The first of a two-part examination of recent editions of Copland's music, how they came to be, and why they matter.
Read more- Title
- Old American Songs, Set II
- For
- medium voice and orchestra
- Scoring
- 1(=picc).1.2.1-2.1.1.0-harp-strings
- ARCO Number(s)
- 68.1
- Categories
- Orchestral Vocal
- Duration
- 12'
- Songs
- 1. The Little Horses
- 2. Zion's Walls
- 3. The Golden Willow Tree
- 4. At the River
- 5. Ching-a-Ring Chaw
- Premiere
- World: Ojai, CA, May 25th, 1958 (Grace Bumbry, Ojai Festival Orchestra, cond. Copland)
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
- Orchestration Of
- Old American Songs, Set II (for voice and piano) (1952)
- Year Orchestrated
- 1957
Buying Options
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Also Related
- The Little Horses (for SATB chorus and piano) (2000)
- The Little Horses (for SA chorus and piano) (1965)
- The Little Horses (for SSA chorus and piano) (1965)
- The Little Horses (for TTBB chorus and piano) (1965)
- Zion's Walls (for SATB and piano) (1982)
- Zion's Walls (for woodwind quintet) (2000)
- The Golden Willow Tree (for SATB chorus and piano) (1996)
- At the River (for SATB chorus and piano) (1964)
- At the River (for SSA chorus and piano) (1964)
- At the River (for SA chorus and piano) (1964)
- At the River (for TTBB chorus and piano) (1964)
- Ching-a-Ring Chaw (arr. TTBB chorus) (1954)
- Ching-a-Ring Chaw (arr. unison voices) (1954)
- Ching-a-Ring Chaw (for SATB chorus and piano) (1955)
- Ching-a-Ring Chaw (for SSAA chorus and piano) (1955)
- Ching-a-Ring Chaw (for woodwind quintet) (2000)
- Old American Songs (for string orchestra) (2006)
- Old American Songs (for concert band) (2006)
- Old American Songs (choral suite II for SA chorus) (2007)
- Old American Songs (choral suite II for SAB chorus) (2007)
- Old American Songs, Set II (for band and chorus) (2001)
- Old American Songs (choral suite for SA chorus) (2006)
- Old American Songs (choral suite for SAB chorus) (2006)
Copland's orchestrations of his two sets of American folk song arrangements were both premiered by William Warfield, who said, "If I had to make a choice, it would probably be toward the orchestra versions, especially for I Bought Me a Cat, where you have all these wonderful barnyard sounds in the orchestration." Copland took such pleasure in the popularity of the folksongs that he also approved various arrangements for chorus and orchestra.
- Author
- Vivian Perlis
- Year
- 1998
Numbers 1, 4, and 5 may be performed by chorus and orchestra using the same orchestral parts with the respective choral octavos.
A new edition of this work, edited by Philip Rothman, is now available from Boosey and Hawkes.