Score and Parts Symphonic
Band - Grade 5
SKU:
HL.1455262
For
Symphonic Band.
Composed by James Barnes.
Southern Music Band.
Concert. Softcover.
Duration 1680 seconds.
Southern Music Company
#S1038CB. Published by
Southern Music Company
(HL.1455262).
UPC:
196288209386.
9.0x12.0x2.5
inches.
Composed
during the summer and
fall of 1974, Barnes'
FIRST SYMPHONY, Op. 35
was his master's thesis
at The University of
Kansas. It was premiered
in the spring semester of
1976 by their Symphonic
Band, Robert E. Foster
conducting. The following
year, the symphony was
awarded the American
Bandmasters Ostwald
Composition prize, which
led to a second
performance (of only the
first two movements) by
the Northwestern Wind
Ensemble at the American
Bandmasters convention
with Col. Jack Cline (U.S
Marine Band) conducting.
Following this
performance, Barnes
submitted the work to
several publishers, all
of which declined on the
basis it was too long and
difficult to be
marketable. For this
reason, Barnes set the
work aside and there it
remained until 2022, when
an offer came from the
Osaka Shion Wind
Orchestra to record all
nine of
Barnes'symphonies to
help celebrate their
100th anniversary. Barnes
seized the opportunity,
engraving all four
movements, with revisions
and corrections, an
effort that took seven
days a week for two
months to complete. As a
result, after almost
fifty years, all nine of
the Barnes symphonies are
finally available for
performance.