By Robert Sheldon GRADE LEVEL: 4 (MEDIUM DIFFICULT) 1 — Conductor Score 10 — Flute (Piccolo) 2 — Oboe 2 — Bassoon 4 — 1st B Clarinet 4 — 2nd B Clarinet 4 — 3rd B Clarinet 1 — E Alto Clarinet 2—B Bass Clarinet 2 — 1st E Alto Saxophone 2 — 2nd E Alto Saxophone 2 — B Tenor Saxophone 1 — E Baritone Saxophone 3 — 1st B Trumpet 3 — 2nd B Trumpet 3 — 3rd B Trumpet 1 — 1st F Horn 1 — 2nd F Horn 2 — 1st Trombone 2 — 2nd Trombone 2 — 3rd Trombone 2 — Baritone T.C. 2 — Baritone B.C. 4 — Tuba 2 — 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 High School 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’s impressions of three poems found in a collection of 18th-century Irish ballades, and is written as a tribute to the wonderful music of Grainger, Holst and Vaughan Williams. A A LONGFORD LEGEND (A Collection of Irish Street Ballades) Preview Only Legal Use Requires Purchase