Product Description
PRODUCT INFORMATION
PUBLISHER: C. DURIGG MUSIC
PUBLISHER WEBSITE: www.cdurigg.com
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C. DURIGG MUSIC ID FOR THIS PIECE: CDB-004
GRADE LEVEL: EMERGING BAND SERIES (Grade 1)
OTHER ASSOCIATED SERIES: LIMITED OR FULL BAND SERIES
WHAT IS THE "LIMITED OR FULL" BAND SERIES FROM C.DURIGG MUSIC?
Do you have intermediate or advanced performers in a very small band program? Are your performers ready for more intermediate or advanced band repertoire, yet the bands limited instrumentation holds them back?
My "Limited or Full" series is geared toward the success of small bands with limited instrumentation. These pieces aim at giving small bands more advanced music within the framework of a "young band" arrangement. If you like the music, these pieces also sound great with a larger "full" instrumentation.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
While based on a French tune,
Huron Carol was rewritten in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary living near modern-day Midland, Ontario. De Brébeuf wrote the carol for the Huron/Wendat (Wyandot) people in their native Huron language.
Huron Carol has left a legacy as Canadas First Christmas Carol, and is still widely performed in Canada today.
Huron Carol is written in the
Medieval Dorian mode (scale). While sounding mostly minor, the Dorion mode has its own unique sound. Although this song could be performed in the natural minor scale, it would lose the characteristic color of the major sixth tone in the Dorian scale. In addition to the Dorian scale, this arrangement uses multiple other compositional elements connected with
Huron Carols Medieval origins:
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Besides the natural melody, there is also a very memorable
countermelody.
* A woodwind drone, beginning in unison and then expanding to
open fourth and fifth tones
* Some of these tones even move in
parallel motion. Although classical music orchestrated the big push away from parallel motion, it continues to be an important part of the Medieval tradition.
* All of these elements are presented in various groupings and layers.
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