Rejouissance
Subtitle: Fantasia on Ein Feste Burg
General Info
Year:1988 / 2013
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II (I. div.)
Oboe I-II (I. div.; I doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass 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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Rejouissance was commissioned by the St. Joseph (Mchigan) Municipal Band in honor of John E.N. Howard, the band's conductor from 1947 to 1987. In selecting a French word for the title "Rejoicing," and Italian-Spanish word for the form "fantasy" and a set of variations on Martin Luther's German hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Curnow reminds us of the universality of music.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
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State Ratings
- Georgia: V
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
- Kansas: IV
- Louisiana: III
- Michigan: Senior High A
- Minnesota: II
- North Carolina: V
- Ohio: OMEA High School Band A
- South Carolina: V
- Tennessee: V
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Wind Symphony (Byron Graves, conductor) - 19 March 2021
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Concert Band (Daniel J. Farris, conductor) – 1 March 2020
- University of Iowa (Iowa City) Honor Band (Mark Heidel, conductor) – 1 March 2020
- University Of North Carolina, Greensboro, University Band (J. Benjamin Jones, Conductor) – 19 November 2019
- Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Band (Byron Graves, conductor) – 2 March 2019
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Symphonic Band (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) – 1 March 2018
- Concordia University (Seward, Neb.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Schultz, conductor) – 17 October 2017
- Perry High School (Massillon, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Ryan Smith, conductor) – 16 November 2015
- Oxford (England) Reunion Wind Orchestra (Ian Rutt, conductor) - 27 October 2012
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 7 December 2007
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
All Wind Works
- African Sketches (1992)
- Album for the Young (Op. 39) (as arranger) (1878/2007)
- Amber Waves of Grain (1994)
- Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
- Appalachian Dances (2008)
- Apple Island Legend (1997)
- Beyond the Stars
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (as arranger) (1985)
- Blazon (1997)
- Bridge of the Gods (2012)
- Canadian Sketches (1996)
- Canterbury Coronation (1996)
- Canticle at Christmastide (2006)
- Canticle of the Creatures (1984)
- Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- The Carnival of the Animals (as arranger) (1886/2008)
- Celebration Fanfare
- Celebration (1994)
- Ceremonial Flourishes (1988)
- Chinese Folk Fantasy (2013)
- Christmas Classics (1993)
- Christmas Fancies (2000)
- Christmas Flourish, A (1998)
- Christmas Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Christmas Travelogue (as arranger)
- Classical Suite for Piano and Band (as arranger) (2006)
- Concertino for Tuba and Band (1978/2001)
- Concertpiece (1990)
- Concertpiece for Clarinet, Winds and Percussion (1990)
- Dance Episodes (2006)
- Day at the Circus, A (1998)
- Day at the Museum, A (1997)
- Day in Space, A
- Dialogues for Saxophone Quartet, Winds and Percussion (2005)
- Dimensions of Seven
- Dublin Sketches
- Fanfare and Flourishes (1995)
- Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
- Fanfare for Christmas (2004)
- Fanfare for Spartacus (1996)
- Fanfare Prelude: "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (1999)
- Fanfare Prelude on "God of Our Fathers" (1876/1983)
- Fanfare Prelude on "Joy to the World" (1985)
- Fantasia di Falcone
- Fantasy on a Colonial Air
- Festive Fanfare for the Holidays (2006)
- Festivity (1993)
- Festivo Fantastico (1998)
- Fiddle Tunes (as arranger) (2002)
- Finale for a Winter Festival (2004)
- Folk Dances (as arranger (1942/2000)
- Freedom Road (1994)
- Freedom's Song (2009)
- French Christmas Carol Fantasy (1989)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (as arranger)
- Guadalcanal March (as arranger) (1952/1989)
- Heroic Tribute (2006)
- Illini Fantasy (2006)
- In Storm and Sunshine (as arranger) (1884/1986)
- In the Valley of the Sun (2013)
- International Christmas Salute (1996)
- Inventions from the Sacred Harp (2005)
- Irish Legends (1994)
- Journey (2009)
- Jubilee (2012)
- Kentucky Kaleidoscope
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (1988)
- Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
- Land of Tomorrow (2010)
- Lion of Lucerne (1986)
- Lone Star Celebration (1995)
- Megaforce (1997)
- Midway March (as arranger)
- Moment in Time, A
- Mutanza (1981)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (1990)
- Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
- Nexus (2015)
- Nulli Secundus (Curnow)
- Nutcracker Suite (as arranger) (1891/1987)
- Overture to a Winter Festival (1995)
- Peter and the Wolf (as arranger) (1936/1986)
- Praetorius Variations
- Prelude and Celebration (1996)
- Prelude on a Hymn of Praise (1996)
- Prelude on Lobe Den Herren (1982/1997)
- The Promise of Living (as arranger) (1954/2012)
- Quintessence
- Rejouissance (1988)
- Renaissance Festival (as arranger) (2008)
- Renaissance Suite (as arranger) (c.1551/1983)
- Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
- Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band (1978/1999)
- Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies (1996)
- Romanza (2017)
- Russian Christmas Music (as arranger) (1944/1990)
- Russian Folk Fantasy (1992)
- Sea to Shining Sea (2006)
- Seacliffe Overture (1983)
- Selections from "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46 (as transcriber) (1878/)
- Selections from "Suite of Old American Dances" (as arranger) (1950/2005)
- Selections from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1992)
- Slavonic Dances, The (as transcriber)
- Songs of the West (as arranger) (1907/1986)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (as arranger) (1897)
- Sovereign Variants
- Spirit of the Pioneers (2007)
- Suite from "Messiah" (as transcriber) (1741/1989)
- Suncatcher (2000)
- Symphonic Chorale for Band (1989)
- Symphonic Suite from "The Right Stuff" (as arranger) (1983/1984)
- Symphonic Triptych (1978)
- Symphonic Variants (1998)
- Three Colonial Ballads (as arranger)
- The Three Drummers (2004)
- Toward the Sunrising (1999)
- Turkish March (as arranger) (1809/2001)
- Valdres (arr Curnow) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2016)
- Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
- Vanguard (2003)
- Voluntary on Old Hundreth (as transcriber) (/2000)
- A Wexford Reverie (as arranger) (2005)
- When the Morning Stars Sang (2005)
- Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew (1993)
- Whirlwind (2012)
- Winds of Change
Resources
- Curnow, J.; Luther, M. (1988). Rejouissance: Fantasia on Ein Feste Berg [score]. Jenson: New Berlin, Wisc.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 152.