Land of the Silver Birch

by
Vince Gassi

Ensemble: Concert Band

Grade: 2.5

Duration: 03:00

Year of Composition: 2011

Publisher: Alfred

Year of Publication: 2011

Publisher Catalog Number: 36704

Available: Yes

How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase

Links:

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Sample Audio

Perusal Score 

Instrumentation

Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Clarinets 1,2
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxes 1,2
Bb Tenor Sax
Eb Baritone Sax
Bb Trumpets 1,2
F Horn
Trombones 1,2
Euphonium
Tuba
[Mallet Percussion:] Bells
Percussion 1 (Toms)
Percussion 2 (Mark Tree/Triangle/Suspended Cymbal)
Timpani


Program Notes:

This inspirational setting for band will provide a refreshing change of pace for your next concert. It is one of Canada's most popular folk songs and a favourite with Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, and campers of all ages.

(Alfred Music)

[Editor's note: The folk song used in this arrangement, "Land of the Silver Birch", is arguably a romanticized stereotype of Indigenous cultures in both its music and its text. The text's attribution to Canadian poet E. Pauline Johnson, whose father was Mohawk, is spurious.]