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Russian Christmas Music
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General Info
Year: 1944
Duration: c.12:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publications/Belwin
Cost: Parts & Score: $80.00 | Score Only: $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo I-II (Alt. Flute III-IV)
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Eb Clarinet
Bb Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
BBb Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet (in Bb) I-II-III
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone (Trombone IV)
Baritone (Bass & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II (7 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash, suspended)
- Gong
- Triangle
- Orchestra bells
- Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Originally written in November 1944, Russian Christmas Music was first performed in December of that year in Denver, Colorado. Two years later, the piece was elaborated and revised that eventually published. An ancient Russian Christmas Carol (Carol of the Little Russian Children) is mixed with motives from orthodox liturgical music from the Eastern Orthodox Church. Though set as a single piece, the composer originally subtitled the four easily separated sections Children's Carol, Antiphonal Chant, Village Song, and Cathedral Chorus.
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
- Florida: V --- (The Florida Bandmasters Association denotes this as "significant literature.")
- Maryland: V
- New York: VI
- Texas: V
Recent Performances
Liverpool High School Concert Ensemble (James R. Dumas, conductor) - 5 December 2012
- Category 5 Wind Ensemble, Inc. (Dan Sitomer, conductor) - 15 December 2012.
- Cuesta Wind Ensemble (Jennifer Martin, conductor) - 7 December 2011
- Omaha Symphonic Winds (William Hall, conductor) - 30 October 2011.
- Delaware Valley Wind Symphony (Jerry Nowak, conductor) - December 2007.
- Palisades High School (Nathaniel Kirby, conductor) - December 2007.
- William Fremd High School (Matthew Moore, conductor) - December 2006.
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Alleluia Laudamus Te
- Armenian Dances, Part One
- Armenian Dances, Part Two
- Celebration Fanfare, A
- Chanson Triste
- Christmas Intrada, A
- Clear Track Polka
- Concertino for Marimba and Winds
- Curtain Up! (A Theater Overture for Winds)
- Danza Caribe
- Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness
- Divertimento for Flute and Winds
- El Camino Real
- Festival Prelude (1962)
- Festive Overture, A (1963)
- Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
- First Suite for Band (1975)
- Fourth Suite for Band
- Funiculi, Funicula
- Giligia (A Song of Remembrance)
- Golden Year, The
- Greensleeves
- Hounds Of Spring, The
- Hymn Variants
- Imperatrix
- Jubilant Overture, A
- King of Love My Shepherd Is, The
- Little Concert Suite, A
- Millennium III
- Mr. Music
- Northern Legend, A
- Othello (1977)
- Praise Jerusalem
- Prelude IV
- Punchinello
- Radetzky
- Rahoon
- Ramparts of Courage, The
- Rushmore
- Russian Christmas Music (1944)
- Second Century
- Second Suite for Band
- Silver Shadow (Concert March)
- Siciliana Notturno (1977)
- Sixth Suite for Band
- Slavonic Folk Suite
- Springtime Celebration, A
- Symphonic Prelude Based on Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
- Symphony No. 3
- Symphony No. 4
- Sumus Futuro
- Tarantella
- Third Suite For Band
- Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra
- Thunder and Lightning
- Two Bagatelles for Concert Band
- Vilia
- Viva Musica
- With Trumpets And Drums
Additional Resources
- Battisti, Frank L. (2002). The Winds of Change. Galesville, Md.: Meredith Music Publications. pp. 29–30
- Miles, Richard, compiler and editor. (2002). Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 2. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 36–41.
- Reed, Alfred. (1979, October). “Russian Christmas Music.” The Instrumentalist 34, 36-41
