Lux Prima
Franz Joseph Haydn (arr. Ralph Ford)
Subtitle: Come, My Soul, Thou Must Be Awakening
General Info
Year: 1791 / 2008
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani (optional)
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The title Lux Prima translates from the Latin as "first light."
Originally set to music by Franz Joseph Haydn in 1791, the text was written in 1700 by Friedrich R.L. von Canitz. The text was translated from German to English in 1838 by Henry J. Bucknell and in 1872 was set to another theme by John Steiner.
- Program Note from score
This is a lovely musical setting scored in 3/4 time. The flowing tuneful melody is shared by everyone. First stated by the upper woodwinds, the full band gradually builds to a breathtaking conclusion.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Florida: I
- Louisiana: I
- Texas: I. Complete
Performances
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- William J. Montford III Middle School (Tallahassee, Fla.) Concert Band (Holly Dunaway, conductor) – 29 February 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Menuetto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1795/2019)
- Trumpet Concerto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1796/2021)
All Wind Works
- Achieved Is the Glorious Work (arr. Miller) (1798/1965/2005)
- Allegretto from "Symphony No. 100" (arr. Cipolla) (1794/)
- Allegro from Concerto in C (Percussion Nonet) (arr. Coley) (1761–65/)
- Allegro from Concerto in C (Percussion Quintet) (arr. Coley) (1761–65/)
- Andante (arr. Barnes) (1988)
- Armida Overture (arr. Bowles) (1784/1977)
- Chorale Saint Antoni (tr. Tolmage) (1953)
- Classical Suite for Piano and Band (with Mozart; arr. Curnow) (2006)
- Concerto for Bb Cornet or Trumpet (arr. Duthoit) (1796/1948)
- Concerto for Oboe (arr. Monson)
- Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Rumbelow) (1796/1999)
- Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Laverty) (1796)
- Concerto in C Major (arr. Zorn) (c. 1790 / )
- Concerto No 2 for Horn and Winds (arr. Bushouse)
- Derbyshire Cavalry Marches (arr. Hash and Walters) (1794/1995)
- Divertimentos in C Major
- Divertimentos in D Major
- Divertimentos in G Major
- Gypsy Rondo (arr. Marlatt) (1795/2016)
- Horn Concerto No 1 in D
- Haydn Symphony No. 11: Second Movement (tr. Holmes) (1760-62/1935)
- Hungarian National March (arr. Landon) (1802/1960)
- London Trio No. 3
- Lux Prima (arr. Ford) (1791/2008)
- March for the Prince of Wales
- Marche Regimento de Marshall
- Marches for the Derbyshire Cavalry Regiment
- Menuetto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1795/2019)
- Military Symphony (tr. Tobani) (1794/1896)
- Octet in F Major (1802)
- Orlando Paladino Overture (arr. de Rubertis) (1782/1938)
- Overture Militaire (arr. Skornicka) (1794/1938)
- Partita in E-flat (ed. Colnot) (1760-1767)
- Partita in F
- St Anthony Divertimento (tr. Wilcox) (1956)
- Symphony No. 92: First Movement (tr. Rhodes) (1789/2006)
- Symphony No. 100 (tr. Tobani). See: Military Symphony
- Symphony No. 100: Second Movement (arr. Posch) (1794/)
- Symphony No. 100: Third Movement (arr. Johnson). See: Third Movement from "Symphony No. 100"
- Theme and Variations from Symphony No 94 (arr. Marcus)
- Third Movement from "Symphony No. 100" (arr. Johnson) (1794/)
- Trumpet Concerto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1796/2021)
- Two Classic Miniatures (with Hummel; arr. Williams) (1991)