OLD SCOTTISH MELODY - Parts & Score

Auld Lang Syne
 
Grade 3.0
 
 
 
About the Music - - -
 
This old Scottish melody, AULD LANG SYNE, in Scottish dialect means old long since, or days gone by. These words are the title of a song loved by all English-speaking people. Robert Bums said that he took down the words as he heard and old man sing them, but Burns is usually given credit for writing them. The song is sung to an old Scottish melody. This setting was made for Mary Gray and her husband, Dr. John Gray, and was first performed by the Lamar University Symphonic Band at a Farewell Concert for Dr. Gray upon his retirement as President of Lamar University in December, 1976.
 
 
 
Dr. Gray?s response to Old Scottish Melody is recorded in a letter he wrote to Dr. Wiley in which he said: ?Thank you again from the depths of our hearts for the beautiful and inspiring concert which you and your great concert band dedicated to Mary and me last Friday night. It was a never-to-be-forgotten experience. When you played ?Auld Land Syne? I couldn?t keep the tears from running down my cheeks. Mary and I are very proud of our Lamar University bands. All of these units are the greatest in the land, and your talented and dedicated leadership is a major factor why this is true.?