Robert Reynolds, Jennifer Martin, several others), and by players young and old, and were sent to Fennell over the years. Frederick Fennell found most of them others were discovered by other conductors ( H. In the original Schott/Shirmer publication, there are over **500** errors. Using that process, and under time pressure for the premiere, many errors found their way into parts and score. When Percy Grainger wrote it, he wrote out all of the parts FIRST, then made a “compressed full score,' meaning a two-line score like a condensed score, but with much more complete information than your usual condensed score. This history of errors in this work is legend. Program Note by Percy Aldridge GraingerĮdition note. Indeed, each number is intended to be a kind of musical portrait of the singer who sang its underlying melody - a musical portrait of the singer's personality no less than of his habits of song - his regular or irregular wonts of rhythm, his preference for gaunt or ornately arabesqued delivery, his contrasts of legato and staccato, his tendency towards breadth or delicacy of tone. Broadwood the other five noted by me, mainly in the years 1905-1906, and with the help of the phonograph), and the work is dedicated to the old folksingers who sang so sweetly to me. This bunch of 'musical wildflowers' (hence the title) is based on folksongs collected in Lincolnshire, England (one notated by Miss Lucy E. These indebtednesses are stated in the score. Five, out of the six, movements of which it is made up existed in no other finished form, though most of these movements (as is the case with almost all my compositions and settings, for whatever medium) were indebted, more or less, to unfinished sketches for a variety of mediums covering many years (in this case, the sketches date from 1905 to 1937). Lincolnshire Posy, as a whole work, was conceived and scored by me direct for wind band early in 1937. Since its premiere, it has been recognized as a cornerstone of the wind band repertoire. Grainger's settings are not only true to the verse structure of the folk songs, but attempt to depict the singers from whom Grainger collected the songs. It is in six movements, all based on folk songs from Lincolnshire, England. Lincolnshire Posy was commissioned by the American Bandmasters Association and premiered at their convention with the composer conducting. Publisher: LudwigMasters Publications, through Alfred Music PublishingĬost: Score and Parts (print) - $270.00 | Score Only (print) - $55.00 2 Movements (may be played without pause)ĭifficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation).

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