Country Band March
Full Score and Parts
by Charles Ives
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Bell, Clarinet, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Contrabass Clarinet, Cornet 1, Cornet 2, Cornet 3, Cymbals, Drums, Flute 1, Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Piccolo, Triangle and more.

SKU: PR.145400120

Full Score and Parts. Composed by Charles Ives. Arranged by James Sinclair. Band folder. Score and Set of Parts. With Standard notation. 2+12+12+3+3+2+12+12+8+4+4+2+2+2+6+4+4+4+9+6+6+2+2+2+2+2+2+4+4+4+12+1+1+12+28+4+4 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #145-40012. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.145400120).

ISBN 9781598065114. UPC: 680160031603. 9x12 inches.

From the "out of tune" introduction to the pandemonium which reigns at the close, the Country Band March is a marvelous parody of the realities of performance by a country band. While the main march theme is probably Ives' own, the march features an impressive list of quotations that includes "Arkansas Traveler,” "Battle Cry of Freedom,” "British Grenadiers,” "The Girl I Left Behind Me,” "London Bridge,” "Marching Through Georgia,” "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground,” "My Old Kentucky Home,” "Violets,” "Yankee Doodle,” "May Day Waltz" and "Semper Fidelis." There is rarely anything straight-forward about the use of this material; the tunes are subjected to Ives's famous techniques of "poly-everything." Of particular interest is Ives's use of ragtime elements to enliven this already spirited march.).