CONCERT ULL ORCHESTRA Grade Level: 3 variations on a theme y handel 1 Conductor 1 1st lute 1 2nd lute 1 1st Ooe 1 2nd Ooe 1 1st Clarinet 1 2nd Clarinet 1 1st assoon 1 2nd assoon maurice c hitney Revised y ohn hitney NSTRUMENTATON 1 1st Horn 1 2nd Horn 1 3rd Horn 1 4th Horn 1 1st Trumet 1 2nd Trumet 1 1st Tromone 1 2nd Tromone 1 3rd Tromone 1 Tua Note rom the editor 1 Timani (A-D) 8 1st Violin 8 2nd Violin 5 Viola 5 5 String ass All elin string arts have een careully oed and ingered aroriately y level The Yello Very eginning series includes many oings as ell as reminder ingerings or irst-time readers The Red eginning series includes requent oings to assist younger layers ingerings or altered itches are oten marked The Green ntermediate series includes aroriately laced oings or middle-level students ingerings and ositions are marked or notes eyond irst osition The lue Concert series includes oings aroriate or the exerienced high school layer ingerings and osition markings are indicated or diicult assages o hillis elin/o String Editor revie Only lease note: Our and and orchestra music is no eing collated y an automatic high-seed system The enclosed arts are no sorted y age count, rather than score order
notes to the conductor The revailing rhythmic eeling o the Variations is a smooth to-eat or saety, it might e est to egin the iece conducting in 4 Sitching into 2 ill assist the erormers in the eeling o the hrases and the horizontal motion o the ork road strokes in 4 might e utilized successully at heavier sections, like 113 The charm o this ork lies in the excellent construction and contrast in style and color Students have alays enoyed laying it, ecause everyone gets the melody at some oint and there are oyous solo assages or the uer oodinds heard o one teacher ho sonsored a unny oetry contest or the melody o the irst 12 measures The rize as small, ut the oems shoed creativity reviously unknon and roaly heled everyone eel the hrasing more easily The original version o Variations on a Theme y Handel as ulished y M Witmark Sons in 1958 This makes it highly likely that layed the remiere roos, under my ather s direction, hile in high school at Glens alls (NY) The ork continues to e among those listed y several states in their graded selections Maurice C Whitney (1909 1984) comosed over 150 ulished orks or school and church use He directed the music deartment at Glens alls or 25 years and, in 1966, as named Teacher o the Year in Ne York State and received an honorary doctorate rom Elmira College My sister Dale and each chose thaca College as our undergraduate school ecause o our admiration or our ather and his success This edition has not changed a note rom the original Only a e articulations and some oings have een added ohn Whitney, Music Director Southern Tier Symhony revie Only
lutes Ooe Clarinets assoon Horns in Trumets Tromones Tua Timani (A-D) Violins CONDUCTOR SCORE Duration - 4:10 roadly ( = 66) Viola String ass V C C 2 C 1 C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Variations on a Theme y Handel (A-D) ḟ roadly ( = 66) ḟ 1 2 3 4 (Hn ) 1 Solo (O ) -1 5 3 Maurice C Whitney Revised y ohn Whitney revie Only 2008 ELWN MLLS ULSHNG COR (ASCA), a division o ALRED ULSHNG CO, NC All Rights Reserved including ulic erormance
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ls O Tts Tns Tua Tim V 61 61 esressivo esressivo - - - - izz - - - - 61 - - 4 - - - - - - - 4 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 62 simile simile simile 4 simile 4 63 4 n 64 revie Only 65 15
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ls O Tts Tns Tua Tim V 121 a2 æ 122 æ 123 æ 124, 125 125 () sostenuto sostenuto Solo Solo sostenuto sostenuto revie Only 125 27
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