BOSNIAN FOLK SONGS. Commissioned by the West Ridge Middle School Band, Austin, Texas, Mr. Bob Parsons, Conductor. by Fred J. Allen

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1 BOSNIAN OLK SONGS Commissioned y the West Ridge Middle School Band, Austin, Texas, Mr. Bo arsons, Conductor y red. Allen ull Score st lute nd lute Ooe st B Clarinet nd B Clarinet rd B Clarinet B Bass Clarinet Bassoon st E Alto Saxohone Comlete Band Instrumentation nd E Alto Saxohone B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone st B Trumet nd B Trumet rd B Trumet st nd Horns in st Tromone nd Tromone Euhonium B.C. Euhonium T.C. 5 Tua Timani ercussion I Bells, Virahone. ercussion II Tamourine, Crash Cymal, Triangle. ercussion III Snare Drum, Bass Drum. TRN Music ulisher, Inc..O. Box 97 * Alto, NM 88 * USA.trnmusic.com

2 Aout the music When Hungarian comoser Bela Bartok (8895) collected the olk music o Yugoslavia in the early art o this century, he noted the ethnic origin o each tune. This is ortunate or us, ecause no Yugoslavia has een divided y strie into searate nations, one o hich is Bosnia. Though there are several tunes identiied as Bosnian in Bartok s collection, only to are used in this setting. The irst occurs in the clarinets in measure 7, and is only our ars in length. The other tune occurs in the trumet solo in mm. 7. All other material is original and as ritten to ind the to olk songs together in this iece. The temo at the eginning is not ast, ut should not drag either. At m., the temo should e slightly aster and the overall style calls or more o a lit. At m. 67, return to the oening temo. At m. 75, the uer oodinds, mallets and snare drum should e light and lited in style, hile all the remaining instruments are laying longer values ith slight sacing. Admiration is due to the students at West Ridge Middle School, in Austin, Texas, ho requested that this commissioned ork dra attention to the suering o the young eole in Bosnia. erhas this music can remind us that even ar cannot silence the oy that can e exressed in the simle olk songs o a nation. The text o the irst olk song egins as ollos: Aout the comoser By Saraevo there s a green garden. In that garden there s a ell o cold ater, By the ell, a marle stone, On the stone, an aged vase, In the vase three loers loomed. red Allen is Director o Bands at Stehen. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. In addition to his resonsiilities ith the and, he teaches conducting and music education classes. rior to his current osition, Allen taught at Ailene Christian University and or eleven years in ulic schools. His areas o secialization include literature or ands and intonation o the ind instruments. TRN has ulished ieces or and y red. Allen hich dra uon his exerience as a ulic school teacher. He attemts to resent oortunities or exressive laying ithin the range and rhythm constriction necessary or young instrumentalists. Allen is a memer o the College Band Directors Association, Texas Music Educators Association, and hi Beta Mu honorary andmasters raternity.

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