·. · ALERED REED · ·•···' THEi. ' .. H<:)t.J. .,· NDS.·.· . '· OF.. ., . .. ,' SPR..lN:.G·!·._ .·· .. ' ' ·,.' · .., . _. · (A Concert .Overture.··for· VVinds),· ',..._ . ;-.. GRADE3 ,, ·. - . -:' ' ) ·_,. ' .;, ' . ·~ \ •. '· J' ·~ • . ; FULLSCORE f'l{~mr \ GRADEJ ALFRED REED THE HOUNDS OF SPRING (A Concert Overture for Winds) Arranged by Robert Longfield When the hounds of spring are an winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisps of leaves and ripple of rain And soft as lips that laugh and hide The laughing leaves of the trees divide, And screen from seeing and leave in sight The god pursuing, the maiden hid. Algemon Charles Swinburne, Atlanta in Calydon INSTRUMENTATION Full Score 3 mTrumpet I 2 Mallet Percussion Beils, Xylophone I Piccolo 3 B~Trumpet 2 Timpani 8 Flute 3 B~ Trumpet 3 2 Oboe 2 FHom I 2 Bassoon 2 F Horn 2 4 B~ Clarinet I 3 Trombone 4 B~ Clarinet 2 3 Trambane 2 4 B~ Clarinet 3 2 Baritone B.C. I E~ Alto Clarinet 2 Baritone T.C. 2 B~ Bass Clarinet 4 Tuba 2 E~ Alto Saxophone I String Bass 2 E~ Alto Saxophone 2 2 Percussion I Snare Drum, Bass Drum 2 B~ Tenor Saxophone 2 Percussion 2 E~ Baritone Saxophone Cr. Cym.,Triangle Duration -ca. 5:30 Full Recording Available www.halleonard.com (search title or 04002995) or follow this path: www.halleonard.com <Band and Orchestra <Concert Band <Browse by Series (MusicWorks) Score and Parts (04002995) Score Only (04002996) U.S. $7.50 Additional Parts U.S. $2.50 Prices subject to change without notice 7777 W. BLUEMOUND RD. P.O.BOX 13819 MIL.WAUKEE, Wl53213 PROGRAM NOTES 'When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces, "a magical picture of young Iove in springtime, forms the basis for the present purely musical setting, in traditional three-part form, of this lovely paean ... an attempt to capture the twin elements of the poem, exuberant youthful gaiety and the sweetness of tender Iove, in an appropriate musical texture. The poem, a recreation in modern English of an ancient Greek tragedy, appeared in print in 1865, when the poet was 28 years old. lt made Algemon Swinburne literally an overnight success. The Hounds of Spring was commissioned by, and is dedicated to, the John L. Forster Secondary School Symphonie Band of Windsor, Ontario, and its director, Gerald A. N. Brown. The first performance took place in Windsor on May 8th, 1980, by the aforementioned group, under the direction of the composer. PERFORMANCE NOTES Lightness and brilliance combine with a driving tempo in the first and third sections of this music. Make the textures sound clearly and cleanly at all times. Separated eighth-notes in tongued passages, and clear articulations in the attack of all such notes, will be found to yield the clarity and lightness that the music demands for its proper effect. The middle section, while fairly slow and restrained, must not be permitted to drag at any time. ·Inner contrapuntal lines must have sufficient time to be heard clearly as against the main melodic lines, and occasional rubato may therefore be judiciously employed. There should be a distinctly different feeling as between the 6/8 and 3/4 measures in these sections, the 6/8 producing a definite two-pulse effect, and the 3/4 a three-pulse effect, with, of course, the eighth-notes remaining absolutely constant in either case. Altred Reed This new edition of Altred Reed's The Hounds of Spring is edited, abridged and somewhat simplified as to range, technical difficulty, and instrumentation to make this masterpiece for winds accessible to more bands and younger players. R.L. ABOUTTHEARRANGER Robert Longfield is an award-winning composer, arranger, conductor and educator. Mr. Longfield has earned degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Miami. His teachers include Jerry Bilik and Dr. Alfred Reed. Mr. Longfield has been a band and orchestra director for over 30 years in the schools of _ Michigan and Florida. He is also the conductor of the Greater Miami Symphonie Band. Mr Longfield is the recipient of the ''Teacher of the Year" award from the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association and the "Mr. Holland Award" from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. A member of ASCAP, Mr. Longfield has received many commissions and has over 200 publications to his credit. His compositions and arrangements have been played and recorded by bands and orchestras throughout the United States as weil as in Europe and Japan. THE HOUNDS OF SPRING (A Concert Overture for Winds) ALFREDREED Allegro con brio (J. = 88-92) Arranged by ROBERT LONGFIELD "-----; ~ ,., +Picc. ~ :J f!:_ ~ ~ -~ ~r: e~e~~~ ~~,L."j,..;, -· -..:. .:----.. r:· r:e q~ r= .. 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