Childhood Hymn, A

William Batchelder Bradbury

William Batchelder Bradbury (arr. David Holsinger)

General Info

Year: 1862 / 1991
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Hymn
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $4.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Low Reeds
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
Cornets /Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

Possible errata in some editions:

E-flat Alto Saxophone II, m.5: Last note of the triplet is an F-sharp in the score, but a G in the part. (Two g’s in a row rather than the descending scale.)
Euphonium, m.16: Second note is a C in the score, but a B-flat in the part. (Two B-flats in a row rather than the descending scale.)
Trombone II, m.26: Last note is G in the score, but an F in the part.
Trombone II, m.28: Second note is a G-flat in the score but an A-flat in the part.

Program Notes

David Holsinger based this beautiful composition on the Bradbury tune Jesus Loves Me, which can be heard in various iterations throughout the work. This is a standard work for young developing wind bands.

- Program note by Cabrillo High School Wind Ensemble concert program, 22 May 2013

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class D
Florida: II
Georgia: III
Iowa: II
Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
Kansas: II
Louisiana: II
Maryland: II
Mississippi: IV-A
North Carolina: II
South Carolina: II
Tennessee: II
Texas: II. Complete
Virginia: II
Wisconsin: II
West Virginia: II

Performances

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Western Illinois University (Macomb) Concert Band (unconducted) - 28 October 2020
Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) Symphonic Winds (Sarah Labovitz, conductor) – 21 November 2019
Concordia University (Irvine, Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jeff Held, conductor) – 9 November 2019
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Fletcher Ferrara, conductor) – 18 June 2019
Mercyhurst D’Angelo University (Erie, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Scott Meier, conductor) – 30 September 2018
University of Louisville (Ky) Concert Band (Jason Cumberledge, conductor) - 10 April 2018
El Capital Middle School (Fresno, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Christopher Golden, conductor) - 15 April 2016 (2016 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Catawba Valley New Horizons Band, Hickory NC (Len Allman, conductor) May 2016
Bullard (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Bradly Feyma, conductor) - 15 March 2013 (2013 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.))
Cabrillo High School Wind Ensemble (Elizabeth Morgan, conductor) - 22 May 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Abram’s Pursuit (1998)
Adagio (2000)
The Adventures of Kid Cam, the Rocketman! (2014)
American Faces (1996)
Ancient Dances (2020)
The Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf (1981)
Army Ants March and Boogie (2005)
At the Strongholds of En Gedi (1996)
Ballet Exaltare (1999)
Ballet Sacra (1990)
Battle Music (1990)
A Call to Celebration (2012)
Canticles! (2001)
The Case of the Mysterious Stranger (1990)
The Chase (2003)
A Childhood Hymn (as arranger) (1862/1991)
City Symphony
- Cityscape I (Festive Hours Neon Night) (2001)
- Cityscape II (Lonely Hours Anguished Night) (2004)
- Cityscape III (Morning Hours Salvation Light) (2008)
The Cluster Bluster Fluster March (1991)
Connacht Rhapsody (2017)
Consider the Uncommon Man (1992)
Deborah's Triumph/Jael's Revenge (2016)
Deerpath Dances (1996)
Divertimented Dances (2006)
The Easter Symphony (1986-1997)
Elegy on an American Folk Tune (2006)
Elegy on an Evening Hymn (2013)
Every Morning New (2002)
Falcon Attack! (2002)
Fanfare for Brass and Timpani (2003)
Fanfare for Such a Time as This (2007)
Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart (2001)
Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong (1999)
Fantasy on Old Hundred (2019)
Festiva Jubiloso (2000)
Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
Fort Canterbury March (1989)
The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron (1988)
Gears Pulleys Chains (2006)
Gmyway’s Revenge! (1994)
Graysondance (1993)
Gypsydance (1994)
Havendance (1985)
The Helm Toccata (1991)
Hero Music (2005)
Homage: Three Tapestries (1999)
Hopak Raskolniki (1980)
If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else (1990)
In Praise of Gentle Pioneers (1996)
In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War (1991)
A Jolly Walk in Hibbertland (1991)
Kaylen Dreaming (2006)
Kansas City Dances (1978)
L'Arco della Vita (2021)
Lake Canterbury Regatta (1993)
Last Run (2020)
A Little Adventure Music (2002)
Little Fantasy on an American Hymn (2009)
A Little Mystery Music (1996)
Liturgical Dances (1984)
The Maelstrom (2009)
The March of the Combat Patrol (1991)
March of the Grand High Poobah (2006)
March on a Russian Hymnsong (2003)
Mobbusters! (1994)
Nilesdance (1987)
On a Childhood Sunday Song (2004)
On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason (1990)
On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1989)
On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowry (1993)
On a Southern Hymnsong (1993)
On an American Spiritual (1991)
On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances (1988)
On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon (1999)
On the Grand Prairie Texas (1989)
On the Overland Stage to El Paso (2006)
One Day in a Small Town (2004)
Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince (2009)
Partita Allegro (1997)
The Peasant Village Dance (1990)
Praises! (2001)
Prairie Dances (1998)
Prelude and Presto (2018)
Prelude and Rondo (1976)
The Pride of Buxmont (2000)
Providence Unfinished (2002)
Quiet River (2011)
Reagan of Illinois (2011)
Reagan of Illinois Part II (2013)
Riding With the Frontier Battalion (2000)
Scaling the North Wall (1990)
Scootin’ on Hardrock (1999)
Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary (1981)
Sinfonia Voci (1993)
Solemn Hymn & Rowdy Dance (2010)
Soliloquy (2020)
Some Give All (2016)
A Song of Moses (1999)
Summer to Fall: A Love Song (2006)
Symphonia Glorioso (2006)
Symphonic Movement (2000)
Texas Promenade (1999
Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword (2004)
To Live a Life Triumphant (2007)
To Tame the Perilous Skies (1990)
Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March (1994)
The War Trilogy: 1971 (1999)
The White Rose (as arranger) (1917/)
Zinphonia (2017)

Resources

Holsinger, D. (1991). A Childhood Hymn [score]. Wingert-Jones Music: Kansas City, Mo.
Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 128-135.