Alleluia Laudamus Te

Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed

This work bears the subtitle "A Celebration Hymn for Winds, Percussion, and Optional Organ."

General Info

Year: 1973
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: J.W. Pepper

Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Bb Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Organ
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Alleluia! Laudamus Te is a hymn of praise without words, with the band serving as a single massive choir and, at times, broken down into individual sections, each performing as a separate choir. The music is based on three main themes, the first being a massive chorale in the brass, the second a long flowing line in the horns and woodwinds, and the third a quasi-fanfare figure first heard in the trumpets and then spreading throughout the other sections of the orchestra as it is developed.

The work was commissioned by Richard S. Mountford and the Malone College Concert Band, which premiered the work, conducted by Reed, at its third annual band festival in February 1973.

-Program notes by William Johnson for the San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class A
• Arkansas: IV
• California: IV Class B
• Florida: V
• Iowa: IV
• Louisiana: III
• Michigan: Senior High A
• Minnesota: II
• South Carolina: V
• Tennessee: IV
• Virginia: V

Recent Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• California Poly All-State Festival Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 21 April 2013
• Wind Festival Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 17 March 2013 (34th Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
• San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 10 December 2011

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Alleluia Laudamus Te
• Armenian Dances, Part One
• Armenian Dances, Part Two
• Celebration Fanfare, A
• Chanson Triste
• Christmas Intrada, A
• Clear Track Polka
• Concertino for Marimba and Winds
• Curtain Up! (A Theater Overture for Winds)
• Danza Caribe
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness
• Divertimento for Flute and Winds
• El Camino Real
• Festival Prelude (1962)
• Festive Overture, A (1963)
• Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
• First Suite for Band (1975)
• Fourth Suite for Band
• Funiculi, Funicula
• Giligia (A Song of Remembrance)
• Golden Year, The
• Greensleeves
• Hounds Of Spring, The
• Hymn Variants
• Imperatrix
• Jubilant Overture, A
• King of Love My Shepherd Is, The
• Little Concert Suite, A
• Millennium III
• Mr. Music
• Northern Legend, A
• Othello (1977)
• Praise Jerusalem
• Prelude IV
• Punchinello
• Radetzky
• Rahoon
• Ramparts of Courage, The
• Rushmore
• Russian Christmas Music (1944)
• Second Century
• Second Suite for Band
• Silver Shadow (Concert March)
• Siciliana Notturno (1977)
• Sixth Suite for Band
• Slavonic Folk Suite
• Springtime Celebration, A
• Symphonic Prelude Based on Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4
• Sumus Futuro
• Tarantella
• Third Suite For Band
• Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra
• Thunder and Lightning
• Two Bagatelles for Concert Band
• Vilia
• Viva Musica
• With Trumpets And Drums

Additional Resources

• Reed, A. (1973) Alleluia! Laudamus Te : A Celebration Hymn for Winds, Percussion, and Optional Organ [score]. Piedmont Music: [s.l.]
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). ‘’Program Notes for Band.’’ Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 492.