Barnes provides the following note in the score to his 1984 yorkshire ballad. Program notes yorkshire ballad by james barnes yorkshire ballad was composed in 1985 after a visit to the. Since its publication, it has become one of the composers most popular works, and has been arranged for a variety of ensembles. Please check my channel for the rest of the recital, to be uploaded soon. Download free yorkshire ballad program notes software. Print and download in pdf or midi yorkshire ballad not really. Yorkshire ballad by james barnes sheet music for concert. Ancient poems, ballads and songs of the peasantry of england. Yorkshire ballad oof sheet music for piano download. Composed in the summer of 1984, james barness yorkshire ballad was premiered at the kansas bandmasters association convention in huthcinson, kansas, by the late claude t.
The high school band portion of the concert opened with a beautiful piece titled yorkshire ballad by james barnes. A collection of ballad airs, chiefly obtained in yorkshire and the south of scotland. This is unusually nice, and can be exceptionally effective for concert or contest. This piece was featured as part of my first of four performers certificate recitals at the university of houston. He provides extensive program notes in the score, which are also quoted on the manhattan beach music website.
Composed in the summer of 1984, yorkshire ballad was premiered at the kansas bandmasters association convention by claude t. Smith, who was serving as the guest conductor for the kansan intercollegiate band. This is unusually nice, and can be exceptionally effective for concert or. Of local interest is the earliestknown copy of a 126stanza ballad about a mid fourteenthcentury west yorkshire feud between the eland and.