Title: Agincourt Song

Composer: anonymous; arrangement by Dave Nicolette, op. 15, 2011

Instrumentation:

• Piccolo
• 2 Flutes
• 2 Oboes
• English Horn
• 2 Bassoons
• 3 Bb Clarinets
• Bass Clarinet
• 2 Alto Saxophones
• Tenor Saxophone
• Baritone Saxophone
• 3 Bb Trumpets
• 4 F Horns
• 2 Trombones
• Bass Trombone
• Euphonium (bass and treble clef parts)
• Tuba
• Timpani
• Percussion

Duration: 6:55

Difficulty: 6

Audio file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3oHsWoU8PJyajlHbmhaclRESkU

This is a setting of the well-known 15th-century English hymn commemorating the 1415 Battle of Agincourt.

The Agincourt Carol (sometimes known as the Agincourt Song, the Agincourt Hymn, or by its chorus and central words, Deo gratias Anglia) is an English folk song written some time in the early 15th century. It recounts the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which the English army led by Henry V of England defeated that of the French Charles VI in what is now the Pas-de-Calais region of France. The carol is one of thirteen on the Trinity Carol Roll, probably originating in East Anglia, that has been held in the Wren Library ofTrinity College, Cambridge since the 19th century. (Wikipedia)

Hundreds, if not thousands of arrangements of the tune exist, and a good deal of original music has been directly inspired by it. This version features the concert band or wind ensemble in a challenging arrangement that demands both skill and depth from every section. Many instruments are featured in solo passages and in a variety of small ensembles featuring different subsets of the woodwind and brass sections, as well as an unusual duet of piccolo and timpani.

The book is the sheet music.