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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod from A Child's Garden of Verses – Suite for Band Concert Band•Grade 3 Download, Print, & Play! Download Price: 35 Note: The purchase & download system is offline. Please contact me directly to purchase PDFs. Play Recording recording credits Preview Score

The dream-like poem by Eugene Field (1850 — 1895) called Wynken, Blynken, and Nod provided the inspiration for this piece. The band quietly builds into a lush chorale setting before slipping back to a still ending. Optional handbells add color in the percussion section. A Child's Garden of Verses is a suite for concert band in three movements commissioned by my dear friend Tom Thomas, director of bands at Mason County Central High School in Scottville, Michigan. Each movement is based on a poem from A Child's Garden of Verses, a volume of prose and poetry compiled by Robert Louis Stevenson, which was a childhood favorite for Tom and his brother. (view recommended reading) Wynken, Blynken, and Nod is the second of three works that comprise this suite. The remaining pieces are: I. Butterfly's Ball II. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod III. Summer Sun