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Lift Up Your Heads
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (trans. Shiree X. Williams)
Subtitle: Short Festival Anthem for Wind Ensemble
General Info
Year: 1892 / 2022
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Choir and organ
Publisher: Shiree X. Williams Music, through Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $120.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Published in 1892, Lift Up Your Heads was originally scored for choir and organ. The piece is a short anthem based on Psalm 24:708. This psalm is connected to when David brought the ark of the covenant back from the home of Obed-edom. The ark that represented God's presence was about to enter Jerusalem. When it had been seized by the Philistines, Eli's daughter-in-law bore a son and called him Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel because the ark of God has been captured." Now that the ark was about to enter Jerusalem, the glory of the King of heaven and earth was returning.
For me, transcribing this piece meant having the opportunity to give further voice to Coleridge-Taylor as both an influential human and genius musician. It is my hope that performers and listeners alike are inspired by this work and the legacy of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- West Virginia University (Morgantown) Symphonic Band (Cheldon R. Williams, conductor) - 25 April 2023
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Tiffany Galus, conductor) – 7 February 2023
- Oklahoma Intercollegiate Honor Band (Tulsa) (Andrea Brown, conductor) - 19 January 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Danse Negre (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bukin) (1898/2020)
All Wind Works
- Ballade (tr. Patterson) (1898/)
- Christmas Overture (tr. Bodin) (1911-1925/2019)
- Christmas Overture (arr. Derharke) (1911-1925/2022)
- Danse Negre (arr. Bukin) (1898/2020)
- Danse Negre (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bukin) (1898/2020)
- Lift Up Your Heads (tr. Williams) (1892/2022)
- O Ye That Love the Lord (tr. Williams) (1892/2022)
- Othello Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1909/1922)
- Children's Intermezzo (arr. Winterbottom) (1909/1922)
- Othello Suite (arr. Winterbottom; ed. Asendorf) (1909/1922/2019[?])
- Petite Suite de Concert (tr. Winterbottom) (1911/1917)