SHEEP-SHEARING SONG (FOLK-TUNE) Eugène Goossens, Op. 38, No. 1. Scored for Wind Band by Percy Aldridge Grainger. edited by. R.

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1 Eugene Goossens was orn outside London on May 6, 89, and his father and grandfather were oth conductors efore him. Goossens studied music at the age of ten in Bruges, three years later in Liverool, and in 907 in London on a scholarshi at the oyal College of Music, where he he later made associate. He was a violinist in Thomas Beecham s Queen s Hall Orchestra from 9 to 95. In 9 he decided to make conduc ng his career and founded his own orchestra. or nearly a quarter of a century, Eugene Goossens acceted osi ons at U.S. orchestras, including the ochester hilharmonic and the Cincinna Symhony Orchestra efore taking his career to Australia. There he conducted the Sydney Symhony Orchestra and other grous, and was the director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music. He held these osi ons concurrently un l March 956, when he was forced to resign a er a major ulic scandal, only a year a er eing knighted. Eugene Goossens returned to England and died on une, 96. U.S. $75.00 (OLK-TUNE) Scored for Wind Band y ercy Aldridge Grainger edited y. Mark ogers Southern Music. Mark ogers egan wri ng for and while in high school, and con nued with degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas. Director of ulica ons for Southern Music Comany from 99 and Managing Editor of the firm since 05, ogers has authored edi ons of the music of ercy Grainger and ohn hili Sousa that have entered and reertory worldwide. He is also widely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, with erformances y all five of the Washington, DC service ands. Dr. ogers is the conductor of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and serves on the adjunct faculty of San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University, and rior to coming to San Antonio was on the faculty of the University of South Alaama and a staff memer of the University of Texas Longhorn Band. A assoonist, he erforms with the orchestras of Corus Chris, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Aus n, as well as the Mid-Texas Symhony. He is ac ve in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erforming numerous roles in the oere as of Gilert and Sullivan. Sudie, his wife of forty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the joy of his later years. SHEE-SHEAING SONG Goossens/ GAINGE/ ogers ercy Grainger was orn in Australia on uly 8, 88. With a father frequently asent due to work, young ercy was doted uon y his formidale mother, the former ose Aldridge, who suervised every asect of his educa on. He was tutored at home, with a large art of his diet consis ng of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and the Icelandic sagas. He was fascinated with rimi ve eoles around the world, so that it ecame one of his life s goals to incororate asects of their music into his own. ercy Aldridge Grainger (when he entered into ulic life, he adoted his mother s maiden name as his middle name), le Australia in 895 to study in rankfurt for a eriod which lasted un l 90. At the same me he egan to comose and collect the musical folk material that was to rovide the raw material for much of his greatest work. At the turn of the new century, he moved to London, ut toured frequently so that he was always aware of the most recent innova ons in the musical world. He greatly admired the comosers and comosi ons that were scandalizing Euroe at that me, and his le ers reveal admira on for ichard Strauss, Deussy, avel, Stravinsky, Bartók, and Schönerg (along with others long since forgo en). In 9, with the outreak of the irst World War, he emigrated to the United States. Although he took American ci zenshi, he never forgot his roots in Australia, and in the 90 s he oversaw the construc on of a Museum, located on the camus of the University of Melourne, to house manuscrits and ar facts from his life. He died in White lains, New York, in 96. SHEE-SHEAING SONG (olk-tune) olk Tune (also known as Shee Shearing Song ) was originally comosed for iano y Eugène Goosens. This setting for symhonic and y ercy Grainger ears the hallmark ingenious alication of instrumentation and harmonizing that Grainger ecame so well known for. Band eertoire Classics Series Grade

