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B-Flat Trumpet,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.548786 Composed by Traditional Scottish. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Easter,Instructional,Standards. Score and part. 17 pages. Jmsgu3 #3419037. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.548786). The Water Is Wide (O Waly Waly) Duration: 5:24 Score: 10 pg. 121 ms., MM quarter = 94, final verse MM quarter = 80, common time Solo part: 3 pg. Piano part: 4 pg. A thought-provoking arrangement of a Traditional Scottish Folksong. Probably most widely known as "The Water Is Wide," it is also well known by it's more ancient title: "O Waly Waly." The tune is also known as " When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," and "The Gift of Love." This is an original arrangement from the ground up. Programming: If you are looking for something with new contrapuntal and harmonic adventures for a Lenten prelude or a meditation during Holy Week, this will fit the bill. It could also work well in a recital setting because it fits well on the instrument, and provides a chance to show off long, sensitive musical phrases. Some of the figures in the descant verse are a wee-bit more advanced so, this is for intermediate players rather than beginners. Keep in mind these performance ideas: 1. It's a simple tune that needs to unfold in the due course of time, so don't rush it. A slight ritardando at the end of each verse may help if you want to further delineate the verses. 2. There is a lot of interesting counterpoint here, so be prepared to give-and-take on the dynamics more than what I have indicated. 3. The final verse is much slower and more mysterious, and the dynamics are crucial - the quieter the better. Piano - the last chord: take your time on the roll, make it nice and slow. Synopsis of the arrangement: verse 1: Simple quiet duet with the melody in the solo instrument. verse 2: Melody in the solo instrument accompanied by a 2-part canon in the piano. verse 3: Melody in the piano in 4-part harmony. verse 4: 3-part canon on the melody (with a free accompaniment voice). verse 5: 2-part canon with a free accompaniment in the solo part verse 6: Melody in octaves with free bass in octaves; descant in the solo part - loudest verse. verse 7: Very quiet ending verse - Modulates down a fourth, melody in the solo part accompanied by simple quartal/quintal piano clusters over bass chords that suggest submerged church bells. For better insight into the performance of this music: express the emotion indicated by the lyrics: The Water Is Wide: The water is wide, I cannot get over Neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I A ship there is and she sails the sea She's loaded deep as deep can be But not so deep as the love I'm in I know not if I sink or swim I leaned my back against an oak Thinking it was a trusty tree But first it bent and then it broke So did my love prove false to me I reached my finger into some soft bush Thinking the fairest flower to find I pricked my finger to the bone And left the fairest flower behind Oh love be handsome and love be kind Gay as a jewel when first it is new But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like the morning dew Must I go bound while you go free Must I love a man who doesn't love me Must I be born with so little art As to love a man who'll break my heart When cockle shells turn silver bells Then will my love come back to me When roses bloom in winter's gloom Then will my love return to me The lyrics for "Waly, Waly, Gin Love Be Bonny" from Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724). O. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).