PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Skye Boat Song

Trombone/Euphonium Euphonium T.C./B.C.; Trombone - easy

SKU: HL.44006652

For Trombone/Euphonium BC/TC. Arranged by Andrew Watkin. Fentone Instrumental Books. Play Along. Softcover with CD. Composed 2006. 44 pages. Fentone Music #F908. Published by Fentone Music (HL.44006652).

ISBN 9780230009080. UPC: 884088135416. 9.0x12.0x0.129 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch. Arr. Andrew Watkin Book/CD Packs.

These book/CD packs contain 22 folksongs from all over the world, including: Alouette * Dielito Lindo * Kalinka * Kumbayah * Mexican Hat Dance * De saturre su forti * Skye Boat Song * and more. The CD includes piano accompaniments as well as full performances of each tune.

Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2

SKU: CF.FAS39

Composed by Scottish Folk Song. Arranged by Virginia Croft. Carl Fischer First Plus String Orchestra Series. Classical. Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+8+8+2+5+5+5+2 pages. Carl Fischer Music #FAS39. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FAS39).

ISBN 9780825863301. UPC: 798408063306. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: D major.

Virginia Croft's experience as a string player and educator is evident in the care with which she has scored this beautiful folk tune idiomatically for young string players. Relatively easy to play, Skye Boat Song is a great opportunity to develop lyrical playing habits with a developing string group.
Here is a very playable setting of a beautiful Scottish folk song. It commemorates one of the most exciting moments in Scottish history in the middle of the eighteenth century during the Jacobite Rebellion. At this time, a small group of men escaped by night in a tiny boat across the rough sea to the Isle of Skye to save the life of the young lad whom they believed to be the rightful heir to the throne of Scotland.As you play this music, can't you feel the boat rocking and the oarsmen straining at their posts against the sea? The long diminuendo from m. 51 to the end passes the final melodic fragment down through the voices until the small boat has vanished into the distance, leaving only the water.The words of the original folk song are:Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wind;Hark, how the seagulls cray!Carry the lad that was born to be kindOver the sea to Skye!.

Recorder - Intermediate

SKU: MB.30963

Saddle-stitched, Solos and Duets. British Isles. Book. 44 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30963. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30963).

ISBN 9781513468204. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This exceptional collection of 41 truly beautiful airs and ballads from the British Isles offers both well-known tunes by the prolific blind Irish harpist, Turlough O�??Carolan and rarely heard melodies by anonymous composers; all have stood the test of time. Arranged for soprano or tenor recorder, these include O�??Carolan�??s classically influenced �??Lord Inchiquin�?� and �??Eleanor Plunkett�?� as well as �??O Gentle Dove�?� and �??Cuckoo Dear�?��?? both examples of the strong tradition of song in Wales. Among other tunes, the haunting modal melodies of �??The Dark Slender Boy�?� and �??Enchanted Valley�?� express the melancholic heart and soul of the British Isles.

A few of these songs have taken on a life of their own in modern times. �??Bonny at Morn�?�, a popular traditional tune of northern England and Scotland, was arranged for soprano voice and harp by the 20th century British composer, Benjamin Britten. �??The Skye Boat Song�?� originally recounted Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuart�??s journey to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the historic Battle of Culloden. Later, the song evolved into a lilting lullaby and was more recently used as the theme song for the popular Outlander television series.

Departing slightly from recorder notation practice, author Marcia Diehl has judiciously arranged these melodies complete with spare slur markings to aid the amateur player in authentically and musically rendering these tunes.

Trombone and piano - Advanced

SKU: CY.CC2144

Composed by Nick Francis. Contemporary tonal. Full score & set of parts. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2144).

The Skye Boat Song, among the most popular of all Scottish folk tunes, deals with the flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stewart) from Scotland to the Isle of Skye in 1746, after having been defeated on Culloden Moor by the English Army of King George II. The present setting, for either Tenor or Bass Trombone and Piano, is mostly lyrical and passes through a series of episodes that evoke watery images in various ways. A stormy episode which superimposes a more martial tune (relying heavily on the familiar scotch snappy rhythm) against a variation of the original folk tune leads to brief quotations from Mendelssohn's Hebrides overture (the Isle of Skye is part of the group of islands known as the Hebrides) before a short recapitulation of the theme.

Arranged by Alexander L'Estrange. Choir Secular. For with Piano (SAB). Choral Octavo. Faber Choral Singles. Folk; Secular. Published by Faber Music

SAB choir and piano

SKU: LO.15-3992H

Composed by Geoffrey Edwards. Choral. Concert. Octavo. Heritage Music Press #15/3992H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LO.15-3992H).

ISBN 9780787778514.

This classic Geoffrey Edward setting of the beloved Skye Boat Song has been adapted for SAB choirs. Rich and expressive, this setting is accessible for a variety of ages and experience levels. The F Horn is a beautiful addition to this versatile and practical arrangement.