Grainger: Mock Morris - symphonic wind dectet

Grainger : Mock Morris

Grainger wrote versions for string orchestra and solo piano. Composed in 1910, the work was first played at a concert in the Queen's Hall in 1912.

Version History

• Composed for 2 pianos, 1910
• Arranged for 3 violins, viola and 2 cellos, 1911
• Arranged for string orchestra, 1911
• Arranged for solo piano (concert version), 1912
• Arranged for solo piano (popular version), 1912
• Arranged for violin and piano, 1914
• Arranged for orchestra, 1937

His typical notes on his piano version;

" No folk-music tune-stuffs at all are used herein. The rhythmic cast of the piece is Morris-like,but neither the build of the tunes nor the general lay-out of the form keeps to the Morris dance shape."

Arranged for standard double wind quintet (dectet) and bass

Alt clts in A/Bb

and bass clts for bassoon