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Baba Yetu (arr. Wagner)
Christopher Tin (arr. Douglas E Wagner)
Subtitle: Swahili adaptation of The Lord's Prayer by Chris Kaigiri
General Info
Year: 2005 / 2015
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Music Pub.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Djembe or Ashico or low/medium Toms
- Shakers
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Marking the tenth anniversary of Christopher Tin's phenomenal hit Baba Yetu, we feature his exhilarating and uplifting music in a full-length, first-time-ever arrangement for concert band.
Written 2005 for the video game Civilization IV, the song quickly garnered attention outside of its originally intended audience, and in February 2011 it won a Grammy award for "The Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists" category.
The words of the song, by Chris Kaigiri, are a Swahili translation of The Lord's Prayer.
- Program Note from score
Civilization IV (also known as Sid Meier's Civilization IV) is a 4x turn-based strategy computer game and the fourth installment of the Civilization series, and designed by Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and his video game development studio Firaxis Games. It was released in North America, Europe, and Australia, between October 25 and November 4, 2005.
Civilization IV follows some of the 4X model of turn-based strategy games, a genre in which players control an empire and "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate", by having the player attempt to lead a modest group of peoples from a base with initially scarce resources into a successful empire or civilization.
Baba Yetu (Swahili: "Our Father") is the theme song for the 2005 video game Civilization IV. It was composed by Christopher Tin. For its re-release in Tin's debut album Calling All Dawns, it was performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir. The song, when rereleased, became the first piece of video game music to be nominated for and to win a Grammy Award. This Grammy win was considered a significant milestone for the critical acceptance of music from video games as a legitimate art form, and following Tin's win the Recording Academy retitled their visual media categories to become more inclusive of video game soundtracks.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- West High School (Wausau, Wis.) Symphonic Band (Marcus Welander, conductor) - 13 March 2023
- Pittsburg (Kan.) State University Wind Ensemble (Quinton Bockhold, conductor) - 23 September 2021
- Capital Pride Band of Columbus (Ohio (Robert Davis, conductor) – 24 November 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2005/2019)
- Sogno di Volare (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (2016/2019)
All Wind Works
- Baba Yetu (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (2005/2019)
- Baba Yetu (arr. Conaway) (2005/2020)
- Baba Yetu (arr. Wagner) (2005/2015)
- Sogno di Volare (arr. Brown) (2016/2019)
- Sogno di Volare (arr. Conaway) (2016/2019)
- To Shiver the Sky (2020/2022)
Resources
- Civilization IV, Wikipedia. Accessed 15 July 2020
- Douglas Wagner website Accessed 29 September 2020
- Perusal score