Alleluia! Laudamus Te

Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed

Subtitle: A Celebration Hymn for Winds, Percussion, and Optional Organ

General Info

Year: 1973
Duration: c. 6:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
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 Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Organ
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

• Baritone Saxophone, m.7: Rhythm should be 8th, 4th, 8th, 4th, as it appears in the score
  
• Bass Clarinet, m. 79: Note should be B-flat
  
• Horn I-II-III-IV, m.98: Rhythm should be 8th, 4th, 8th, 8th, 8th rest, as it appears in the score
  

Program Notes

Alleluia! Laudamus Te is a hymn of praise without words, with the band serving as a single massive choir and, at times, broken down into individual sections, each performing as a separate choir. The music is based on three main themes, the first being a massive chorale in the brass, the second a long flowing line in the horns and woodwinds, and the third a quasi-fanfare figure first heard in the trumpets and then spreading throughout the other sections of the orchestra as it is developed.

The work was commissioned by Richard S. Mountford and the Malone College Concert Band, which premiered the work, conducted by Reed, at its third annual band festival in February 1973.

- Program notes by William Johnson for the San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra concert program, 11 December 2011

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class A
• Arkansas: IV
• California: IV Class B
• Florida: V
• Iowa: IV
• Louisiana: III
• Michigan: Senior High A
• Minnesota: II
• South Carolina: V
• Tennessee: IV
• Virginia: V

Performances

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• Concordia University (River Forest, Ill.) University Band (Richard R. Fischer, conductor) – 8 November 2019
• Sacramento (Calif.) State University Concert Band (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 16 October 2019
• The Ohio State University (Columbus) Symphonic Band (Daniel Farr, conductor) – 6 October 2019
• Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) Wind Orchestra (James Patrick Miller, conductor) – 31 May 2019
• University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Heath Nails, conductor; Faythe Freese, organ) – 24 April 2019
• Gold Coast Wind Ensemble (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (Michael Doty, conductor) – 7 April 2019
• AUSA Military Band (Clovis, Calif.) (Monte Gmur, conductor) – 10 March 2019
• Atlanta (Ga.) Wind Symphony (David Kehler, conductor) – 9 March 2019
• University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Symphonic Band (Michael Robinson, conductor) – 18 February 2019
• Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) Concert Band (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) – 16 February 2019 (2019 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• West Valley Wind Ensemble (Sun City West, Ariz.) (Clark Chaffee, conductor) – 3 February 2019
• University of California, Los Angeles, Symphonic Band (Shawn Evans, conductor) – 7 December 2018
• Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Concert Band (Larry Stoner, conductor; Mark Tucker, organ) – 21 October 2018
• Ithaca (N.Y.) College Concert Band (Brian Diller, conductor) – 11 October 2018
• Texas A&M (College Station) Symphonic Band (Russell Tiptony, conductor) – 7 October 2018
• Scotia Band (Eureka, Calif.) (Kenneth Ayoob, conductor; Merry Phillips, organ) – 26 August 2018
• Colorado Wind Ensemble (Denver) (David Kish, conductor) – 11 February 2018
• Encore Winds (Traverse City, Michigan) (Tim Topolewski, conductor) – 2 December 2017

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (as transcriber; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Two Bagatelles (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1983/1997/2010)

