Norwegian Rhapsody
Quarter Military Band, QMB 409
General Info
Year: 1979
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00; (digital) - $15.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.50
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Flute
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Cornet I-II-III
- B-flat Trumpet I-II
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Triangle
- *Wood Block
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Based on six old Norse folk melodies.
- Program Note from score
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
- Alabama: III
- Georgia: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA High School GROUP II
- Kansas: IV
- Louisiana: III
- Michigan: Junior High AA
- Michigan: Senior High B
- Minnesota: III
- Oklahoma: III-A
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: V
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Genesee Valley (Elba, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Philip J. Briatico, conductor) - 23 November 2024
- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Summer Band – 2011
- Northshore Concert Band (Wilmette, Ill.) (William P. Foster, conductor) - 13 December 1979 (1979 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
All Wind Works
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 (1948)
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 (1948//)
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 2. See: Second American Folk Rhapsody
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 (1970)
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 (1977)
- An American Scene (1952)
- A Bernstein Tribute (as arranger) (1991)
- The Black Knight (1956)
- The Blue and the Gray (1961)
- The Blue and the Gray (arr. Longfield) (1961/2013)
- The Blue-Tail Fly (1951)
- Burlesque for Band (1967)
- Caprice for Clarinets (1961)
- Chessboard Suite (1964)
- Chorale from "Concord" (arr. Longfield) (1988/2018)
- A Colonial Legend (1975)
- Concord (1987)
- Concertante for Alto Sax and Band (1973)
- A Copland Portrait (as adapter) (1986)
- A Copland Tribute (as arranger) (1986)
- Dance and Interlude (1968)
- An English Christmas (1982)
- English Suite (1968)
- Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952)
- Fantasy on English Hunting Songs (1985)
- A Finnish Rhapsody (1986)
- Flutation (1961)
- The Green Domino (1951)
- Hebrides Suite (1962)
- An Irish Rhapsody (1971)
- Japanese Rhapsody (1969)
- Joy to the World (as arranger) (1970)
- Kentucky 1800 (1954/1987)
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
- Little English Suite (1968)
- Little Suite for Band (1955/1957)
- March Processional (1950)
- A Medieval Story (1966)
- Music for a Carnival (1957)
- A Musical Toast (as transcriber) (1982)
- Nocturne for Harp and Band (1975)
- Northwest Saga (1983)
- Norwegian Rhapsody (1979)
- Overture on a Short Theme (1978)
- Overture to "Candide" (as transcriber) (1956/1986)
- Quiet Christmas (1959)
- A Scottish Rhapsody (1981)
- Second American Folk Rhapsody (1959)
- Señor, Señor (1963) (as Carlos Guermo)
- Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/1978)
- A Somerset Rhapsody (as transcriber) (1906/1927/1980)
- Spirit of '76 (1964)
- Three Noels (1969/2004)
- Three Sketches for Winds (1969)
- Three Songs for Christmas (1953)
- Trumpets Triumphant (1974)
- Two Irish Songs (1974)
- Two Moods (1947)
- Tuba Rhapsody
- A Welsh Rhapsody (1968)
- A Westchester Overture (1952)
- Western Dance (1968)
Resources
- Grundman, C. [1979]. Norwegian Rhapsody [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: [s.l.].