Arkansas

Sources

All read 8 November 2026.

• Seller's difficulty label, Grade 5, duration 9:30, price £104.99 (score and parts): https://studio-music.co.uk/dhp1094824030
• Seller's difficulty label, Grade 4, duration 9:30, price £37.50 (score only): https://studio-music.co.uk/dhp1094824130-jacob-de-haan-brass-band-arkansas
• Grade, duration, publisher, publisher codes, description (score and parts): https://www.halleonard.com/product/4009170/arkansas
• Grade, duration, publisher, publisher codes, description (score): https://www.halleonard.com/product/4009171/arkansas
• Concert band version: https://www.halleonard.com/product/44011053/arkansas
• Price, score and parts (£104.99): https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSHLDHP1094824030
• Price, score only (£37.50; Studio Music listing): https://brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/arkansas
• World of Brass grade and difficulty label: https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSHLDHP1094824030
• Year, commission, movement numbering, instrumentation (sample score): https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/DHP1094824030-Jacob-de-Haan-Brass-Band-Arkansas.pdf
• Contest Use: https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/arkansas
• Contest Use (2025 regional set work): https://4barsrest.com/news/61232/2025-regional-test-pieces-announced

Notes

• Movements. Three movements (publisher's description). The score numbers them I, II and III; titles and timings not found.
• Instrumentation. Checked against the first two pages of the publisher's sample score. It matches the standard template, except that there are two percussion staves. The percussion list is partial, from the opening pages only.
• Grade conflict. The publisher's parent company, Hal Leonard, lists "Brass Band, Grade 4". World of Brass lists "Grade 5" and "Difficulty Advanced" for the same catalogue number. The publisher-side grade is used here. Studio Music, which may show a letter grade too, returned HTTP 503 throughout.
• Swapped from the brief. The brief asked for a letter or verbal grade (Prima Vista, Obrasso, Bernaerts). The Prima Vista example in uk-landscape.md sits on Studio Music, which was down all session. Arkansas has a numeric grade, but it is a confirmed 3rd Section regional test piece (2025 Regional Championships, per 4barsrest).
• Duration. Hal Leonard gives 9:35; World of Brass and brassband.co.uk give 9:30.
• Year. © 2009 on the score; "Commissioned by the Dutch National Brass Band Championships 2009" in the score heading. Brass Band Results also gives 2009.
• Original medium. Original brass band work. Hal Leonard lists a concert band version too, Level 4, publisher code 1114824010 (linked under Resources). Which version came first wasn't checked.
• Media. No commercial recording found.
• Composer's other works. None listed. Other de Haan brass band titles appeared only in search snippets, not on pages read.
• Studio Music (rechecked 2026-11-08). Studio Music loaded on a second pass. It sells the work but does not publish it, so its letter is a retailer label and is not used. It shows Difficulty D - Advanced on both pages, Grade 5 on the score-and-parts page (DHP 1094824-030) but Grade 4 on the score-only page (DHP 1094824-130), and Duration 9:30 on both. The publisher-side Grade 4 and 9:35 (Hal Leonard) stay. Its prices (£104.99 and £37.50) match the ones already shown.