for 4 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Baritone and Percussion.

Score and Parts.

The American Song-Set was written at the suggestion of Michael Mulcahy, who was looking for a piece that used American folk melodies as its basis. Each of the four movements contains several settings of the featured melody, with appropriate alterations of rhythm, tonality, texture and tempo.