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Our Land (This Land is Your Land)

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Large Ensemble
2022
4 min.

Alto Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

Bass Clarinet

Bass Drum

Bassoon

Clarinet

Cymbals

Euphonium

Flute

Glockenspiel

Horn

Marimba

Oboe

Piccolo

Pitched Percussion

Saxophone

Snare Drum

Tenor Saxophone

Timpani

Tom-Tom

Trombone

Trumpet

Tuba

Unpitched Percussion

Xylophone

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Program Notes
Our Land (This Land is your Land) was written to explore variations both in meter signature and melody. The composition begins with a traditional trumpet fanfare leading into an energetic opening. After a hint of the melody, the piece moves into a multi-meter development of melodic motifs. The middle section is slower and portrays some of the growing pains our country has gone through. You hear dialogue between different instruments, questions and arguments leading into a quiet statement of the main melody. The bombastic ending will have the audience clapping right along to this famous patriotic melody.
Ensemble Name
Concert Band

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