Grade Level: (Medium) A RAIRIE ORTRAIT A rairie ortrait as commissioned y the Illinois Music Educators Association District Senior Band, Chorus and Orchestra or the inale o their 00 Honors estival in Rock Island, Illinois The ork as insired y the oetry o Carl Sandurg, a native o the area The lyrics ere derived rom rairie, one o the oems in his collection entitled Cornhuskers: I as orn on the rairie and the milk o its heat, the red o its clover, the eyes o its omen, gave me a song and a slogan Here the ater ent don, the iceergs slid ith gravel, the gas and the valleys hissed, and the lack loam came, and the yello sandy loam Here eteen the sheds o the Rocky Mountains and the Aalachians, here no a morning star ixes a ire sign over the timer claims and co astures, the corn elt, the cotton elt, the cattle ranches Here the gray geese go ive hundred miles and ack ith a ind under their ings honking the cry or a ne home Here I kno I ill hanker ater nothing so much as one more sunrise or a sky moon o ire douled to a river moon o ater The rairie sings to me in the orenoon and I kno in the night I rest easy in the rairie arms, on the rairie heart Although A rairie ortrait as initially scored or voices, strings, and inds, this and arrangement as created to stand alone, ith the lyrical quality o the music serving as a testament to the loving ords the oet rote as a triute to his irthlace The ioneer sirit shines through the oening o the ork, hich is ull o youthul and otimistic energy The lyrical section that ollos reresents the oet s hankering or another eautiul day and night on the rairie, and evokes the arm eelings o love and security e all eel aout the lace e call home Instrumentation Conductor Score 0 lute/iccolo Ooe Bassoon st B Clarinet nd B Clarinet rd B Clarinet E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet st E Alto Saxohone nd E Alto Saxohone B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone st B Trumet nd B Trumet rd B Trumet Alred ulishing Co, Inc 60 Roscoe Blvd, Suite 00 O Box 000 Van Nuys, CA 90-000 alredcom st Horn nd horn st Tromone nd Tromone rd Tromone Euhonium TC Euhonium BC Tua ercussion 6 layers: Mallet ercussion (Bells/ Xylohone) ercussion I (Snare Drum, Bass Drum/Wind Chimes) ercussion II (Susended Cymal/Temle Blocks, Crash Cymals/Woodlock/Gong) Timani lease note: Our and and orchestra music is no eing collated y an automatic high-seed system The enclosed arts are no sorted y age count, rather than score order We hoe this ill not resent any diiculty or you in distriuting the arts Thank you or your understanding By Roert Sheldon World arts availale or donload rom alredcom/orldarts st E Horn nd E Horn st Tromone in B TC nd Tromone in B TC rd Tromone in B TC st Tromone in B BC nd Tromone in B BC rd Tromone in B BC Euhonium in B BC Tua in B TC Tua in B BC Tua in E TC Tua in E BC revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase
ULL SCORE Duration - 5:5 lute/iccolo Ooe Bassoon B Clarinets E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinet E Alto Saxohones B Tenor Saxohone E Baritone Saxohone B Trumets Horns Tromones Euhonium Tua Mallet ercussion (Orchestra Bells /Xylohone) ercussion ercussion Timani (Snare Drum, Bass Drum/Wind Chimes) (Susended Cymal/ Temle Blocks, Crash Cymals/ Woodlock/Gong) Allegro Moderato q = 0 + icc a Allegro Moderato q = 0 a a Sus Cym 668 Commissioned y the Illinois Music Educators Association District Senior Band, Chorus and Orchestra, Rich Stodd, ast resident, Toni Redlingshaer, resident SD æ O æ Tune:, E, B A rairie ortrait BD Roert Sheldon revie Only Coyright MMVI y Alred ulishing Co, Inc All rights reserved rinted in USA To urchase a ull-length recording o this iece, go to alredcom/donloads a a Bells Legal Use Requires urchase o 96
l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim N 5 6 æ 7 a a O Cr Cym 8 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 9 æ
l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 0 (- icc) scrae O div layers divide layers Andante q = 76 Andante q = 76 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 5
5 l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc Solo Tutti Tutti 8 8 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase erc Tim 668 6 7 8 9 0
6 l/icc n n O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim ( ) Sus Cym 5 6 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase Temle Blocks 7 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
7 l/icc oco iù mosso q = 8 0 O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc N N oco iù mosso q = 8 N Tutti N a 0 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase Tim 668 8 9 0
8 l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase Tim 668 5 6 7 8
9 l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 9 0 0 O Cr Cym 0 æ æ revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase a
0 l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim Allegro Giocoso q = 6 Allegro Giocoso q = 6 Soli Soli 5 6 Sus Cym 7 + icc n n n a Xylo n n æ 8 9 9 N a 9 a 50 a 5 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 5
l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim a æ O æ N N 5 æ æ 5 a æ 55 æ æ 56 57 57 a Wood Block 57 58 59 O ß 60 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 6
l/icc 65 O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 6 6 Soli a Soli Soli O 6 65 65 66 67 68 69 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 70 a 7
l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 7 7 æ 7 75 75 75 76 77 O ß 78 n n a revie Only 668 n Legal Use Requires urchase 79
l/icc n n A 8 O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim n n n n n 80 A N N N n n A 8 n n 8 8 n n O 8 n n æ 8 85 n n revie Only 668 Sus Cym Legal Use Requires urchase æ 86
5 l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 87 88 89 «90 9 a 9 9 a layers div 9 9 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 9 æ
6 l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim æ 95 96 97 98 98 98 99 revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 00 0 0 0 Bells a Tutti a 0
7 l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 05 a 05 05 n 06 n a 07 æ 08 æ 09 æ 0 (- icc) æ revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase æ n n n
Cls Tts Trs Hns l/icc O Bsn A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim Gently q = 7 Gently q = 7 a O K Wind Chimes O 5 a 6 7 8 9 0 668 8 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase
Cls Tts Trs Hns l/icc O Bsn A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim div 5 6 7 æ 8 8 8 9 0 5 668 9 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase
Cls Tts Trs Hns l/icc O Bsn A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 6 7 8 8 8 9 0 rall rall div N N K O 5 O æ Gong 6 668 0 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase
l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim Temo I q = 0 7 8 Temo I q = 0 rall æ Ï 9 50 rall 5 a revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase æ 5
l/icc 5 Andante Moderato q = 96 O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim 5 Andante Moderato q = 96 a 5 5 55 56 57 æ O æ æ 58 a revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase 59
l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim rall rall 60 O æ æ 6 6 div 6 Temo I q = 0 Temo I q = 0 a O 6 a æ 6 + icc a 6 65 revie Only 668 a a Legal Use Requires urchase 66
l/icc O Bsn Cls A Cl B Cl A Saxes T Sax Bar Sax Tts Hns Trs Euh Tua Mlt erc erc erc Tim rall resto Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ q = Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 67 rall æ 68 æ æ 69 resto q = a 70 a O 7 Xylo æ æ O 7 div a a a a revie Only 668 Legal Use Requires urchase æ O Ï Ch Ch Ï 7