Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Crash Cym...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon, Bells,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Crash Cymbals, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute,
Flute 2, Glockenspiel,
Gong, Horn, Mallet
Percussion 1, Mallet
Percussion 2, Oboe,
Percussion 1, Percussion
2, Snare Drum and more. -
Grade 2
SKU:
CF.YPS214F
Composed
by George Sweet. Young
Band (YPS). Full score.
With Standard notation.
16 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #YPS214F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.YPS214F).
ISBN
9781491153017. UPC:
680160910519.
This
new piece from composer
George Sweet is a
delightful combination of
Scotland the Brave and
Amazing Grace. Each tune
on its own is wonderful,
but in Sweet's setting,
they are masterfully
layered to reflect the
composer's
Scottish-American
heritage. This
presentation of a
Scottish melody with
Americana-inspired
harmonies is a stunning
example of compositional
craft.
Bravery and
Grace is a setting of the
unofficial Scottish
national anthem, Scotland
the Brave. While the
melody is taken from
Scotland the Brave, the
accompaniment and harmony
both have a
“Western
Americana†feel,
reminiscent of composers
like Roy Harris and Aaron
Copland. Â This
combination of a Scottish
melody with American
harmony is a reflection
of the composer’s
Scottish-American
Heritage.The piece begins
with a fragment of
Scotland the Brave
presented in a lush and
reflective context. The
main theme is performed
in full by the upper
voices at m. 9. The
middle voices perform the
material at m. 17, and
the lower voices perform
it again at m. 33. This
results in a loud passage
representing pipers at m.
46. The traditional
spiritual Amazing Grace
appears suddenly at m. 51
in a somewhat polytonal
setting. This is, once
again, reminiscent of
practices of the
aforementioned American
composers. Â After this
lyrical presentation, a
fragment of the main
theme returns at m. 66.
This is followed by a
broad restatement of the
theme at m. 70 and a
brisk conclusion with a
final flair of
polytonality.