2 ULL SCOE SHEE-SHEAING SONG (olk-tune) Scored for Wind Band y M L E ercy Aldridge Grainger Edited y. Mark ogers INSTUMENTATION -ULL SCOE -SMALL LUTE (iccolo) -st LUTE -nd LUTE -st OBOE -nd OBOE -ENGLISH HON -CLAINET in E (at will) -st CLAINET in B -nd CLAINET in B -rd CLAINET in B -ALTO CLAINET in E -BASS CLAINET in B -DOUBLE ALTO CLAINET in E (sustitute for Bass Saxohone) -DOUBLE BASS CLAINET in B SA (sustitute for Doule Bassoon) -st BASSOON -nd BASSOON -DOUBLE BASSOON -SOANO SAXOHONE in B -st ALTO SAXOHONE in E -nd ALTO SAXOHONE in E -TENO SAXOHONE in B -BAITONE SAXOHONE in E -BASS SAXOHONE in B -st TUMET in B -nd TUMET in B -rd TUMET in B -st HON in -nd HON in -rd HON in -th HON in -st TOMBONE -nd TOMBONE -rd TOMBONE -st EUHONIUM (Baritones) in Trele or Bass Clef -nd EUHONIUM in Trele or Bass Clef -TUBAS -STING BASS -ECUSSION: Kettle-Drum (only one drum required), Susended Cymal, Gong Coyright 07 Southern Music Comany (ASCA). International Coyright secured. All rights reserved. Grade Duration: Arox. :0 Minutes

3 OGAM NOTES ercy Grainger s settings of the folk-music of various cultures are widely known to wind and conductors. Although he collected a numer of these melodies himself, he was equally willing to turn his attention to a melody collected y someone else. In the case of the resent setting, he neither collected the tune nor comosed the setting. Shee Shearing Song was collected in Somerset y the eminent English folk-musicologist Cecil Shar in 90 from the singing of William King. Eugene Goossens setting for solo iano of this melody aeared in 9 as the first of Two Ballades, O. 8 for solo iano, where it aears under the title olk Tune. Grainger and Goossens were art of a larger grou of musicians who met regularly from aout 906 onwards to rivately erform each other s music and offer encouragement. Goossens also articiated in the first all-grainger concert in May of 9, laying nd violin in the string quartet that erformed Molly on the Shore and Mock Morris. In 9, Goossens acceted George Eastman s invitation to conduct the newly formed ochester hilharmonic Orchestra, y which time Grainger was already an American citizen and a fixture on the New York music scene. In the 90s, during the years Grainger sent working with the National Music Cam in Interlochen, he increasingly focused his attention to imroving the reertory of music for wind and. One of the items that took his fancy was Goossen s setting of Shee Shearing Song, which romted Grainger to set the work for military and (the term used y British-trained and comosers to indicate a mixed wind and of woodwinds, rass and ercussion, as distinguished from the all-rass ands still heard today). Grainger s scoring was written uly to 6, 9 with arts coied at Interlochen. Uon his return to Sringfield, Missouri in Setemer, he wrote out the conductor s score. While Goossens harmonic treatment of the folk melody is not similar to what Grainger himself might have written, it is not altogether unlike Grainger s second setting (90) of Irish Tune from County Derry, distinguished from the earlier settings y featuring elastic scoring. EUGENE GOOSSENS Eugene Goossens was orn outside London on May 6, 89, and was the third memer of the family to carry that name. The family was of Belgian extraction and his father and grandfather were oth conductors efore him. [His father and grandfather selled Eugène with a grave accent; he himself did not. Nevertheless, Grainger ersisted in the use of the grave accent in his manuscrit arts, so that selling aears in the Southern Music Comany edition of olk Tune. ] Goossens studied music at the age of ten in Bruges, three years later in Liverool, and in 907 in London on a scholarshi at the oyal College of Music. He won the silver medal of the Worshiful Comany of Musicians and was made associate of the oyal College of Music. He was a violinist in Thomas Beecham s Queen s Hall Orchestra from 9 to 95. In 9 he decided to make conducting his career and founded his own orchestra. On une 7, 9, he gave the British concert remiere of Stravinsky s The ite of Sring at the Queen s Hall with the comoser resent. or nearly a quarter of a century, Eugene Goossens acceted ositions at U.S. orchestras. He conducted the ochester hilharmonic from 9 to 9, and from 9 to 96 he conducted of the Cincinnati Symhony Orchestra, succeeding ritz einer. One of the lasting imacts of his time in Cincinnati came during World War II. Goossens wrote to several comosers and commissioned 8 fanfares meant to suort the war effort. One of the fanfares that the orchestra received and remiered during the 9- season was Aaron Coland s anfare for the Common Man. Goossens sent nine years in Australia, from 97 to 956. He conducted the Sydney Symhony Orchestra and other grous, and was the