Yorkshire Ballad
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SKU: S0.504897
Composed by James Barnes. Arranged by Daniel S. Augustine. 20th Century,Folk,European. Score,Set of Parts. 42 pages. Published by Daniel S. Augustine (S0.504897).Yorkshire Ballad may sound like an old English folk song, but it was written in 1984 by the American composer James Barnes, a professor of music at the University of Kansas. He teaches orchestration, arranging and composition, and wind band history as well as directing bands. The recipient of numerous music awards, honors, and grants, he has composed many works for bands and other musical groups and is a noted tuba player.
The original Yorkshire Ballad was written for concert band and was inspired by a visit to the Yorkshire Dales in northern England. James Barnes remarks that “People always ask me what I was trying to portray when I wrote Yorkshire Ballad. All I can say is that I was thinking of the beautiful, green Yorkshire Dales of northern England; the rolling hills and the endless stretch of beautiful pasturelands that my wife and I loved so much when, a year before, we had driven through this most marvelous spot in the world.” He goes on to say, “I composed this little piece so that younger players would have the opportunity to play a piece that is more or less in the style of Percy Grainger’s Irish Tune from County Derry.” It has been transcribed for many other kinds of groups, but it seems especially apt for the British-style brass band, which have flourished in England for over a hundred years. Included with the British-style brass-band parts and score are also bass-clef parts for all the lower-brass instruments. Here’s a video of a performance of it by combined brass bands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQHInKFN2e0
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