"The Young Oak" Concert March for Concert Band by Kazys Daugela Sheet Music for Concert Band at Sheet Music Direct

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Title "The Young Oak" Concert March for Concert Band

Artist Kazys Daugela

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Kazys Daugėla

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 123

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher Kazys Daugėla

Level 3

Product ID 1031683

Genre World Contemporary Patriotic 20th Century

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

The Young Oak March was composed by Lithuanian composer Kazys Daugėla (b. 1960) in 1989 for the first international festival "Trimitas" held in the city of Vilnius. The spirit of the march reflects the hopeful mood of the long-depressed people of Lithuania. The melody near the midpoint is taken from the Lithuanian folk song "The Young Oak Grew in the Forest", which is with 3/4 and 2/2 meters, but as for marching everything goes symmetrically. In this context the young oak refers to a young man whose mother wanted him to be a ploughman, not a soldier. But as the text continues, "if you haven't been a soldier, you can't be a good ploughman".

"The Young Oak" - a popular patriotic march in Lithuania composed during the Lithuanian revival. It is often performed by military bands during Lithuanian statehood celebrations and festivals. This march was involved in the world march encyclopedia March Music Notes and Program Notes for Band by Norman E. Smith (GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago)

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