Composition Year | 2014 |
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Genre Categories | Dances; Suites; For 4 recorders; |
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⇒ 9 more: Kerry Dance • The Handsome Ployboy • The Old Horned Sheep • The Gravers Flight • The Rakes of Clonmel • The Lasses of Dunse • Miss Blair's Fancy • Dublin Streets • Barney O'Neill
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Work Title | Irish Dance Suite for Four Recorders |
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Composer | Kram, Richard |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IRK 32 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2014 |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | Recorder Quartet |
Just in time for St. Patrick's day, short arrangements for SATB recorders of traditional Irish dances and soon some original dances of my own as well. Most of the dance melodies were found in "The Dance Music of Ireland (O'Neill, Francis)", a public domain source that is posted on IMSLP.
The ranges of these pieces are in line with the VSL Recorder library: Soprano (C5–A7), Alto (F4–A#6), Tenor (C4–F6), Bass (C3–D5), though I do not use the top few notes in these ranges as they are not practical for most players. Also note the bass recorder is actually a Great Bass recorder range. Perhaps I'll add a few pieces that use the traditional Bass recorder range as well over time.
Will add more over time so this will be a living work.