Originally composed for string quartet or string orchestra, this piece was arranged in 1920 for wind band by the composer, as well as for orchestra. Grainger wrote his composition in 1907 as a birthday gift for his mother, using the melodies of two contrasting irish reels, molly on the shore and temple hill. Molly on the shore grainger, percy it is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in any country where the term is lifeplus70 years. All 36 recordings 5 naxos 30 s scores 24 p parts 3 v vocal scores 4 a arrangements and transcriptions 19 childrens march. Irish reel for full band or theatre band on two cork reel tunes. This arrangement of two contrasting irish reels was originally composed in 1907 for string ensemble but later arranged for solo piano, wind band, and full. After persistent efforts, grainger agreed to an alto saxophone and piano setting of molly on the shore. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. One of the most famous of the technical showpieces for the mature band. The present band setting was done around 1920 and published as no.
Buy molly on the shore sheet music for clarinet choir. Molly on the shore by texas allstate 5a concert band on. Concert band sheet music book by percy aldridge grainger 18821961. Schott molly on the shore for violin and piano schott series. I tried my best to stay true to the original score and think it turned out really well. Graingers 1920 score was a compressed full score which did not precisely notate each part in detail as a conventional full score does. Molly on the shore is an arrangement of two contrasting irish reels, temple hill and molly on the shore, that presents the melodies in a variety of textures and orchestrations. Molly on the shore percy grainger got this tune from stanfords edition of the complete petrie collection of ancient irish music, where it is tune no 902 and described as a cork reel. Share, download and print free sheet music for piano, guitar, flute and more on the worlds largest community of sheet music creators. Individual parts and sets do not come with covers and are normally saddlestitched. Molly on the shore is a composition of percy aldridge grainger.
Conductors score by percy aldridge grainger, otto langey scored for orchestra. Molly is a mix of several traditional irish tunes dished up one of percy graingers phrases for arranging with his usual genius. He went on to explore the frontiers of music with his idiosyncratic folk song settings, his lifelong advocacy for the saxophone, and his free music machines which predated electronic synthesizers. Search molly on the shore sheet music at jw pepper. Molly on the shore concert band score and parts bovaco music publications. Molly on the shore both technically and lyrically demanding, percy graingers molly on the shore is one of the standards of wind band literature. His many masterworks for winds include lincolnshire posy, irish tune from county derry, and molly on the shore. May 25, 2016 september 18, 2019 admin blue, blue rondo alla turk, brass band, brass band recordings, chris doran, deep river, faith of our fathers, intrada ein feste burg, james mcleod, jenny wren, john doyle, lancashire, leyland band, leyland in concert, leyland in concert vol. Based on two irish reels, molly on the shore is not simply an arrangement of these folk tunes, but takes the melodies and runs with them, allowing them to mutate and giving them imaginative new contexts.
Watch the video for molly on the shore from percy graingers and the band played on for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Grainger originally wrote molly on the shore in a 1907 string setting as birthday gift for his mother who exerted perhaps an undue influence on him during her lifetime. Based in white plains, ny, they take care of the grainger house there as well as the archives that remain there. A conductors guide to a minor miracle david goza director of orchestral activities, the university of arkansas percy aldridge graingers 1920 wind band setting of molly on the shore hardly qualifies for the masterpiece designation best held in reserve for such compositions as that composers. And making this edition even more important is the full score, never before available, which has been assembled by mark rogers.
So what does the internet have to say about molly on the shore. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Its very uplifting, and a good start to the reel idiom. Molly on the shore, irish reel for full band or theatre. Grainger ingeniously combines two cork reels, molly on the shore and temple hill in a setting which features graingers most brilliant writing for winds. He completed the piano score and the beginning of the saxophone part. Percy grainger molly on the shore 19071920 youtube.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. In setting molly on the shore i strove to imbue the accompanying parts that made up the harmonic texture with a melodic character not too unlike that of the. Percy grainger molly on the shore lyrics genius lyrics. Study score by percy aldridge grainger english pa molly on the shore, bfms 23.
This arrangement is written for clarinet choir 1 eb clarinet, 8 bb clarinets, 2 bass clarinets. The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. Fritz kreisler set it for violin and piano, but grainger was thoroughly unimpressed, saying that it was a thousand times worse than i had foreweened. This traditional irish melody was made famous by an arrangement of the same name by australian pianist, composer and folk music collector percy grainger. Leeson received a copy of molly in the mail with the understanding that they would collaborate on the remaining measures. This weeks drum score was written for a grade 4 drum corp to be the first reel of 2 in an msr. If you are looking for public domain music to play with your school band, community band or other group, youll find it heremarches, waltzes, rags, theater music, cornet solos, trombone features, and much more thanks to the band community the library continues to grow. It is an arrangement of two contrasting irish reels, temple hill and molly on the shore that present the melodies in a variety of textures and orchestrations, giving each section of the band long stretches of thematic and countermelodic material. This is a new engraving of what is perhaps one of graingers bestloved and most wellknown works. Print and download in pdf or midi molly on the shore. He was born in brighton, a suburb of melbourne, victoria, australia. Check out molly on the shore by texas allstate 5a concert band on amazon music.
The wind band setting is but one of many, and it appeared in 1920. Molly on the shore by percy grainger wind band literature. Molly on the shore ab irish folk clarinet choir octet clarinet, woodwind choir or ensemble advanced intermediate digital download composed by percy aldridge grainger 18821961. All kalmus orchestra library items except study scores and vocal scores are largeformat either 10x or 9x12 inches printed on highquality offset stock. Bagpipe tunes over 5500 bagpipe tunes in bww, bmw, and piobmaster format sheet music bagpipe songs bagpipe music bagpipe tunes bww music. Digital sheet music for molly on the shore irish reel piano accomp. As a novelty item, molly arranged for band and 4 marimbas. Molly on the shore arrangement for orchestra composer. Version for alto sax and piano arranged by paul cohen, with excellent program note on the page.
Molly on the shore was written in 1907 by grainger as a birthday gift for his mother. Shepherds hey by percy grainger wind band literature. Molly on the shore by percy aldridge grainger 18821961. Digital sheet music for molly on the shore score by percy aldridge grainger scored for clarinet choir.
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