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Title	Childrens March (Ouver the Hills and Far Away)
Article no.	9239008
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music, arrangement
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	USA (us)
Publisher *	Schirmer G.
Publisher's article no. *	BA 46366
Delivery publisher *	Hal Leonard Publishing
Delivery publisher's art.no. *	HL 50359410
Series title	Series for Concert Band
EAN (GTIN) *	0073999594102
UPC *	073999594102
Composer	Grainger, Percy Aldridge
Arranger	Erickson, Frank
Difficulty level	5
Evaluation level of countries	D5 (German highest level)
Additional info/contents	This exceptional work holds a special place in concert band literature (grades 4-5). In a bright 6/8 tempo throughout, the wonderful vitality of Grainger's writing makes for a truly memorable musical experience. Prt PicFlt Flt 1,2 Ob 1,2 EHrn Fag 1,2 EsClr Clr 1,2,3,4 AClr BClr CAClr CBClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Cnt 1,2,3,4 Hrn in F 1,2,3,4 Trb 1,2,3 Brt (BC+TC) Tuba KB Perc 1,2 Tmp Pno
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Programme notes *: Although Percy Aldridge Grainger was born Australian, he spent most of his working life in England and America. After attending conservatory in Germany, Grainger moved to London and began his career as a concert pianist. During this time he also composed feverishly and began to take a special interest in the native folk songs of his new home country zhu. In 1905 he undertook the first of many trips to the English countryside to collect and document songs sung by locals. Grainger eventually recorded more than 700 English and Danish folk songs and arranged dozens of them for performance by various ensembles. He enjoyed the nuances and imperfections of the individual singers and preserved the melodies in their natural state, with irregular meters and the unique interpretations of the original singers. After the outbreak of World War I, Grainger moved to New York and called America his home for the rest of his life. Despite his burgeoning success as a concert pianist, he joined the U.S. Army in 1917 to support the war effort. His service as oboist and saxophonist with the Coast Artillery Band brought Grainger closer to the unique sound of the wind orchestra and led to a long and fruitful interest in this instrumentation, from which dozens of works emerged that became cornerstones of the wind orchestra repertoire. In 1918, the same year that Grainger received his US citizenship, he composed his first original work for the band, entitled "Children's March - Over the Hills and Far Away". Although the piece, like many of his other works from this period, sounds as if it could contain the folk tunes that Grainger diligently collected in England, this particular work is based on original material. It is believed that Children's March is the first original work for concert tape with an integrated piano part, complete with the unusual instruction at the end of the piece to strike a string inside the instrument with a marimba mallet. Quelle/Source: March Mania Information: Schirmer/Hal Leonard Wind Repertory Project Wikipedia: Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away IMSLP musescore

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	Childrens March (Ouver the Hills and Far Away) (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Childrens March (Ouver the Hills and Far Away) (concert/wind band), full score

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