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 I
- For
- medium voice and orchestra
- Scoring
- 1(=picc).1.2.1-1.1.1.0-harp-strings
- ARCO Number(s)
- 65.1
- Categories
- Orchestral Vocal
- Duration
- 13'
- Songs
- 1. The Boatmen's Dance
- 2. The Dodger
- 3. Long Time Ago
- 4. Simple Gifts
- 5. I Bought Me a Cat
- Premiere
- Los Angeles, January 7th, 1955 (William Warfield, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Alfred Wallenstein)
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
- Orchestration Of
- Old American Songs, Set I (for voice and piano) (1950)
- Year Orchestrated
- 1954
Buying Options
Boosey & HawkesAlso Related
- The Boatmen's Dance (for baritone, SATB chorus, and piano) (1952)
- The Boatmen's Dance (for baritone, TTBB chorus, and piano) (1952)
- The Dodger (for SATB chorus and piano) (2001)
- The Dodger (for baritone, TTBB chorus, and piano) (1952)
- Long Time Ago (for SATB chorus and piano) (1952)
- Long Time Ago (for SSA chorus and piano) (1961)
- Simple Gifts (for SATB chorus and piano) (2000)
- Simple Gifts (for SA or TB chorus and piano) (1952)
- I Bought Me a Cat (for woodwind quintet) (2000)
- I Bought Me a Cat (for SATB chorus and piano) (1952)
- I Bought Me a Cat (for SSA chorus and piano) (1959)
- I Bought Me a Cat (for TBB chorus and piano) (1952)
- Old American Songs (choral suite for SA chorus) (2006)
- Old American Songs (choral suite for SAB chorus) (2006)
- Old American Songs, Set I (for band and chorus) (2001)
- Old American Songs (for string orchestra) (2006)
- Old American Songs (for concert band) (2006)
- Simple Gifts/Appalachian Spring (for Blast!) (2001)
- Old American Songs (choral suite II for SA chorus) (2007)
- Old American Songs (choral suite II for SAB chorus) (2007)
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
A new edition of this work, edited by Philip Rothman, is now available from Boosey and Hawkes.