Fanfare Prelude on "God of Our Fathers"
Subtitle: The National Hymn
General Info
Year: 1876 / 1983
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Jenson
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Mallet Percussion
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commission in honor of the Centennial of Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, for the University Band, Dr. John W. Taylor, conductor.
- Program Note from score
God of Our Fathers is a 19th-century American Christian hymn, written in 1876 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. The hymn was written by Daniel C. Roberts, a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church serving, at the time, as rector of St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal churches in Brandon, Vermont. Roberts had served in the American Civil War in the 84th Ohio Infantry.
In 1892, Roberts sent the hymn anonymously to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church to be considered by a group tasked with revising the Episcopal hymnal. If the group accepted his hymn, Roberts said he would send them his name. The commission approved it. The hymnal editor and organist George W. Warren were to choose a hymn for the celebration of the Centennial of the United States Constitution. They chose Roberts' lyrics, which were originally sung to a tune called Russian Hymn. Warren wrote a new tune called National Hymn.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Concordia University Wind Symphony (Richard Fischer, conductor) - 1993
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Orcas Island (Washington) Community Band (Karen Key Speck, conductor) - 4 June 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994/2015)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
All Wind Works
- African Sketches (1992)
- Album for the Young (Op. 39) (as arranger) (1878/2007)
- Amber Waves of Grain (1994)
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994/2015)
- Amparito Roca (as arranger) (1935/2017)
- Appalachian Dances (2008)
- Apple Island Legend (1997)
- Australian Variant Suite (1985)
- Beyond the Stars (2018)
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (as arranger) (1985)
- Blazon (1997)
- Bridge of the Gods (2012)
- Canadian Sketches (1996)
- Canterbury Coronation (1996)
- Canticle at Christmastide (2006)
- Canticle of the Creatures (1984)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- The Carnival of the Animals (as arranger) (1886/2008)
- Celebration Fanfare (2018)
- Celebration (1994)
- Ceremonial Flourishes (1988)
- Chinese Folk Fantasy (2013)
- Chorale from Jupiter (1991)
- Christmas Classics (1993)
- Christmas Fancies (2000)
- Christmas Flourish, A (1998)
- Christmas Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Christmas Travelogue (as arranger) (2009)
- Christmas Troika (2008)
- Classical Suite for Piano and Band (as arranger) (2006)
- Concertino for Tuba and Band (1978/2001)
- Concertpiece (1990)
- Concertpiece for Clarinet, Winds and Percussion (1990)
- The Cowboys (as arranger) (1972/1986)
- Dance Episodes (2006)
- Dance of the Tumblers (as arranger) (1882/2012)
- Day at the Circus, A (1998)
- Day at the Fair, A (2003)
- Day at the Museum, A (1997)
- Day at the Zoo, A (1996)
- Day in Space, A (2008)
- Dialogues for Saxophone Quartet, Winds and Percussion (2005)
- Dimensions of Seven (2006)
- Dublin Sketches (1986)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (1995)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Fanfare for Christmas (2004)
- Fanfare for Spartacus (1996)
- Fanfare Prelude: "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (1999)
- Fanfare Prelude on "God of Our Fathers" (1876/1983)
- Fanfare Prelude on "Joy to the World" (1985)
- Fantasia di Falcone (2006)
- Fantasy on a Colonial Air (1990)
- Festive Fanfare for the Holidays (2006)
- Festivity (1993)
- Festivo Fantastico (1998)
- Fiddle Tunes (as arranger) (2002)
- Finale for a Winter Festival (2004)
- Fire of Eternal Glory (as arranger) (/2011)
- Folk Dances (as arranger) (1942/2000)
- Freedom Road (1994)
- Freedom's Song (2009)
- French Christmas Carol Fantasy (1989)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (as arranger) (1908/1985)
- Guadalcanal March (as arranger) (1952/1989)
- Heroic Tribute (2006)
- Illini Fantasy (2006)
- In Storm and Sunshine (as arranger) (1884/1986)
- In the Valley of the Sun (2013)
- International Christmas Salute (1996)
- Inventions from the Sacred Harp (2005)
- Irish Legends (1994)
- Journey (2009)
- Jubilee (2012)
- Kentucky Kaleidoscope
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (1988)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Land of Tomorrow (2010)
- Liberty Fanfare (as arranger) (1986/2002)
- Lion of Lucerne (1986)
- Lochinvar (1995)
- Lone Star Celebration (1995)
- March (as arranger) (1956/2014)
- Megaforce (1997)
- Midway March (as arranger) (1976/1990)
- Mid-West Golden Jubilee Overture (1996)
- Moment in Time, A (2004)
- Mutanza (1981)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (1990)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Nexus (2015)
- Nulli Secundus (Curnow) (2013)
- Nutcracker Suite (as arranger) (1891/1987)
- O Most Holy Mystery (as arranger) (1572/2011)
- Olympic Fanfare and Theme (as arranger) (1984/1996)
- The Olympic Spirit (as arranger) (1988)
- Overture to a Winter Festival (1995)
- Peter and the Wolf (as arranger) (1936/1986)
- Pines of Rome (as arranger) (1924/1996)
- Praetorius Variations (1996)
- Prelude and Celebration (1996)
- Prelude on a Hymn of Praise (1996)
- Prelude on Lobe Den Herren (1982/1997)
- Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes (as arranger) (1954/1982)
- The Promise of Living (as arranger) (1954/2012)
- Quintessence (1993)
- Rejouissance (1988)
- Renaissance Festival (as arranger) (2008)
- Renaissance Suite (as arranger) (c.1551/1983)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band (1978/1999)
- Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies (1996)
- Romanza (2017)
- Russian Christmas Music (as arranger) (1944/1990)
- Russian Folk Fantasy (1992)
- Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/1989)
- Schottische (as arranger) (1950/1993)
- Sea to Shining Sea (2006)
- Seacliffe Overture (1983)
- Selections from "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46 (as transcriber) (1878/)
- Selections from "Suite of Old American Dances" (as arranger) (1950/2005)
- Selections from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1992)
- Slavonic Dances, The (as transcriber)
- Songs of the West (as arranger) (1907/1986)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (as arranger) (1897)
- Sovereign Variants (1992)
- Spanish Dance from "The Gadfly" (as arranger) (1955/2014)
- Spirit of the Pioneers (2007)
- Suite from "Messiah" (as transcriber) (1741/1989)
- Suncatcher (2000)
- Symphonic Chorale for Band (1989)
- Symphonic Suite from "The Right Stuff" (as arranger) (1983/1984)
- Symphonic Triptych (1978)
- Symphonic Variants (1998)
- Themes from "An Outdoor Overture" (as arranger) (1938/1948/2014)
- Three Colonial Ballads (as arranger) (1994)
- The Three Drummers (2004)
- Toccata and Chorale (2019)
- Toward the Sunrising (1999)
- Turkish March (as arranger) (1809/2001)
- Valdres (arr Curnow) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
- Vanguard (2003)
- Voluntary on Old Hundreth (as transcriber) (/2000)
- Waltz No. 2 (as arranger) (1956/2010)
- A Wexford Reverie (as arranger) (2005)
- When the Morning Stars Sang (2005)
- Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew (1993)
- Whirlwind (2012)
- Winds of Change (1999)
Resources
- Curnow, J. [1983]. Fanfare prelude on "God Of Our Fathers" : The National Hymn [score]. Jenson Publications: [New Berlin, Wisc.]
- God of Our Fathers, Wikipedia Accessed 11 October 2016