director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music. He held these ositions concurrently until March 956, when he was forced to resign after a major ulic scandal, only a year after eing knighted. Eugene Goossens returned to England and died on une, 96. ECY ALDIDGE GAINGE ercy Grainger was orn in Australia on uly 8, 88. His father was an architect from London, his mother the daughter of a London hotel manager who had come to Australia to make his fortune. The father, ohn Harry Grainger, was a man of some learning who was regularly away from the household suervising the construction of ulic works in Australia. In his asence, young ercy was doted uon y his formidale mother, the former ose Aldridge, who suervised every asect of his education. He was tutored at home, with a large art of his diet consisting of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and the Icelandic sagas. ose Grainger was a eautiful woman with strong Nordic features (inherited y her son), ut like many eole of that day, she assionately disliked memers of other ethnic grous, and she instilled in ercy many outrageous notions. He was fascinated with rimitive eoles around the world, so that it ecame one of his life s goals to incororate asects of their music into his own. ercy Aldridge Grainger (when he entered into ulic life, he adoted his mother s maiden name as his middle name), left Australia in 895 to study in rankfurt for a eriod which lasted until 90. At the same time he egan to comose and collect the musical folk material that was to rovide the raw material for much of his greatest work. At the turn of the new century, he moved to London, ut toured frequently so that he was always aware of the most recent innovations in the musical world. He greatly admired the comosers and comositions that were scandalizing Euroe at that time, and his letters reveal admiration for ichard Strauss, Deussy, avel, Stravinsky, Bartók, and Schönerg (along with others long since forgotten). In 9, with the outreak of the irst World War, he emigrated to the United States. In 98, he married the Swedish eauty Ella Viola Ström. Although he took American citizenshi, he never forgot his roots in Australia, and in the 90 s he oversaw the construction of a Museum, located on the camus of the University of Melourne, to house manuscrits and artifacts from his life. He died in White lains, New York, in 96. SAMLE. MAK OGES. Mark ogers egan writing for and while in high school, and continued with degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas. Director of ulications for Southern Music Comany from 99 and Managing Editor of the firm since 05, ogers has authored editions of the music of ercy Grainger and ohn hili Sousa that have entered and reertory worldwide. He is also widely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, with erformances y all five of the Washington, DC service ands. Dr. ogers is the conductor of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and serves on the adjunct faculty of San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University, and rior to coming to San Antonio was on the faculty of the University of South Alaama and a staff memer of the University of Texas Longhorn Band. A assoonist, he erforms with the orchestras of Corus Christi, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Austin, as well as the Mid-Texas Symhony. He is active in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erforming numerous roles in the oerettas of Gilert and Sullivan. Sudie, his wife of forty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the joy of his later years.

4 SHEE-SHEAING SONG ull Score S95 scored for Wind Band y ercy Aldridge Grainger lowingly (OLK-TUNE) edited y. Mark ogers Molto & tranquillo e con moto Œ = aout 80* from Somerset, England iccolo lutes & & Ooes arts.samle English Horn & reedy, esress. Clarinet in E Œ Œ esress. (ut accomanyingly) Œ Œ reedy esress. (ut accomanyingly) B Clarinets Œ Œ reedy n E & Alto Clarinets Œ Œ n B reedy Bass Clarinets Œ Œ reedy Bassoons Œ Œ n Doule Bassoon B Sorano molto esress. Œ Œ Saxohone j.. E Alto & Œ Œ.. Saxohones molto esress. B Tenor molto esress. Œ Œ.. Saxohones E Baritone & Saxohone B Bass Saxohone lowingly B Cornets Œ Œ.. molto esress. Horns in Œ Œ.. molto esress. Tromones Baritones Euhoniums Coyright 07 y Southern Music Comany (ASCA). *This metronome marking is not shown in the layers International coyright secured. All ights eserved. Digital and hotograhic coying of this ulication is illegal. Tuas String Bass Kettle Drum & ercussion 5 6

