Carolina Fox Trot, arranged for instruments in four parts
4-Part - Digital Sheet Music

Small Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.835903

Composed by Will Vodery. Arranged by Paul Burnell. 20th Century,Ragtime. Score and parts. 37 pages. Paul Burnell #6702433. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835903).

Carolina Fox Trot by Will Vodery, arranged by Paul Burnell for instruments in four parts.

Download comprises both score and parts

Duration 3:00

 

Score in C

 

The arrangement is suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:

Part 1: C, Eb (Flute, Oboe, Alto Recorder, Eb Clarinet, Violin 1)

Part 2: C, Bb, G (Alto Flute, Oboe, Tenor Recorder, Bb Clarinet, Violin 2)

Part 3: C, Bb, Eb, F (Bb Clarinet, Bass Recorder, Alto Saxophone, Horn in F, Violin 3, Viola)

Part 4: C, Bb, F (Bassoon, Great bass Recorder, Tenor Saxophone, Horn in F, 'Cello)

Part 4 may be played or doubled an octave lower than written - using the 'Bass Clef up 8' part.

Any other appropriate instruments, even if not suggested above, may play.

Play cue-sized notes in brackets where main notes are out of range or inconvenient.

The final section of Vodery's original piano score includes instructions to 'clap hands' and 'knock on piano with knuckles'. This arrangement includes similar instructions for the same bars, indicated by x noteheads.

The final four bars of this arrangement are not in the original composition and may be omitted.

'Carolina Fox Trot' was recorded by the Victor Military Band on 13 October 1914 with the Victor recording label ledgers noting: "34 bars per minute", equivalent to 68 bpm. A recording by the Pathé Dance Orchestra in late 1914-early 1915 appears to be at a faster tempo - reflected in this arrangement. 

Programme note:

'Carolina Fox Trot' was written by US composer and arranger Will H. Vodery and published as a piano piece in 1914, with a sub-title 'New One Step', and with a front cover description: "New Society Dance - Originated by Billy Kent & Jeanette Warner - America's Classiest Dancers". It is possible that the title of the piece was intended to be just 'Carolina', with 'Fox Trot' being a descriptive subtitle. The Fox Trot emerged as a new popular dance in 1914, and was initially danced to ragtime music.

Will Vodery is perhaps best known for the vocal and choral arrangements that he created for the original Broadway stage production of the classic musical 'Show Boat' (1927).