Oboe and piano SKU: ST.C550 Composed by Mary Chandler. Wind & brass music...(+)
Oboe and piano
SKU:
ST.C550
Composed by
Mary Chandler. Wind &
brass music. Clifton
Edition #C550. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C550).
ISBN
9790570815500.
Traveller’s
Joy — Two Walking
Tunes for Oboe and Piano
was composed in 1956.
This is the first time
the piece has been
published.
Mary
Chandler was born in Kent
in 1911. She studied
music privately, and her
teachers included Harry
Farjeon (composition),
Margaret Eliot and Leon
Goossens (oboe) and
Harold Craxton (piano).
She read English at
Oxford University and
taught in London schools
before joining the City
of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra as principal
oboist. She appeared with
the CBSO as soloist (oboe
and piano) and composer
and gave broadcasts and
recitals in the Midlands.
Later, as a free-lance
orchestral player, she
formed the Mercian Trio
(flute, oboe and piano)
which gave concerts
around the
country.
In 1960
Mary became Area Director
of the Kent Music School,
in charge of its wind
teaching and of the
varied activities of its
Tonbridge Music Centre.
She conducted many
student groups and
composed and arranged
music for them until she
retired in 1971. She
continued to be actively
involved in music
thereafter, examining,
composing and organising
concerts. She spent her
later years in
Gloucestershire and died
in 1996.
Dr.
Kristin Leitterman is
currently the Assistant
Professor of Oboe at
Arkansas State University
in Jonesboro, Arkansas,
USA, where she teaches
oboe and bassoon, Double
Reed Techniques, and
coaches small chamber
ensembles. She is also
the Director of the
Lucarelli Oboe Master
Class, a week-long
immersive oboe master
class founded by Bert
Lucarelli in 1996. As a
guest artist she has
presented master classes
at many institutions,
including the Manhattan
School of Music, New York
University, and the Hartt
School.
As a
researcher, Kirstin has
interests in the life and
works of Mary Chandler.
She has presented her
research at The Juilliard
School, Music by Women
Festival, the
International Double Reed
Society conferences, and
the Brazilian Double Reed
Society’s conference in
João Pessoa, Paraíba,
Brazil.
Oboe and piano SKU: ST.C551 Composed by Mary Chandler. Wind & brass music...(+)
Oboe and piano
SKU:
ST.C551
Composed by
Mary Chandler. Wind &
brass music. Clifton
Edition #C551. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C551).
ISBN
9790570815517.
Bagatelle for
Oboe and Piano was
composed in 1950. This is
the first time that the
piece has been
published.
Mary
Chandler was born in Kent
in 1911. She studied
music privately, and her
teachers included Harry
Farjeon (composition),
Margaret Eliot and Leon
Goossens (oboe) and
Harold Craxton (piano).
She read English at
Oxford University and
taught in London schools
before joining the City
of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra as principal
oboist. She appeared with
the CBSO as soloist (oboe
and piano) and composer
and gave broadcasts and
recitals in the Midlands.
Later, as a free-lance
orchestral player, she
formed the Mercian Trio
(flute, oboe and piano)
which gave concerts
around the country. In
1960 Mary became Area
Director of the Kent
Music School, in charge
of its wind teaching and
of the varied activities
of its Tonbridge Music
Centre. She conducted
many student groups and
composed and arranged
music for them until she
retired in 1971. She
continued to be actively
involved in music
thereafter, examining,
composing and organising
concerts. She spent her
later years in
Gloucestershire and died
in 1996.
Dr.
Kristin Leitterman is
currently the Assistant
Professor of Oboe at
Arkansas State University
in Jonesboro, Arkansas,
USA, where she teaches
oboe and bassoon, Double
Reed Techniques, and
coaches small chamber
ensembles. She is also
the Director of the
Lucarelli Oboe Master
Class, a week-long
immersive oboe master
class founded by Bert
Lucarelli in 1996. As a
guest artist she has
presented master classes
at many institutions,
including the Manhattan
School of Music, New York
University, and the Hartt
School.
As a
researcher, Kirstin has
interests in the life and
works of Mary Chandler.
She has presented her
research at The Juilliard
School, Music by Women
Festival, the
International Double Reed
Society conferences, and
the Brazilian Double Reed
Society’s conference in
João Pessoa, Paraíba,
Brazil.
Composed
by Ed Kiefer. Full score.
20 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #YPS265F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.YPS265F).
ISBN
9781491164051. UPC:
680160922840.
The
Rocky Road to Dublin is a
song written by Irish
poet D. K. Gavan in the
mid-nineteenth century
for English music-hall
performer Harry Clifton
and tells the story of an
Irish man leaving his
hometown of Tuam in the
county of Galway in
Ireland to go to Dublin
to make money. Because of
the Great Potato Famine
at that time, large
groups of Irish folks
left their hometowns
looking for food and
work. Thousands ended up
in America, in
particular, Philadelphia,
where many made their way
south through the
Appalachian mountains,
settling in southwest
Virginia, western North
Carolina and eastern
Tennessee. As the Irish
began their new lives
here in America, they
would often sing these
songs, which would bring
back fond memories of
their homeland. Many
old-time fiddle tunes can
be traced to Irish music,
including this song.
However, their music
changed as the songs were
passed around through
other cultures in the
mountains, with new
verses about their new
lives. Often the tunes
and lyrics made their way
back overseas where they
would change yet again,
so there are many
versions of these songs
found in both Ireland and
America. This setting is
close to the original and
can be found in both
places. It gets to the
heart of having to leave
one’s home to seek
a better life.This tune
is a fun one and should
be played with a lilt
until m. 43. At this
point, the original
material is more legato,
but returns at m. 59 in
the alto saxophone. Let
the percussion play on
their solis, especially
at the end where some of
them answer the band
motifs. The straight
eighth notes (as at m.
29) will perhaps look
difficult to younger
players, but once they
understand the concept,
it will be a favorite
part. Have fun!