March of the Children's Guard

Daniel Bukvich

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General Info

Year: 1997
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Written in 1997, March of the Children’s Guard shows a great deal of influence by John Phillip Sousa. The arpeggiated opening trumpet fanfare in the first four measures, followed by the descending unison passage in measures 5 and 6, with the chromatic alteration leading to the dominant, is a vintage Sousa technique. Repeated 16-bar phrases, as found in this piece, are also prevalent in Sousa marches. Bukvich’s use of kazoos, tin drums, toy cymbals, and sound flutes later on in the piece are not, however, typical of Sousa.

- Program Notes extracted from The Careers and Works of Emerging Composers of Music for the Wind-Band: Discussions with Jack Stamp, Thomas Duffy, Andrew Boysen, Jr. and Daniel Bukvich by James P. McCrann; edited for content by Susan G. Weaver.

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Whitman College (Walla Walla, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Gary Gemberling, conductor) – 21 April 2019

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

Daniel Bukvich website Accessed 22 April 2019