To Cross the Sleeping Green

by
Vince Gassi

Ensemble: Concert Band

Grade: 2

Duration: 03:30

Year of Composition: 2018

Publisher: Alfred

Year of Publication: 2019

Publisher Catalog Number: 47262

Available: Yes

How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase

Links:

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Sample Audio

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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
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Mallet Percussion (Bells/Chimes)
Percussion 1 (Snare Drum, Bass Drum)
Percussion 2 (Crash Cymbals/Suspended Cymbal/Mark Tree)
Timpani

Commissioned by a consortium of Ontario schools to commemorate the hundred year anniversary of the end of World War I.


Program Notes:

Inspired by Isaac Rosenberg's poem "Break of Day in the Trenches," this poignant and patriotic work was written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

(Alfred Music)