Threnos (Bukvich)
Subtitle: A Song of Lamentation based on the Gettysburg Address
General Info
Year: 2000
Duration: c. 10:20
Difficulty: V
Publisher: Wingert-Jones Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $14.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III (One doubles Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Field Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Probably no speech in modern history has been examined and studied as much as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and few speeches have been so often quoted and used in other people's presentations, whether oral or musical. A fascinating recent study examines the rhythm of the words Lincoln used, researching the drama and the implications of their rhythmic content. These rhythmic implications are the basis of Bukvich's effective and dramatic new work, beginning appropriately enough with, Four Score and Seven.
- Program Note from publisher
Commercial Discography
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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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 18 June 2020
- Perusal score