Spoon River (Grainger, Percy)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 arrangements of the same melody
Composition Year 1919-22 (10 March 1919 to 30 January 1922)
Genre Categories Folksongs; Songs; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For 2 pianos; For 2 players; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For wind band (arr); For orchestra without strings (arr); Scores featuring wind band (arr); For 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For 8 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

For Orchestra (Sargeant)

 Synthesized performance
#265503 - 2.74MB - 2:23 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!C - 348×⇩ - MP3 - RWS

MP3 file (audio)
RWS (2013/1/9)

Publisher Info. Washington, DC: Fairy's Kiss Publishing, 2012.
Performers Synthesized MIDI
Copyright
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Misc. Notes computer realization of orchestral score
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For Wind Band (Sargeant)

 Synthesized performance
#329327 - 2.74MB - 2:23 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!C - 251×⇩ - MP3 - RWS

MP3 file (audio)
RWS (2014/6/14)

Publisher Info. Fairy's Kiss Publishing
Performers Synthesized MIDI
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes computer realization of band score
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#105095 - 0.42MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/32 - 4109×⇩ - Guifré

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Guifré (2011/6/12)

 Complete Score
#191030 - 3.48MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/32 - 1568×⇩ - Notenquetser

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Notenquetser (2012/3/20)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1922.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Includes Grainger's preface.
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 Complete Score
#734859 - 1.02MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/32 - 106×⇩ - JacopoTore

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JacopoTore (2021/9/27)

Publisher. Info. London: Schott & Co., 1922. Plate S. & Co. 4103.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Orchestra (Sargeant)

 Full Score
#265434 - 0.33MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/32 - 1613×⇩ - RWS

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RWS (2013/1/9)

Arranger Richard W. Sargeant Jr.
Publisher. Info. Washington, DC: Fairy's Kiss Publishing, 2012
Copyright
Performance Restricted Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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For Wind Band (Sargeant)

 Complete Score
#330123 - 0.41MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/32 - 3157×⇩ - RWS

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RWS (2014/6/18)

Arranger Richard W. Sargeant Jr.
Publisher. Info. Washington, DC: Fairy's Kiss Publishing, 2014
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For 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horns (Sargeant)

 Complete Score
#267977 - 0.18MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/32 - 918×⇩ - RWS

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RWS (2013/1/29)

Arranger Richard W. Sargeant Jr.
Publisher. Info. Washington, DC: Fairy's Kiss Publishing, 2012
Copyright
Performance Restricted Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title Spoon River
Alternative. Title American Folk Music Settings
Composer Grainger, Percy
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IPG 27
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 arrangements of the same melody
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1919-22 (10 March 1919 to 30 January 1922)
First Performance. 1922 ?
First Publication. 1922 – New York: G. Schirmer
Dedication Edgar Lee Masters
Average DurationAvg. Duration 3 minutes (piano solo)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation piano; 2 pianos; orchestra ('Elastic Scoring')
Extra Information American Music Folk-Settings consists of a single melody ('Spoon River'), taken from a fiddle tune. This theme was arranged by Grainger for three formations: Orchestra ('Elastic Scoring'), Piano Solo, and 2 Pianos 4 Hands. Each arrangement is structurally slightly different (i.e. the ochestral version is longer than the piano solo version).
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