Våren by Edvard Grieg
This Våren (The Spring) by Edvard Grieg, arguably the greatest composer in norwegian history.
This is actually just copied off the sheet I found at IMSLP but I was asked to make a Brass Band arrangement for this a couple of months ago and when it's done I'll post it below.
I'm not very good at translating lyrics so I didn't bother but the song is about Griegs love of the norwegian spring and how he missed it when he was abroad.
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Here it is! Scored as a euphonium solo for a reduced brass band (no bass trombone and no euphonium except the soloist)
I'm quite pleased with the result and more and more impressed with what musescore is capable of. As usual I'm attaching both a transposed version with all instruments except timpani in treble clef, and an untransposed version with baritones and down in bass clef. Any feedback what so ever is nice, except unconstructive critcs.
Feel free to use this but please put it on youtube and post a link to the video below.
In reply to Final product by Mvilhel
I would mabye condense the instrumentation though, because I disaprove of that type of format for brass bands.
In reply to That was really nice. by Anonymous
I'm not really shure what you mean by condensing the instrumentation. Remember my english is not the best.
In reply to uhm by Mvilhel
Do that more.
In reply to You know how you reduced the score without Bass Trombone? by Anonymous
You mean remove more instruments...
If I didn't write for brass bands I would have done so, but then it wouldn't be a brass band. It would be a brass ensamble and then it would not be as likely to be played in Norway.
In reply to Oh by Mvilhel
Stupid Norweyigianiters that came up with that format. Not you.
In reply to I still hate that instrumentation. by Anonymous
I think it was the brits, but aside from Britain, Norway is one of the major brass band countries. Actually a norwegian brass band won the last European brass band Championship: Manger Musikklag.
Anyways, the american college bands aren't much better. I've seen a few on youtube and I always wonder: Why the fuck do you need 30 of every fucking instrument. And why do the have to move around so much. It must be hell for the conductor to find out who to talk to when somone plays a wrong note. Much better with a small brass band with 30 musicians that sits still on the same place during the whole song.
In reply to Well... by Mvilhel
He just yells at the whole section. And the mello area is only 5...