Grade 5
SKU:
CL.CTS-7709-00
For
Concert Band.
Composed by Claude T.
Smith. Concert Band.
Score and set of parts.
Composed 1975. Claude T.
Smith Publications
#CTS-7709-00. Published
by Claude T. Smith
Publications
(CL.CTS-7709-00).
Legendary
composer W. Francis
McBeth once said, If
Claude Smith only wrote
the fanfare to Eternal
Father, he would still be
a legend. Smith takes the
Navy’s hymn as the
basis for his fanfare.
This famous hymn tune,
normally in the major
key, has now been placed
in the minor key then
transitions to Allegro
Vivace. The hymn tune is
put through its paces
including several
variations and two
fugatos (one for the
woodwinds and one for
brass). A short
transition,(including the
famous 7/8 measure!) to
the now well-known
setting for French horn
quartet, gives us an
emotional rendition of
the original hymn tune
now in the major key. The
full band plays the hymn,
and a timpani roll takes
us back to the original
fanfare now in C major. A
classic of literature and
a composition which will
provide a meaningful
experience for musician
and audience member
alike.