YONG BAND Grade Conductor 8 lute Oboe Bassoon st Bb Clarinet nd Bb Clarinet Bb Bass Clarinet 5 Eb Alto Saxohone Bb Tenor Saxohone Eb Baritone Saxohone st Bb Trumet nd Bb Trumet O Canada CALIXA LAVALLÉE Arranged by VINCE GASSI INSTRMENTATION Horn Trombone Baritone Baritone Treble Cle Mallet Percussion (Bells) Timani (Tune:, Bb, Eb) Percussion (Snare Drum, Bass Drum) 3 Percussion (Triangle/Susended Cymbal/ Crash Cymbals) World Parts Available or donload rom.alred.com/orldarts Horn in Eb Trombone in Bb Bass Cle Trombone in Bb Treble Cle Baritone in Bb Bass Cle in Eb Bass Cle in Eb Treble Cle in Bb Bass Cle in Bb Treble Cle Previe Only Please note: Our band and orchestra music is no being collated by an automatic high-seed system. The enclosed arts are no sorted by age count, rather than score order.
PROGRAM NOTES In 880, Sir Adolhe-Basile Routhier, a Quebec udge, as asked to rite the ords or a hymn to be sung during a national convention o rench Canadians in Quebec City. Calixa Lavallée, a oular Canadian comoser at the time, as commissioned to set the original rench text to music. Although many English versions later aeared, the one hich gained the idest accetance as ritten in 908 by another udge, Robert Stanley Weir, in honor o the 300th anniversary o the ounding o Quebec City. In 968, a Secial oint Committee o the Senate and House o Commons recommended changes to the English version and on uly, 980, 00 years ater it as irst sung, O Canada as roclaimed Canada s national anthem. The rench lyrics remain unchanged. Because Canada is a bilingual country, O Canada is oten sung in both rench and English (see bilingual version). Close attention should be aid to the temo indications, dynamics and articulations. The trumet and horn lourishes in measures should be layed lightly and ith the eighth notes slightly detached. English Lyrics O Canada! Our home and native land! True atriot love in all thy sons command. With gloing hearts e see thee rise, The True North strong and ree! rom ar and ide, O Canada, e stand on guard or thee. God kee our land glorious and ree! O Canada, e stand on guard or thee. O Canada, e stand on guard or thee. rench Lyrics O Canada! Terre de nos aïeux, Ton ront est ceint de leurons glorieux! Car ton bras sait orter l éée, Il sait orter la croix! Ton histoire est une éoée Des lus brillants exloits. Et ta valeur, de oi tremée, Protégera nos oyers et nos droits. Protégera nos oyers et nos droits. Bilingual Version O Canada! Our home and native land! True atriot love in all thy sons command. Car ton bras sait orter l éée, Il sait orter la croix! Ton histoire est une éoée Des lus brillants exloits. God kee our land glorious and ree! O Canada, e stand on guard or thee. O Canada, e stand on guard or thee. English Translation O The rench Lyrics O Canada! Land o our oreathers Thy bro is reathed ith a glorious garland o loers. Previe Only As in thy arm ready to ield the sord, So also is it ready to carry the cross. Thy history is an eic o the most brilliant exloits. Thy valour steeed in aith Will rotect our homes and our rights Will rotect our homes and our rights.
LL SCORE Arox. Duration - :5 lute Oboe Bassoon Bb Clarinets Bb Bass Clarinet Eb Alto Saxohone Bb Tenor Saxohone Eb Baritone Saxohone Bb Trumets Horn Trombone Baritone Mallet Percussion (Bells) Timani Percussion (Snare Drum, Bass Drum) Percussion (Triangle/Susended Cymbal/Crash Cymbals) b b b b b b b b b b Maestically = 00 Maestically = 00 Tune:, Bb, E b S.D. B.D................. O Canada................ 3. Trgl. ± Sus. Cym. (sot mallets) 3 By Calixa Lavallée Arranged by Vince Gassi Previe Only 3 æ π 008 BELWIN-MILLS PBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP), a division o ALRED PBLISHING CO., INC. All Rights Reserved including Public Perormance
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