Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808704 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Folk,Holiday,Wedding. Score and parts. 20 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #6102573. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808704). One of the most beautiful and haunting of America’s native-to-the-soil melodies, Shenandoah dates probably from the early 19th century and continues to be performed and to enchant to this day. Said to be the product of voyageurs, fur trappers canoeing down the Missouri River, it has accumulated numerous sets of lyrics over the years. In perhaps the most familiar of these, a voyageur sings of his love for the daughter of the Oneida chief Shenandoah while paddling the river. Boatmen on their flatboats heard this melody and took it for their own, passing it along to sailors of Mississippi River vessels. It made its way down to the sea, where it became a popular sea shanty and was thus spread around the world.
