Decoration Day by Charles Ives Concert Band - Sheet Music

By Charles Ives

“In the early morning the gardens and woods are the meeting places of those who, with tender memories, gather the flowers—there is a fervency and intensity—the march to Wooster Cemetery is a thing a boy never forgets. A little girl on the fencepost waves to her father and wonders if he looked like that at Gettysburg. The roll of muffled drums and Adeste Fideles answer for the dirge. After the last grave is decorated, Taps sounds out through the pines and hickories while a last hymn is sung. Then ‘we all march back to Town’ to Reeves’s inspiring Second Regiment Quickstep—though to many a soldier the somber thoughts of the day underlie the tunes of the band. The shadow of the early morning flower-song rises, and the sunset breathes its benediction upon the Day.” -- Charles E. Ives, 1912

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Details

Ensembles:
Concert Band
Genres:
20th Century
Composers:
Charles Ives
Publishers:
Peermusic Classical
UPC:
680160420339
Format:
Score
Item types:
Physical
Artist:
Charles Ives
Arrangers:
Jonathan Elkus
Usages:
School and Community
Shipping Weight:
0.44 pounds

Concert band

SKU: PR.603178010

Composed by Charles Ives. Arranged by Jonathan Elkus. This edition: saddle-wire stitch. Sws. Score. With Standard notation. Peermusic Classical #60317-801. Published by Peermusic Classical (PR.603178010).

UPC: 680160420339.

“In the early morning the gardens and woods are the meeting places of those who, with tender memories, gather the flowers—there is a fervency and intensity—the march to Wooster Cemetery is a thing a boy never forgets. A little girl on the fencepost waves to her father and wonders if he looked like that at Gettysburg. The roll of muffled drums and Adeste Fideles answer for the dirge. After the last grave is decorated, Taps sounds out through the pines and hickories while a last hymn is sung. Then ‘we all march back to Town’ to Reeves’s inspiring Second Regiment Quickstep—though to many a soldier the somber thoughts of the day underlie the tunes of the band. The shadow of the early morning flower-song rises, and the sunset breathes its benediction upon the Day.” -- Charles E. Ives, 1912.