Description

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This arrangement of the beautiful American folk song, Shenandoah, will be a crowd-pleaser when programmed for advanced high school trombone choirs or low brass ensembles. Scored in the keys of D-flat and E-flat major, the range is from low D-flat (bass trombone) to high A-flat (in moving parts of trombone 3, 4, 5). Why not feature the entire low brass section of your performing group? Euphoniums (baritone horns reading bass clef) and tubas can easily be added and doubled on selected parts. Oh Shenandoah is also known by the names Shenandoah or Across the Wide Missouri. It is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin that dates to the early 19th century, originating with Canadian and American fur traders, who were great singers, traveling down the Missouri River.The song has several different sets of lyrics. Some lyrics refer to the Oneida chief Shenandoah and a canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter. By the mid-1800s, various versions of the song had become a sea shanty heard or sung by sailors in various parts of the world.

About the Author

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Paul G. Young, Ph.D., is a graduate of the Ohio University School of Music (Athens, OH). He has worked more than 45 years as a music teacher and school administrator (high school band director, private instructor, college lecturer, elementary principal, and more). He is a member of the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and a frequent clinician at state and national conferences for music teachers, principals, and afterschool professionals. He is the author of Enhancing the Professional Practice of Music Teachers: 101 Tips that Principals Want Music Teachers to Know and Do (Rowman & Littlefield Education).