Concert Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clar...(+)
Concert Band Bass
Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bass
Trombone, Bassoon 1,
Bassoon 2, Clarinet,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Contrabass,
Contrabass Clarinet,
Cornet 1, Cornet 2,
Cornet 3, Crash Cymbals,
English Horn, Euphonium,
Flute 1, Flute 2,
Glockenspiel and more.
SKU: PR.14540022F
Variations On An
Original Melody, for
Concert Band (Full
Score). Composed by
William Schuman. Full
Score. With Standard
notation. Duration 27
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #145-40022F.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.14540022F).
ISBN
9781491131572. UPC:
680160031832.
Ameri
can Hymn was commissioned
by the American
Bandmasters Association
and the United States Air
Force Band. It received
its premiere on March
5th, 1980 as part of the
40th anniversary of the
American Bandmasters
Association in
Washington, DC. It is
based on an earlier
choral work which Schuman
contributed to a
comprehensive survey
entitled American Hymns
Old and New, published by
Columbia University
Press. The Langston
Hughes text that inspired
the original human is
simple and
straightforward, which is
reflected in the melodic
setting (quasi
hymn-spiritual).