Panis Angelicus
César Franck (arr. Alfred Reed)
General Info
Year: 1860 / 1872 / 1988
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Three voices
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Chimes
Errata
In Parts:
- Oboe I, m.28, beat 3: D-flat5 should be a D natural.
- Timpani, m.49: Remove boxed rehearsal no. 53.
Program Notes
Originally completed in 1860, Franck's Mess a trois voix (Mass for three voices) was edited in 1872 with the addition of Panis Angelicus. In this edition, the work was scored for solo tenor voice, organ, harp, and double bass.
Panis angelicus
fit panis hominum
Dat panis coelicus
figuris terminum
O res mirabilis
Manducat Dominum
Pauper, pauper
servus et humilis
Pauper, pauper
servus et humilis
- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. The Washington Winds (Edward S. Petersen, conductor)
- Audio CD: The Washington Winds (Edward S. Petersen, conductor) – 1995
State Ratings
- Arkansas: II
- Florida: IV
- Georgia: IV
- Kansas: III
- South Carolina: IV
- Tennessee: IV
- Virginia: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Choral No 2 for Organ (scored Grainger; ed. Rogers) (1890/1941/20--?)
- Domine non secundum (arr. Michel) (1871/1997)
- Le Chausseur Maudit (arr. Hanna) (1883/)
- Le Chausseur Maudit (arr. Stauffer) (1883/1971)
- Morceau Symphonique (arr. Godfrey) (1874/1916)
- Panis Angelicus (arr. Burns) (1872/)
- Panis Angelicus (arr. Hautvast) (1872/2009)
- Panis Angelicus (adapt and arr. Reed) (1872/1988)
- Panis Angelicus (arr. Sparke) (1872/2001)
- Piece Heroique (arr. Grevenbroek) (1878/2000)
- Prelude (arr. Slocum) (1862/1974)
- Psalm 150 (arr. Naulais) (1883/)
- Psyche and Eros (1893/1903/)
- Psyche and Eros (tr. Harding) (1893/1903/1952)
- Symphony in D minor (arr. Brawner) (1889/)
Resources
- Franck, C.; Reed, Al. (1988). Panis angelicus [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Perusal score
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 210.
- Suk, Richard. "Panis angelicus." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 280-287. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.