Grade 3
SKU:
CL.011-3767-01
Composed by Huckeby.
Young Concert Band.
Command Series. Audio
recording available
separately (item
CL.WFR359). Extra full
score. Composed 2008.
Duration 4 minutes, 17
seconds. C.L. Barnhouse
#011-3767-01. Published
by C.L. Barnhouse
(CL.011-3767-01).
Written in an
exciting programmatic
style, this piece is
based on folklore
surrounding the
derailment and crash of a
turn-of-the-century
passenger train in North
Carolina. The descriptive
and creative writing of
Ed Huckeby make this
story come alive through
the sounds of the train
and driving rhythms which
imitate the locomotive.
With creative changing
meter, syncopation and
dramatic rhythmic drive,
contrasted with the
flowing melodic lines of
the introduction and
interlude, this piece is
a real winner for concert
or contest
performance.
About C.L.
Barnhouse Command
Series
The
Barnhouse Command Series
includes works at grade
levels 2, 2.5, and 3.
This series is designed
for middle school and
junior high school bands,
as well as high school
bands of smaller
instrumentation or
limited experience.
Command Series
publications have a
slightly larger
instrumentation than the
Rising Band Series, and
are typically of larger
scope, duration, and
musical content.
