Mack: Erie Canal Variations for Clarinet Choir

Code: JP2072
ISMN: 979-0-3019-0267-7

This set of variations is based on the first 16 bars of what is commonly regarded as a folk song but was actually composed by Thomas S. Allen in 1905 and published in 1915. It memorializes the years from 1825 to 1880 when mule-drawn barges traversed the waterway which extended 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo, New York.

This music has been arranged for clarinet choir by James Mack. It is scored for E-flat clarinet, B-flat clarinets 1-3, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet. Alternate (optional) parts for this clarinet choir arrangement have been included for Alto Clarinet (Clarinet 4 or Basset Horn), and E-flat contra-alto clarinet in place of the B-flat contrabass clarinet. Duration approx. 3 minutes

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