much of his orchestral music. However, due to some contemporary methods of transposing and the lack of a full score, that original version contains numerous errors. This edition was carefully crafted, pulling from all available resources and archives to determine the composer's original intent. In addition to corrections, this edition updates the instrumentation to reflect current bands and offers generous cross-cueing for those bands without the full instrumentation for which Grainger customarily wrote.