Music for Saxophone by Percy Grainger
I. Saxophone and Piano
1. The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes A
2. Molly of the Shore A
(available from ‘To the Fore Publishers’ for
3.
II. Saxophone and
room-music
1. The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes A + room-music*
*elastic
III. Saxophone Ensemble, arranged by Percy Grainger
1. Alleluia Psallat English Gothic Music 3-part
2. Angelus Ad Virginem (The
Annunciation Carol) English Gothic
Music SAA or SAATTBar(B)
(available from ‘To the Fore Publishers’ for
3. Fugue No. IV (Well Tempered Clavier) J. S. Bach SATTBarB
4. Fugue No. VII (Well Tempered Clavier II) J. S. Bach SS(A)AbarB (reconstructed by
5. March (Anna Magdelena Songbook) J. S. Bach SAATTBar(B) + (perc.)
6. O Mensch Bewein Dein Sunde Gross J. S. Bach SSSSAATBarB
7. Prelude and Fugue I (Well Tempered Clavier) J. S. Bach SATTBarB
8. Prelude & Fugue No.V (Well Tempered Clavier) J. S. Bach SATBar
9. Beata Viscera (Thy Blessed Virgin) English Gothic Music SATTBarB or any comb.
10. Prelude in a Dorian Mode Antonio De Cabezon SATBarB
11. La Bernardina Josquin Des Pres 3-pt S(A)AT(Bar)
12. The Four Note Pavan Alfonso Ferrabosco S(A)AAT(A)TBar(B)
13. The Immovable Do (Cyphering C) Percy Grainger SATTBarB
14. 5-Part Fantasy, No. 1 John Jenkins SS(AA)T(Mz)BarB
15. 6-Part Fantasy and Air, No. 1 William Lawes SSAABarB or SSATBarBar
16. La Bel Aronde (Pretty Swallow) Claude Le Jeune SSAAATTBarBar
17.
18. Ballade No.17 Guillaume De Machuat SAA or TBarBar or SAATBarBar
19. When Yuletide Comes Sparre Olsen SAT (2 keys)
20. Ye Banks & Braes o’ Bonnie Doon British Folk-Music Setting SAATTBarB + (Harm)
IV. Saxophone Ensemble arranged by others
1. Australian Up-Country Song arr. Cawkwell Sextet
2. Beautiful Fresh Flower arr. Cawkwell Trio
3. Briggs Fair arr. Cawkwell Quintet
4.
5. Danny Boy (Irish Tune from
6. Died for Love arr. Cawkwell Quartet
7. Duke of
8. Irish Tune from
9. Lincolnshire Posey (mvts. 1,2,6) arr. Cawkwell Quintet
10.
11. The Merry King arr. Krieger 9-pt, piano & opt. harmonium
12. Mock Morris arr. Cawkwell Quintet
13. Molly on the Shore arr. Cawkwell Sax Choir
14. Shepherd’s Hey arr. Cawkwell Quintet
15. Shepherd’s Hey arr.
Cohen Quintet
(available from ‘To the Fore Publishers’ for
16. Song of Vermeland arr.
Cohen Quintet
(available from ‘To the Fore Publishers’ for
17.
18.
Grainger also used Saxophones in some of his orchestral scores. A listing of these will be included here in due course.