By Robert Sheldon

GRADE LEVEL: 4 (MEDIUM DIFFICULT)

1 — Conductor Score10 — Flute (Piccolo)2 — Oboe2 — Bassoon4 — 1st B � Clarinet4 — 2nd B � Clarinet4 — 3rd B � Clarinet1 — E � Alto Clarinet2 — B � Bass Clarinet 2 — 1st E � Alto Saxophone2 — 2nd E � Alto Saxophone2 — B � Tenor Saxophone1 — E � Baritone Saxophone3 — 1st B � Trumpet3 — 2nd B � Trumpet3 — 3rd B � Trumpet

1 — 1st F Horn1 — 2nd F Horn2 — 1st Trombone2 — 2nd Trombone2 — 3rd Trombone2 — Baritone T.C.2 — Baritone B.C.4 — Tuba2 — Mallets (Bells, Xylophone,

Chimes)3 — Percussion I (Snare Drum,

Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals,Sus. Cymbal, Triangle)

2 — Percussion II (Sus. Cymbal,Triangle,Gong,Tambourine)

1 — Timpani

Instrumentation

Longford Legend op. 58 was commissioned by the Normal Community West HighSchool Band, Normal, Illinois, Lisa Preston, director. The piece was written in 1996 and

premiered in April of that year with the composer conducting. It is based on the composer’simpressions of three poems found in a collection of 18th-century Irish ballades, and is writtenas a tribute to the wonderful music of Grainger, Holst and Vaughan Williams.

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A LONGFORD LEGEND

(A Collection of Irish Street Ballades)

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