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Hounds Of Spring, The
The works bears the subtitle "A Concert Overture for Winds."
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General Info
Year: 1981
Duration: c. 9:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shattinger Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
Eb Clarinet
Bb Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Triangle
- Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Reed was inspired by the poem Atlanta in Calydon (1865), by Victorian-era English poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, a recreation in modern English verse of an ancient Greek tragedy.
When the hounds of spring are in winter's traces, the mother of months in meadow or plain fills the shadows and windy places with lisp of leaves and ripple of rain
And soft as lips that laugh and hide the laughing leaves of trees divide, and screen from seeing and leave in sight the god pursuing, the maiden hid.
According to Alfred Reed, When the hounds of spring are in winter's traces, a magical picture of young love in springtime, forms the basis for the present purely musical setting, in traditional three-part overture form, of this lovely paean... an attempt to capture the twin elements of the poem, exuberant youthful gaiety and the sweetness of tender love, in an appropriate musical texture.
The Hounds of Spring was commissioned by, and dedicated to, the John L. Forster Secondary School Concert Band of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and its director, Gerald A. N. Brown. The world premiere was in Windsor on May 8, 1980, conducted by the composer.
-Program notes from Wikipedia and the composer
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class AA
- Arkansas: V
- California: V Class A
- Georgia: VI
- Iowa: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
- Louisiana: IV
- Michigan: AA
- Minnesota: Category 1
- Mississippi: IV-A, V-A, VI-A
- New York: 2005 CONCERT BAND LEVEL 5
- North Carolina: VI
- Oklahoma: V-A
- South Carolina: V
- Tennessee: VI
- Texas: IV. Complete
- Virginia: V
Recent Performances
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- California State Long Beach Symphonic Band (Jermie S. Arnold, conductor) - 29 November 2012
- Hastings College Wind Ensemble (Daniel Laing, conductor) - 12 April 2011
Additional 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
- The Hounds of Spring, Wikipedia
- Reed, A. (1968). The Hounds of Spring: A Concert Overture for Winds [score]. Edward B. Marks Music : Hal Leonard Pub. [distributor]: Winona, MN
