Going Home Sweet Home ​ An Aural Interplay between Antonin Dvorak's Going Home theme from his Symphony No. 9 ("New World") and Home! Sweet Home! Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Bb Euphonium, Bells, Chime, Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Clarinet in Bb 3, Crash Cymbals, Euphonium, Flute 1, Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Mallets, Marimba, Oboe 1, Oboe 2 and more. (Piccolo, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Clarinet in Bb 3, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone 1, Alto Saxophone 2, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpet in Bb 1, Trumpet in Bb 2, Trumpet in Bb ) - Grade 4

SKU: CF.SPS107F

An Aural Interplay between Antonin Dvorak's Going Home theme from his Symphony No. 9 ("New World") and Home! Sweet Home!. Composed by Van B. Ragsdale. This edition: saddle-wire stitch. Expressive (q=80). Full score. Composed 2025. 16 pages. Duration 0:05:15. Carl Fischer Music #SPS107F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.SPS107F).

ISBN 9781491169186. UPC: 798408101756. 9x12 inches. Key: Eb major.

Going Home Sweet Home is based on two famous melodies: the "Going Home" theme from the second movement of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ("New World") and Home, Sweet Home.Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 is perhaps most famously known as the "New World Symphony." The "Going Home" theme comes from the second movement, Largo, and is an incredibly moving and evocative piece of music, famously soloed by an English horn. It is often associated with a sense of nostalgia and longing. While it's commonly thought to be an African American spiritual, the melody was actually composed by Dvorak himself, with lyrics later added by one of his students, William Arms Fisher, and it became a popular spiritual song.Home Sweet Home was derived from John Howard Payne’s 1823 opera Clari, or The Maid of Milan, with melody by Sir Henry Bishop, the most famous English composer of his day, and lyrics by the American Payne. When published separately in 1823, it quickly sold over 100,000 copies and later became a popular ballad in both the Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War. President Lincoln requested it be sung to him and his wife, Mary, in a private recital at the White House in 1862 to help give them solace as they mourned the death of their twelve-year old son, Willie, from typhoid fever. The Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti used the theme in his 1830 opera Anna Bolena as part of Anna’s "Mad Scene" as she longs for her childhood home. The song has been used in several movies, including sung by Deanna Durban in the 1939 film First Love, and as a counterpart to Over the Rainbow in the final scene of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy proclaims, "There’s no place like home." Popular recordings have been made by several notable singers including Bing Crosby in 1945 and Katherine Jenkins in 2014.For today’s conductor, this setting of the two melodies, titled Going Home Sweet Home, demands an expressive and flexible interpretation. With some "Percy Grainger" texture at times, the style should be legato throughout with rubato and dynamics being the key to an effective performance. The 12/8 section (mm. 54-70) should not be daunting, but should naturally flow from the previous section by simply changing the beat’s subdivision from 2 to 3. The approach in m. 54 should be thought of as a waltz, which evolves into an easy swing in m. 66. It should be remembered that the overall approach throughout should be to express the evocative emotion of going home.
Going Home Sweet Home is based on two famous melodies: the Going Home theme from the second movement of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (New World) and Home, Sweet Home.Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 is perhaps most famously known as the New World Symphony. The Going Home theme comes from the second movement, Largo, and is an incredibly moving and evocative piece of music, famously soloed by an English horn. It is often associated with a sense of nostalgia and longing. While it's commonly thought to be an African American spiritual, the melody was actually composed by Dvorak himself, with lyrics later added by one of his students, William Arms Fisher, and it became a popular spiritual song.Home Sweet Home was derived from John Howard Payne’s 1823 opera Clari, or The Maid of Milan, with melody by Sir Henry Bishop, the most famous English composer of his day, and lyrics by the American Payne. When published separately in 1823, it quickly sold over 100,000 copies and later became a popular ballad in both the Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War. President Lincoln requested it be sung to him and his wife, Mary, in a private recital at the White House in 1862 to help give them solace as they mourned the death of their twelve-year old son, Willie, from typhoid fever. The Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti used the theme in his 1830 opera Anna Bolena as part of Anna’s Mad Scene as she longs for her childhood home. The song has been used in several movies, including sung by Deanna Durban in the 1939 film First Love, and as a counterpart to Over the Rainbow in the final scene of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy proclaims, There’s no place like home. Popular recordings have been made by several notable singers including Bing Crosby in 1945 and Katherine Jenkins in 2014.For today’s conductor, this setting of the two melodies, titled Going Home Sweet Home, demands an expressive and flexible interpretation. With some Percy Grainger texture at times, the style should be legato throughout with rubato and dynamics being the key to an effective performance. The 12/8 section (mm. 54-70) should not be daunting, but should naturally flow from the previous section by simply changing the beat’s subdivision from 2 to 3. The approach in m. 54 should be thought of as a waltz, which evolves into an easy swing in m. 66. It should be remembered that the overall approach throughout should be to express the evocative emotion of going home.