Hoe Down
When you distribute the parts to "Hoe Down" to your band members, you may not want to mention that the music was originally written for an orchestra to play at a ballet performance. Instead, let your students appreciate this fun transcription on its own merits, and then let them know about this music's original purpose. One of Aaron Copland's best works, this music is sure to be a hit at your next performance! "Hoe Down (From "Rodeo") - Concert Band" weighs 37.76 oz.
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Technical Notes: The Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo commissioned the choreographer Anges de Mille and the composer Aaron Copland to collaborate on the creation of a western ballet for its 1942-43 season. Originally sub-titled "The Courting At Burnt Ranch", "Rodeo" was first produced at the Metropolitan Opera House on October 16, 1942, with scenery by Oliver Smith and costumes by Kermit Love.
The idea for the ballet was devised by Miss de Mille who described it as follows: "Throughout the American Southwest, the Saturday afternoon Rodeo is a tradition. On the remote ranches, as well as in the trading centers and the towns, the 'hands' get together to show off their skills in roping, branding, and throwing. Often, on the more isolated ranches, the rodeo is done for an audience that consists only of a handful of fellow-workers, women-folk, and those nearest neighbors we can make the eighty or so mile run-over."
"This afternoon's exhibition is usually followed by a Saturday night dance at the Ranch House."
"The theme of the ballet is basic. It deals with the problem that has confronted all American women, from earliest pioneer times, and which has never ceased to occupy them throughout the history of the building of our country: how to get a suitable man."
The music for the ballet was written in June and orchestrated in September, 1942. The composer subsequently extracted an orchestral suite from the ballet score for concert performance under the title: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo: I. Buckaroo Holiday, II. Corral Nocturne, III. Saturday Night Waltz, IV. Hoe-down. A number of American folk songs are woven into the score. Source material was drawn from "Our Singing Country" by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax and Ira Ford's "Traditional Music of America." A square dance tune called "Bonyparte" provides the principal theme of Hoe-down.
Three episodes were first performed in a concert by the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler on May 28, 1943. The entire suite was premiered by Alexander Smallens at the Stadium Concerts with the New York Philharmonic in July, 1943.
This transcription of the fourth movement was commissioned by Dean Killion, Director of Bands at Texas Tech University, for the occasion of the Texas Tech University Concert Band's performance at the Texas Music Educators Association convention in San Antonio, Texas in February, 1976.
The percussion part is for snare drum, bass drum, cymbal, suspended cymbal, wood block and triangle. The piano part is labeled "Piano/Celeste".
Arranger(s): This piece was arranged by Mark Rogers.
Composer(s): "Hoe Down" was composed by Aaron Copland.
Publisher: "Hoe Down" was published by Boosey & Hawkes.
Series: This piece was part of the series "Boosey & Hawkes Great Band Transcriptions Series".
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| Parts included:
| 1 | - | Full Score | | 1 | - | Piccolo in C | | 3 | - | 1st Flute | | 3 | - | 2nd Flute | | 1 | - | 1st Oboe | | 1 | - | 2nd Oboe | | 1 | - | English Horn | | 1 | - | 1st Bassoon | | 1 | - | 2nd Bassoon | | 4 | - | 1st B Flat Clarinet | | 4 | - | 2nd B Flat Clarinet | | 4 | - | 3rd B Flat Clarinet | | 1 | - | E Flat Alto Clarinet | | 2 | - | B Flat Bass Clarinet | | 1 | - | E Flat Contra-Alto Clarinet | | 1 | - | 1st E Flat Alto Saxophone | | 1 | - | 2nd E Flat Alto Saxophone | | 2 | - | B Flat Tenor Saxophone | | 2 | - | E Flat Baritone Saxophone | | 3 | - | 1st B Flat Trumpet | | 3 | - | 2nd B Flat Trumpet | | 3 | - | 3rd B Flat Trumpet | | 3 | - | 4th B Flat Trumpet | | 1 | - | 1st Horn In F | | 1 | - | 2nd Horn In F | | 1 | - | 3rd Horn In F | | 1 | - | 4th Horn In F | | 2 | - | 1st Trombone | | 2 | - | 2nd Trombone | | 2 | - | 3rd Trombone | | 2 | - | Bass Trombone | | 1 | - | Baritone T.C. | | 2 | - | Baritone B.C. | | 6 | - | Tuba | | 1 | - | String Bass | | 1 | - | Xylophone | | 4 | - | Percussion | | 1 | - | Timpani | | 1 | - | Piano |
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