Shenandoah - trombone, flute, piano
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SKU: A0.726111
Composed by American Folk Tune. Arranged by Todd Marchand. Folk. 8 pages. Con Spirito Music #6167501. Published by Con Spirito Music (A0.726111).One of America's most recognizable and beautiful folk tunes, "Shenandoah" had by the mid-ninteenth century achieved wide popularity on both land and sea.
American folklorist Alan Lomax suggested that "Shenandoah" was a sea-shanty and that the "composers" likely were French-Canadian voyageurs traveling down the Missouri River — men who sought their fortunes as trappers and traders, loners who became friendly with and sometimes married Native American women. American sailors heading down the Mississippi River picked up the song and made it a capstan shanty — a work song — that they sang while hauling in the anchor.
Various versions of the song, and various lyrics to the tune, exist. Some believe that the song refers to the Shenandoah river. Others suggest that it is of Native American origin and tells the tale of Sally, the daughter of an Algonquin Indian chief, Shenandoah, who is courted for seven years by a white Missouri river trader. Other versions of the song have linked it to riverboat men, cavalry men, mountain men, and Civil War soldiers. Some use names, including Sally Brown, Polly Brown, Paddy Doyle, and Dan O'Shea, in place of Shenandoah.
This arrangement features trombone solo on verse 1, flute solo on verse 2, and trombone/flute duet on verse 3.
©Copyright 2014 Todd Marchand / Con Spirito Music. All rights reserved.
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