Schirmer’s Military Band Compendium, No.29 Children’s March: “Over the hills and far away” [For my phan th [This composition is also published] by @. Schirmer, Inc., for ‘Two Pianos (Room-Music Titsits Nod) price$ 2.00,n0¢ and for Piano Solo (a short excerpt) price, 40 cents,nct composed for MILITARY BAND (Piano ad libitum) by PERCY ALDRIDGE GRAINGER fall 1916— Feb. 1918 Feb 1910 Composed: ‘Scored: summer and fall 19 Important entries and voices that should be played so as to stand out prominently are indicated by the names of the instruments being engraved in larger type, such as ALTO # TEN. SAXS., efe. If there are not enough players to play all the percussion parts, then play the Snare-Drum ete. part and the Bass Drum e¢e. part and leave out the Kettle Drum ofe. part. The piano part can be left out at will. But in that case the conductor should tell all his players to play, thru-out, all cues marked “Piano” in their band part In Symphony Orchestra performances, if there is no Euphonium, no Alto Clarionet and no Saxophones, all players should be careful to play, thru- out, all cues marked “Alto Clar”, “Sop.Sax", “Alto Sax’,"Ten. Sax!", “Bar. Sax?,“Bass Sax’, “Baritone (or Bar)’, in their band parts. CONDUCTOR’S SCORE [Fairly fasta. 4 ALTO & TEN, SAXS., BASS OBOE (or Engi.Horn), BASSOON I fp bout 126 SS —__ OP care, -yDase Clas. Copyright, 199, by Perey Grainger. ‘Glare, Alte Clar Beso las International Copyright Secured 20080 ¢ Published by 6. Schirmer, Lue, New YorkConductor fa ‘Trombs. BP pocg mare] 8 sank’ ng Pp sr crc Genta PIANO”, fal . (eassoon m, (a 0ON TL |imif detached e060Conductor SOLO & Bd CLARS. BASS OBOE, ALTO SAX. detached thee a Low Reeds, ‘Tabas, Str. Bass (pizz.) Alto & Bar, Saxs, P, 17677 00806 Conductor [53] Ciars,, Horns >, -~ > ahve. for trom 1) Sl P) pe 7 by Low tet Haba, aac Evan coon, Seated T7877 PTT wT ery ES 17 577 5” ¥ (Clare in Eb&Bh, Oboos, Sop. éTen. Saxs., Baritone > + OFF * 8G * “Kite Sexe? ,,|/ouden Low Reeds & Basses { Suare-Da) aed : CORSETS somewhat elingingly HORNS, ‘TROMBS, St = viene ‘TROMB.II, ‘TUBAS, STR.BASS (pizz,)Conductor 7 ates of “TOMES ‘& Reeds STN mp dss 2 2 I heavi Py Sid? 4 Bie A 5 ae on i 7 7 Be ra ™"P BASS DRUM, cuMas Gell) Betis Alsp octave above gaigcuan, routs E28] wae BB Ber Eax, ‘7 P "Lf Po mf Lf Snare-Drum, mene Sn-Dr, ‘amb, Tamb. 289808 Conductor [x These vocal parts can be sung (4 Solo voices, or small Male Chorus, at will) by the members of the] uments at this particular moment. The same applies to the vocal * Yooal Male Quartet (ad lib) BASS CLAR) (or Bassoon Tl) eo ORE = lars. deAlto Clar, = Pp cS Ss PIANO, SF SS —— O=— BASSOONS, SAXS, “ Bass-Cler.Conductor 9 [133] CLARS., OBOES FICC. (88), FLUTES) SOLO & Eb CLARS, ato Cora!) SPER ‘added SS PIANO (or Clars.