Grade 5
SKU:
CL.RWS-1823-01
(based on the vision
and imagery of Harvey
Dunn, a great American
artist). Concert
Band. RWS Symphony Band
Series. Extra full score.
Composed 2018. Duration 8
minutes, 28 seconds. RWS
Music Company
#RWS-1823-01. Published
by RWS Music Company
(CL.RWS-1823-01).
Inspired by and
based on the masterpiece
The Prairie Is My Garden
by American painter
Harvey Thomas Dunn, this
work for the symphonic
band is large in scope
and musical depth. In the
painting, a mother and
her two children are out
gathering flowers from
the quintessential
prairie of the Great
Plains. Composer Robert
W. Smith delivers us to
the same Great Plains in
this epic musical tone
poem. From the reflective
opening solo to the bold
and courageous statements
that follow, this homage
to the generations that
built the great American
west is an excellent
concert/festival
selection for the mature
concert band.