Title

Come to the fair

Original Title

Composer

Easthope, Martin

Year

1917

Editor

Arranger

Hutchinson, Warner

Year Arranged

1999

Original Instrumentation

Voice & piano

Type of Arrangement

2

Availability

Private

Publisher

Year Published

Catalogue Number

Sheet Music Format

A4, Score (17) & parts (3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2 = 17)

Horns

8

Additional Equipment

Others

Other Instruments

Difficulty

1

Duration

2

Structure / Movements

One movement. Introduction, 2 verses, coda

Clefs

Treble, bass

Meters

3/4

Key signatures

2b

Range

Horn 1: d1 - a2 Horn 2: d1 - f2 Horn 3: c1 - f2 Horn 4: a - f2 Horn 5: g - c2 Horn 6: e - bb1 Horn 7: c - a1 Horn 8: D - f1

Creator's Comments

Performance Notes

Set to lyrics by Helen Taylor, Easthope Martin’s music to Come to the fair is an upbeat work that has been transcribed for a number of different combinations. The get an idea of the work, any of the numerous recordings well do (here is one example). This version for eight horns for was arranged for Nancy Joy and the New Mexico State University (NMSU) horn choir, and it is a very accessible version, with the parts descending in tessitura from horn 1 to 8, and solo lines distributed between the parts. The introduction is slightly different form the original, and a verse was omitted, other than that this version comes very close to Easthope’s setting. The publication status of this work is currently not clear.

Credits

Access to review score: Nancy Joy (NMSU)

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Sound

Score