Introit
General Info
Year: 1983
Duration: c. 7:35
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $155.00 | Score Only (print) - $17.95
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-IV-V, including:
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Orchestra Chimes
- Snare Drum (2)
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Tom (3)
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Players singing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The work is based on a 16th Century hymn melody Rendez a Dieu by French composer Louis Bourgeois. The coda features sonorities imitating the timbre of large cast-bronze bells.
Introit was commissioned by the Manatee High School Band in Bradenton, Florida. directed by Howard Lerner.
- Program Note from publisher
Introit (1983) is based on the sixteenth-century hymn melody Rendez à Dieu, or “Return to God.” About eight minutes in length, the piece uses techniques from different periods in music history as variations (there are three variations and a coda). Opening the piece is a homorhythmic, chorale presentation of the hymn in woodwind and brass choirs. Tull then creates a five-part fugue exclusively featuring the percussion section. He fragments the theme throughout the ensemble in the third section and, in the fourth section, he presents the theme in augmentation underneath ostinato figures in the woodwind section.
- Program Note from University of North Texas University Band concert program, 22 February 2017
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
- Arkansas: V
- Kansas: IV
- Louisiana: III
- Mississippi: V-A
- North Carolina: V
- South Carolina: V
- Tennessee: IV
- Texas: III. Complete
- Virginia: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Wind Ensemble (Jim Lloyd, conductor) - 16 March 2021
- Penn State University (University Park) Concert Band (Herbert J. Payung, conductor) – 9 December 2019
- California State University, Long Beach, Symphonic Band (Jermie S. Arnold, conductor) – 5 October 2017
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Penn.) Symphony Band (Jason Worzbyt, conductor) – 4 March 2017
- University of North Texas (Denton) University Band (Benjamin Blasko, conductor) – 22 February 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Accolade (1978)
- Antiphon (1970)
- The Binding (1981/1984)
- Centennial Vista (1991)
- Ceremonial Proclamation (1983)
- Chant of the Phoenix (1984)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble
- Concerto Grosso for Brass Quintet and Symphonic Band (1985)
- Credo (1974)
- Cryptic Essay (1975)
- Fanfare for Band and Antiphonal Brass (1982)
- The Final Covenant (1979)
- Introit (1983)
- Jargon (1976/1980)
- March for Tripod (1973)
- Nonet (1981)
- A Passing Fantasy (1992)
- Prelude and Double Fugue (1978)
- Reflections on Paris (1973)
- Requiem (1987)
- Rhapsody (1980)
- Saga of the Clouds
- Second Concerto for Trumpet (1972/1974)
- Sketches on a Tudor Psalm (1972)
- Studies in Motion (1975)
- Terpsichore (1969)
- Toccata (1969)
- Two Pieces from Lt. Kije (as arranger) (1934/1971)
- Variations on an Advent Hymn (1962/1973)
Resources
- Tull, F.; Bourgeois, L. (1987). Introit [score]. Southern Music: San Antonio, Tex.