Hymn of Saint Francis
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General Info
Year: 1993
Duration: c. 14:15
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Phoebus Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $120.00
Movements
1. Invocation – 1:40
2. A Murmuration of Starlings – 1:50
3. A Scuttle of Crabs – 0:55
4. A Squabble of Seagulls - 0:30
5. A Smack of Jellyfish – 1:30
6. A Drumming of Grouse and a Gatling of Woodpeckers – 0:50
7. A Buzzing of Bees – 1:10
8. A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes – 1:50
9. A Flight of Swallows – 2:55
Instrumentation
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Hymn of St. Francis was written by Dan Bukvich for a junior high band. It uses extended techniques to create sounds reminiscent of various animals. “I’m always hoping that a student will say, ‘Hey, I know a better sound than this.’ That would be the ultimate goal of the piece,” Bukvich says.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Maryland: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Corpo Bandistico di Gorlago (Italy) (Erina Ferrarini, conductor) – Christmas 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 12873465 (2004)
- Agincourt Hymn (1987)
- Ballroom Portraits (2015)
- Before Thy Throne I Now Appear (as arranger) (1750/1993)
- Buffalo Jump Ritual (2002)
- Casco Bay
- Celebrate Celebration (1995)
- Changing Concepts
- A Child's Dream of a Star
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestral Winds (1992)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Winds (2009)
- Cowboys (1996)
- Dinosaurs (1991)
- The Dream of Abraham (1993/1994)
- Electricity (1997)
- Fanfare for 1990 Goodwill Games (1990)
- Fanfare for a Great Circle
- Fanfare in Song Form
- Four Phrases from Psalm 91
- The Haunted Mine (2010)
- Hymn of St. Francis (1993)
- In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945. See: Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945"
- Inferno (2010)
- Jack Teagarden Enters Heaven (1997)
- Maine Vigils
- March of the Children's Guard (1997)
- Meditations on the Writings of Vasily Kandinsky (1996)
- Music for Percussion and Band (1996)
- Night City - Music for the Imaginary Film (1983)
- Rhythm
- Scenes from Childhood (1983)
- Song Suite for Band (1988)
- Surprise, Pattern, Illusion: Prehistoric Cave Ceremonies (1985)
- Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945" (1993)
- Three Phrases from Yugoslav Folk Songs (2003)
- Threnos (2000)
- Time Travel (1997)
- Tower of the Winds (2010)
- Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums (1999)
- The Virgin and Child With St. Anne
- Voodoo (1984)
- Xylophone Concerto (1979)
Resources
- Bukvich, D. (1993). Hymn of St. Francis [score]. Phoebus Publications: Oshkosh, Wisc.
- Daniel Bukvich website Accessed 15 August 2018