In the Woods Behind Baskerville

In the Woods Behind Baskerville for trombone choir

Amber Sheeran

© 2023, Amber Sheeran, ASCAP, all rights reserved

In the Woods Behind Baskerville for 6-piece trombone choir

Score Notes: Except for the transition into mm 9, the glissandi should be as even and slow as you can make them.

There should be no ritardando into the “Uneasy” section at mm 87.

At the tempo transitions in mm 9, and mm 94, the new tempo should start on the pick-up note.

Program Notes: When I was asked to do a piece for the Trombone Choir at Colorado State University, I was in the middle of reading The Hounds of Baskerville from the Sherlock Holmes books. After having words of suspense and chase rattling around in my head, I settled on a piece that reflected the terrifying “hounds” that haunted the people of Baskerville before the mystery was solved. I use the leaps and glissandi at the beginning to represent the howls in the woods. A driving ostinato gives us a sense of chase and fear, while the floating melody inspires suspense as we wait anxiously for the answer to the question... What exactly is lurking in the woods behind Baskerville?

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

Score

Trombone 1

Trombone 2

Trombone 3

Trombone 4

Trombone 5

Bass Trombone

6

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

  

Uneasy ( = 60)

    



    



    



for trombone choir 

   

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   

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           

  







   





   



    

           

   





                        sim.       

       



    

slow gliss



          



   

      slow gliss     Amber Sheeran



   

    





                               

               



  



 

 





9 Furious ( = 150)



         



          

          



           



                                    

©2023, Amber Sheeran, all rights reserved





 

    

2

  

12

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

  

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.







         



                



              

                                                                                                

  



                     

    

                                

                                                                                       

17

Tbn. 1

       

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

21

                                                                             

  

22

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

  

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

   slow gliss

B. Tbn.







 



    3



     

 





3

                                                                       











                                              

            



   

                           



     sim.  









                                                                             

                         3 3 3                                     3

Tbn. 5

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3

                                                        

27

Tbn. 1

   

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

3

3

3

3

4

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

   

32

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

   

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.



3

  









   

3



36



 

                                                                                                                 3 3                                                                        

37

Tbn. 1

   

        



3





    

          



           



            









                                          

                                                                                              

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

  

41

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

  

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.



     









             







                                                                                                                                                                                                               

46

Tbn. 1



44

5

  





            



 

 

50

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

6

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

  



51

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

  

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.



      



                         

    3

   







      

57

Tbn. 1



58

     



 



 

    3

3



 

   













 











 



  

 



 

 3







  

 





 



    









 



     



 



     3

  3

 









3



  

 

 



 

   3

   3

   

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

                                                                                                                 

64 Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.



                

69

Tbn. 1

=

7

      



 

     

 



 

            

      

                                                                                                

 

 





              

    

 

                                                                                     

8

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                80                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

75 Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

                                 



 

    

84

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

    

    

        

                     







89



Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

   

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

87 Uneasy ( = 60)   non rit.                                                           slow gliss                                                                                                                                       slow gliss

        slow gliss        sim.

       



 Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

                  

9

  



  slow gliss            

  



 

      

 

   

 

10

 

  

93

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

Frantic ( = 160)

  

  

                            



  

98

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

  

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

   94                 3  slow gliss                                                                                                                                                            

     

  





 

                                 3

               



                    

                    

               

          3 3 

3 3                       



             

3



3





           

In the Woods Behind Baskerville

 

103

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

  

    sim.  

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.







   









3



  



  







3

                                                        3

                                                        





     

 3





                                              

108

Tbn. 1



11

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109

3

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12

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113

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

Tbn. 1

Tbn. 2

Tbn. 3

Tbn. 4

Tbn. 5

B. Tbn.

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In the Woods Behind Baskerville

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            

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