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Irish Tune from County Derry
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General Info
Year: 1918
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: J.W. Pepper
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Clarinet
Bb Clarinet I-II-III-IV
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bass Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Xylophone
- Bells
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Grainger's Irish Tune from County Derry has stood the test of time for a number of reasons: colorful sonorities, straightforward accessibility, and a memorable climax. It is also a versatile piece, playable by both younger band and mature players, symphonic bands and wind ensembles. Irish Tune could balance a heavier work on the concert program, or it could be a thoughtful closing piece just before intermission. The broad appeal of this piece will undoubtedly assure its position atop the wind band repertoire for years to come.
- Notes from Great Music for Wind Band
Commercial Discography
Audio Links
North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporon, conductor)
State Ratings
- Florida: V
- Michigan: SENIOR HIGH CLASS AA
- Mississippi: CLASSES 4A, 5A, & 6A
- Oklahoma: V-A
- South Carolina: V
- Virginia: V
Recent Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cabrillo High School Wind Ensemble (Garson Olivieri, conductor) - 22 May 2013
- Atascadero Community Band (Charles Buck, III, conductor) - 26 June 2012
- All-America Concert Band (Charles Dibley, conductor) - 22 April 2012
- Madison Wind Ensemble (Brian Vanderbloemen, conductor) - 18 November 2012
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Arrival Platform Humlet
- Australian Up-Country Tune (1905)
- Blithe Bells
- Children's March: "Over the Hills and Far Away"
- Colonial Song (1919)
- Country Gardens (1953)
- Died for Love
- Down Longford Way
- Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
- Early One Morning (arr. Kreines)
- English Waltz from "Youthful Suite" (tr. Rogers)
- Faeroe Island Dance
- Gumsucker's March (1942)
- Handel in the Strand
- Hill Song No. 1
- Hill Song No. 2
- The Immovable Do (1940)
- I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (tr. Daehn)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (1918)
- Lads of Wamphray March (1905/1937)
- Lincolnshire Posy (1937)
- Mock Morris
- Molly on the Shore (1920)
- Molly on the Shore (tr Ragsdale) (1978)
- Percy Grainger Portrait, A (ar. Wagner) (2010)
- The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1947)
- Scotch Strathspey and Reel
- Shepherd's Hey (1918)
- Spoon River (ar. Sheldon)
- The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
- Themes from Green Bushes (arr. L. Daehn)
- Two Grainger Sweets - Harvest Hymn and Mock Morris (ar Krienes)
- Walking Tune
- The Warriors
- Willow, Willow
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1949)
Additional Resources
- Irish Tune from County Derry. Frederick Fennell. The Instrumentalist, August 2009 (reprint).
- Nicholson, Chad. (2009). Great Music for Wind Band: A Guide to the Top 100 Works in Grades IV, V, VI.’’ Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications. pp 6-7.
