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Believed to have been written in 1755 by British surgeon Dr. Richard Schackburg, Yankee Doodle
has become one of the most well known pieces of music in the United
States. This document contains the sheet music to Yankee Doodle in both PDF and Sibilius Scorch formats. Parts are available for all common concert band instruments including voice.
Once sung by young and old alike, today the song has a more
juvenile frame of reference. While we all learn the song in our
elementary school music classes, the song is not widely used as it once
was. Over the centuries the song has gone through dozens of
iterations. The most common we still sing today, however other sets of
lyrics have been written by dozens of different people. During the
civil war, southerners took the traditionally British song and added
several sets of lyrics, many proclaiming the stupidity of their
"northern agressors." Many other verses also exist and many are cataloged at Wikipedia.
When Schackburg wrote Yankee Doodle
he was no doubt attempting to poke fun at the American colonial
forces. Instead of angering the Yankees, instead they adopted the tune
as their own, turning it into an unofficial anthem as quickly as 1777.
In an ultimate slap in the face, the song was performed in Yorktown during the surrender of British General Cornwallis to American General George Washington.
The song once written to poke fun at a renegade nation had come full
circle to be accepted as a song of that nation's triumph and joy.
Yankee Doodle is not directly related to the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy , composed in 1942 by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph.
Yankee Doodle - Traditional Patriotic Song
Free Sheet Music For The Traditional Patriotic Song, "Yankee Doodle"
You can view the full score of the song and listen to it using the
Sibelius Scorch viewer below (requires a plugin from the Sibelius web
site). You can also download individual parts in PDF or Sibelius format using the links farther down on the page.
If you cannot see the score, get the Sibelius Scorch plug-in here.
Parts Included In This File:
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Yankee Doodle for Voice [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle Part 1 For Flute, Guitar, and C Instruments [PDF] [Sibelius]
Yankee Doodle Part 2 For Flute, Guitar, and C Instruments [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle Part 1 for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (B-flat instruments) [PDF] [Sibelius]
Yankee Doodle Part 2 for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (B-flat instruments) [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle Part 1 for Alto Sax and Bari Sax (E-flat instruments) [PDF] [Sibelius]
Yankee Doodle Part 2 for Alto Sax and Bari Sax (E-flat instruments) [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle Part 1 for B-flat Trumpet or Tenor Sax [PDF] [Sibelius]
Yankee Doodle Part 2 for B-flat Trumpet or Tenor Sax [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle Part 1 for French Horn [PDF] [Sibelius]
Yankee Doodle Part 2 for French Horn [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle Part 1 for Trombone, Baritone, or electric bass guitar [PDF] [Sibelius]
Yankee Doodle Part 2 for Trombone, Baritone, or electric bass guitar [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle Part 1 for Tuba [PDF] [Sibelius]
Yankee Doodle Part 2 for Tuba [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle for Percussion [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle for Bells [PDF] [Sibelius]
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Yankee Doodle FULL SCORE [PDF] [Sibelius]
The lyrics (words) to some of the various versions of Yankee Doodle :
Brother Ephraim sold his Cow
And bought him a Commission;
And then he went to Canada
To fight for the Nation;
But when Ephraim he came home
He proved an arrant Coward,
He wouldn't fight the Frenchmen there
For fear of being devour'd.
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