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Title	4 Scottish Dances (Four)
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music, arrangement
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Publisher's article no.	click here
Series title	Concert Band Series
Year of publication	1957
Price	147.06 EUR (incl. 10 % Austrian VAT)
Composer	Arnold, Malcolm
Arranger	Paynter, John
Opus no.	Op.59
Difficulty level	5
Duration	9:00
Additional info/contents	These dances were composed early in 1957, and are dedicated to the BBC Light Music Festival. They are all based on original melodies but one, the melody of which, is composed by Robert Burns. This Classic Band Edition is the definitive wind ensemble orchestration of worldwide renown, as referenced in the composer’s own Program Notes: "The first dance is in the style of a slow strathspey -- a slow Scottish dance in 4/4 meter -- with many dotted notes, frequently in the inverted arrangement of the 'Scottish snap.' The name was derived from the strath valley of Spey. The second, a lively reel, begins in the key of E-flat and rises a semitone each time it is played until the bassoon plays it, at a greatly reduced speed, in the key of G. The final statement of the dance is at the original speed in the home key of E-flat. The third dance is in the style of a Hebridean song and attempts to give an impression of the sea and mountain scenery on a calm summer's day in the Hebrides. The last dance is a lively fling, which makes a great deal of use of the open string pitches of the violin (saxophones in the band edition)." Prt PicFlt Flt 1,2 Ob 1,2 EHrn Fag 1,2 CtrFag EsClr Clr 1,2,3 AClr BClr CAClr CBClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Cnt 1,2,3 Trp 1,2 Hrn in F 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2,3 Euph in C Tub in C KB Hrp (Clst/Pno) Tmp Perc: -BD -SD -MCym -SuCym -Xyl -Glsp -TamTam -Hbl

No.	Track title	Duration	Sound sample
1	Pavane (Scottish Strathspey)	2:12
2	Vivace (Reel)	2:08
3	Allegretto (Hebriden Song)	3:15
4	Con brio (Fling)	1:29

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	Format	EUR
	4 Scottish Dances (Four) (concert/wind band), full score and parts	147.06
	4 Scottish Dances (concert/wind band; Concert Band), full score	28.24

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