To a Wild Rose, from Woodland Sketches, op. 51 no. 1 (string trio)

Title: To a Wild Rose, from Woodland Sketches, op. 51 no. 1

Composer: Edward MacDowell, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin 1; Violin 2 or Viola; Cello

Printout: 4 pages

Note: This gem was initially written as a morning warm-up and discarded. We are indebted to the composer’s wife for rescuing it from the fireplace and persuading him to complete it. This arrangement includes alternative parts for violin 2 and viola. The first violin part goes rather high for oboe but works well on flute.

To a Wild Rose is also available for string quartet.

You may also be interested in our trio arrangements of the Jupiter Hymn from Holst’s The Planets and the Finlandia Hymn by Sibelius