Irish Washerwoman
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: 00:02:00
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: $65.00
Instrumentation
Soloist
Concert Band
Woodwind: Flute 1/2 & Oboe & Clarinet 1/2 & Bass Clarinet & Bassoon & Alto Saxophone 1/2 & Tenor Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone
Brass: Trumpet 1/2 & French Horn 1/2 & Trombone 1/2 & Euphonium & Tuba
Percussion: Concert Tom (Medium) & Bass Drum
Program Notes
Irish Washerwoman is one of the most well-known and beloved Irish jigs. This arrangement for solo xylophone and concert band originally appeared in a collection of Irish tunes for xylophone and marimba trio, titled "The Celtic Xylophone, Book 1". It is the perfect showpiece for a percussionist wanting to display his or her two-mallet keyboard technique.
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Mallet Ensemble
- Immortal Dream - Mallet Septet
- Spun - Mallet Octet
Percussion Ensemble
- A Yuletide Celebration
- Adaptation
- Almost Beyond
- Azul
- Black Rainbow
- Blaze
- Chasing Infinity- Percussion Ensemble (13)
- DrakenVuur - Percussion Ensemble 20+
- Edge of the World - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Ellipsis
- Fever Dream
- Fidget
- Firefly (Nathan Daughtrey) - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- Legacies - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Limerick Daydream - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Lost Souls - Percussion Quintet
- Luminescence - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- Mercury Rising - Percussion Septet
- Power Struggle - Percussion Octet
- StarDancer - Percussion Octet
- Sunward/Onward - Percussion Nonet
- The Cry - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- The Dreamers of Dreams - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- Topsy Turvy - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- What Lies Within - Percussion Ensemble (10)
Percussion Concerto
- Concerto for Vibraphone & Percussion Ensemble
- Halcyon Days
- Irish Washerwoman
- The Foggy Dew
- Water Spirits
Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument
- As Above, So Below - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Piano
- Bounce - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Solo Trumpet
- Coming Home - Percussion Quintet with Solo Euphonium
- Spitfire II - Percussion Nonet with Solo Euphonium
- Twitch - Percussion Ensemble (11) with Solo Clarinet
- The Wexford Carol - Percussion Nonet with Solo Soprano Saxophone
Books for Percussion by this Composer
Marimba
The Yuletide Marimbist (Book 1)
The Yuletide Marimbist (Book 2)
The Sacred Marimbist (Volume 2)
Xylophone
The Celtic Xylophone, Book 1
The Celtic Xylophone, Book 2
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