5 icc. lutes Ooes 7 & & & 9 ΠΠn E. Hn. & E Cl. & n n > n n. j n n > > & n n > n j n n. n n > > B Clars. & > & ΠΠΠΠn > > reedy Al.Cls. & n n > Bs.Cls. & n > Bsns. n n n n n n > DBsn. S.Sx. &. A.Sxs. &.. T.Sxs. & n n B. Sx. & ΠΠn Bs.Sx. & Π> 9 MUTED molto esress. & ΠΠCrnts. MUTED & ΠΠmolto esress. &.. j n Horns - - &. ΠTrns. esress. Bars. & ΠΠΠn n n. n n Euhs. olk-tunesamle S95 Goossens/Grainger: Tuas St. Bs. erc n n

6 Eugene Goossens was orn outside London on May 6, 89, and his father and grandfather were oth conductors efore him. Goossens studied music at the age of ten in Bruges, three years later in Liverool, and in 907 in London on a scholarshi at the oyal College of Music, where he he later made associate. He was a violinist in Thomas Beecham s Queen s Hall Orchestra from 9 to 95. In 9 he decided to make conduc ng his career and founded his own orchestra. or nearly a quarter of a century, Eugene Goossens acceted osi ons at U.S. orchestras, including the ochester hilharmonic and the Cincinna Symhony Orchestra efore taking his career to Australia. There he conducted the Sydney Symhony Orchestra and other grous, and was the director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music. He held these osi ons concurrently un l March 956, when he was forced to resign a er a major ulic scandal, only a year a er eing knighted. Eugene Goossens returned to England and died on une, 96. U.S. $75.00 (OLK-TUNE) Scored for Wind Band y ercy Aldridge Grainger edited y. Mark ogers Southern Music. Mark ogers egan wri ng for and while in high school, and con nued with degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas. Director of ulica ons for Southern Music Comany from 99 and Managing Editor of the firm since 05, ogers has authored edi ons of the music of ercy Grainger and ohn hili Sousa that have entered and reertory worldwide. He is also widely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, with erformances y all five of the Washington, DC service ands. Dr. ogers is the conductor of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and serves on the adjunct faculty of San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University, and rior to coming to San Antonio was on the faculty of the University of South Alaama and a staff memer of the University of Texas Longhorn Band. A assoonist, he erforms with the orchestras of Corus Chris, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Aus n, as well as the Mid-Texas Symhony. He is ac ve in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erforming numerous roles in the oere as of Gilert and Sullivan. Sudie, his wife of forty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the joy of his later years. SHEE-SHEAING SONG Goossens/ GAINGE/ ogers ercy Grainger was orn in Australia on uly 8, 88. With a father frequently asent due to work, young ercy was doted uon y his formidale mother, the former ose Aldridge, who suervised every asect of his educa on. He was tutored at home, with a large art of his diet consis ng of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and the Icelandic sagas. He was fascinated with rimi ve eoles around the world, so that it ecame one of his life s goals to incororate asects of their music into his own. ercy Aldridge Grainger (when he entered into ulic life, he adoted his mother s maiden name as his middle name), le Australia in 895 to study in rankfurt for a eriod which lasted un l 90. At the same me he egan to comose and collect the musical folk material that was to rovide the raw material for much of his greatest work. At the turn of the new century, he moved to London, ut toured frequently so that he was always aware of the most recent innova ons in the musical world. He greatly admired the comosers and comosi ons that were scandalizing Euroe at that me, and his le ers reveal admira on for ichard Strauss, Deussy, avel, Stravinsky, Bartók, and Schönerg (along with others long since forgo en). In 9, with the outreak of the irst World War, he emigrated to the United States. Although he took American ci zenshi, he never forgot his roots in Australia, and in the 90 s he oversaw the construc on of a Museum, located on the camus of the University of Melourne, to house manuscrits and ar facts from his life. He died in White lains, New York, in 96. SHEE-SHEAING SONG (olk-tune) olk Tune (also known as Shee Shearing Song ) was originally comosed for iano y Eugène Goosens. This setting for symhonic and y ercy Grainger ears the hallmark ingenious alication of instrumentation and harmonizing that Grainger ecame so well known for. Band eertoire Classics Series Grade