&Saxs.) Goto & Ast Clara HORNS sop. Sax. only, To pS _—_ J = SS S= > “oor. Piano, Ste. ‘Low Reeds 28950Conductor nf feelingly (sy Alito « {Low Reedy P STR. BASS (pize)) TENORI Vocal Male Quartet (ad tib.) pens P genfly S detached| ooo: T REEDS v ? tached 28080Conductor u » v =——= » i fa) te — 2 P louden ~ Reeds without Saxs. P ft cg dd i. Jectingly 2 Se “Alto & so hassnas (etn) —— nF (eis: il A istMe Conductor inmate —— _———_aytin a) Dh : oe te, combs; Harms, Trombs. , Horus lan PS Fi ae = Sif * - = a ~ a eeprip rng rid tre TT sam ‘Tromb.II, Tubss, Low Reeds, Str. Bass (arco) m ALTO STEN, SAXS,,(or Trombs,), | te TUpAS, SER. BASE arco, ‘ PIANO’ R. SOLO (or Ghar. in Bok soften gradually inne ——— - Gee Clem S\iJa ‘ee 7 Alo Ce Bar (or Bass C1. 8 Bssu.1)Conductor cd [aif the 4 Horas cannot play this passage loud enough, then let the Cornets ITATIT, the Saxophones and the’ Baritone play the cues marked “Horns” in their Band parts (from the up-beat before [aia] to (24). As violently and roughly as possible . > > >> > Pd > > >. (Horns) SOLO & CORNETS I PIANO owns. A remms, sans. enoms Jf wh | » * (in three octaves) CORNETS , ‘Tubas, Str. Bass >| = Bas, Tromp ; ¥ Sv v7” ‘TUBAS, STR.BASSConductor ‘Snare-Dram (roll) & Cymbals (roll) PIANO (or Bells, Pice., Clar. in Bb & Oboes) of XYLO. ‘Typ voice gra. mp = pros Pico, Fltes, Clarein Es &B, Alto Cr (Bass Claro Bat) + ‘upper octave continues gradually louden lots BELLS, NYLO}PICC, FLUTES) CLARL in Be ‘OBORS, BASS OBOE, SOP. Te 2 upper octaves a0 oon Plano added 2898015 Conductor Jouden hugely bit by bit = Horas added Saxs. added ALL CORNETS, SNARE-DRUM (Cors., Sn-Drum) .46 Low Reeds DRUMS) of fr. Kottle-Drums Piccolo added Conductor Glare, TT& TIT, Alto Clar., Bass Oboe, Saxophones & C. Bass Sarrusophone play Solo Clas ~ Bassoons 27 1g 7 Bass Clar, tr J PP SNARE-DR. CXMB. (soft roll) aon ae Tiffen Fane] FULL BAND ~_o0tav0 higher also € | mt 28980 j fy = SFConductor fore wr bes = GE nf (a3! Coxfers &Wood-Block) ™ Se" pmuen = Oydied tL 2898018 Conductor "IANO, (or Cornets, Horns, Tromb.1) Conners 299] z MP, ‘TROMBS, PIANO = ano, Bells) fetuses, S010 Clas.in Bb Xylophone, Bar. Wood- & Clare, &Sop.Sax. — PiecySoloCor.& Horns I1&1V_\Block added ‘added (Boro upper octaves [Alto Clar. added ‘Brass, Low Reeds, ‘Snate-Drom 2898028980 Conductor (ny 7 cma | ‘Taba, Bass Sax., Bassoons Str, Bass (pizz,) ctave also Oboes § rau|tioncos SF 2p CYMB, (soft roll) 19 Pies, 8 octaves higher Y ” }sor0 cor) SOP. SAX., SiS \opoes ‘Base Sa) (or Bassoon Tt) t20 Conductor eT =——, »; gradually sy = = wa i ap A ae (bar St Cua (B.Sar® & Sexe, & Ste Bass led naman — CORB) see se % Pym»: yo ds my HORNS, SOP SAX, TROMBS. —~ Pd P ‘soften bit by bit ¥ sly 7 7 7 7 Piano, ow rams, s¢/ten bit by bit TUBA So BASS ao) So Piano, lar. st COR P opPelIn din? . Eve F = b ee soften = mp PIANOy Low Reeds, UMS Str. Bass (piz2.), STR. BASS) Piano , ‘asive% Flutes jassoon. (or Alto Sax, aae ae Conductor (or Ten. Sax, Ease Clan) oy mpSomewhat MP to the fore > Y swn.yr0s4s,r10x0 A HORNS, mp ) E55 7 "Prooas re? sS SAR) . anon ‘TROMBS. Rp? é 7 y y 7 ‘The Bass well tothe fore TUBAS, C.B. SARR., STR.BASS (pizz,) ‘KETTLE-DROMS' ee, ; iano, Tombs, th Marimba ‘Tabas,Bar,, h Marinba\, eDserr loa a i Base f P nf mp —sf Pp P P GONG & CMB. SNARE-DR.. Gong &Cymb, —TAMB. SNARE-DR, CAST. Keto & (sott Dreaticks) Bass Drums 28980