All Wind Works

• Acclamation!
• Alleluia! Laudamus Te (1973)
• Arioso (as arranger) (1998)
• Armenian Dances (1972-1978)
  • Armenian Dances, Part One (1972)
  • Armenian Dances, Part Two (1978)
• Autumn Leaves (as arranger) (1947/2017)
• Ballade (1956/1999)
• Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 Suite (as arranger) (1965)
• Canto e Camdombe
• A Celebration Fanfare (1989)
• Ceremony of Flourishes (1964)
• Chanson Triste (1989)
• A Christmas Suite (1974)
• Chorale Prelude in E minor (1953/1966)
• A Christmas Celebration (1987)
• A Christmas Intrada (1980)
• Clear Track Polka (2000)
• Come, Sweet Death (as arranger) (1736/1976)
• Come, Sweet Death (as arranger, with Kim Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Concertino for Marimba and Winds (1993)
• Curtain Up! (1991)
• Danza Caribe (1986)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (as arranger) (1653/1724/1990)
• Divertimento for Flute and Concert Band (1998)
• Double Wind Quintet (1975)
• El Camino Real (1985)
• El Camino Real (arr. Longfield) (1985/2013)
• The Enchanted Island (1980)
• The Entertainer (as arranger) (1902/1974)
• Evolutions (1993)
• Fanfare and Processional (2005)
• The Fantasticks (as arranger) (1966)
• Fantasy on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (as arranger) (1973)
• A Festival Prelude (1962)
• A Festive Overture (1963)
• Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
• Finlandia (as editor) (1900/2004)
• First Suite for Band (1975)
• Five Dances for Five Clarinets and Band
• Forget Me Not, O Lord (as arranger) (c. 1736/1985)
• Fourth Suite for Band (1994)
• Funiculi Funicula (as arranger) (1880/1994)
• Giligia (2000)
• The Golden Year (1997)
• Greensleeves (1993/2011)
• Gypsy Dance (as arranger) (1872/1997)
• Huldigungsmarsch (as editor) (1864/2002)
• Highlights from "Exodus" (as arranger) (1960/1962)
• Highlights from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/1965)
• The Hounds of Spring (1981)
• Hymn Variants (1992)
• I Left my Heart in San Francisco (as transcriber; ed. Rogers) (1954/1963)
• Imperatrix (1972)
• In Dulci Jubilo (as arranger) (1970)
• Intrada Drammatica (1968/1992)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (1723/1981)
• Jidai (2001)
• Joyeux Noël (2002)
• A Jubilant Overture (1970)
• A Jubilant Overture (arr. Conaway) (1970/2011)
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is (1995)
• L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (as editor, with McAlister) (1872/2002)
• A Little Concert Suite (1984)
• Mancini! (as arranger) (1965)
• March Grandioso (as arranger) (1901/1969)
• Mary Poppins (as arranger) (1964/2006)
• Millennium III (1999)
• Mr. Music (1990)
• Music for Hamlet (1973/2018)
• The Music-Makers (1968)
• The Music Man: Highlights (as arranger) (1957/1959)
• My Heart Is Filled With Longing (as arranger) (c. 1710/1986)
• Nimrod (as arranger) (1899/1965)
• A Northern Legend (1972)
• Ode for Trumpet (1956)
• Othello (1977)
• Our Father Who Art in Heaven (as arranger)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (as arranger) (1845/1991)
• The Pledge of Allegiance (1970)
• Praise Jerusalem! (1986)
• Prelude IV (as arranger) (1983)
• Prelude and Capriccio (1978)
• Presentation of the Silver Rose (as arranger) (1910/1988)
• Punchinello (1974)
• Radetzky March (as arranger) (1993)
• Rahoon (1965)
• The Ramparts of Courage (1995)
• Rosalind in the Forest of Arden (2005)
• Rushmore (1981)
• Russian Christmas Music (1944)
• Russian Christmas Music (arr. Curnow) (1944/1990)
• Seascape: A Dramatic Intermezzo (1962)
• Second Century (1986)
• Second Suite for Band (1980)
• Second Symphony (1979)
• Serenade (1966)
• The Severn Suite (as arranger) (1973)
• Siciliana Notturno (1977)
• Silver Shadow
• Sine Nomine (as arranger) (1906/1976)
• Sixth Suite for Band
• Slavonic Folk Suite (1953)
• Song of Threnos (1964)
• A Springtime Celebration (1991)
• The Strenuous Life (as arranger) (1902/1974)
• Sumus Futuro (1999)
• Symphonic Prelude (1963)
• Symphony for Brass and Percussion (1952/1967)
• Symphony II. See: Second Symphony
• Symphony No. 3 (1988)
  • Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner (1882/1988)
• Symphony No. 4 (1992)
• Symphony No. 5 (1995)
• Tarantella (1996)
• Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (as arranger) (1963)
• Third Suite For Band (1982)
• Three Chorales (as arranger; ed. McAlister) (?/2013)
• Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra (1984)
• Thunder and Lightning (1999)
• The Tsar's Farewell (as arranger) (2001)
• Twelfth Night (2003)
• Two Bagatelles (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1983/1997/2010)
• Two Bagatelles (1983/1995)
• Two Bagatelles for Concert Band (1983/1997)
• Two Bagatelles for Four Trombones (1983)
• Vilia
• Viva Musica! (1984)
• With Trumpets And Drums (1992)

Resources

• Reed, A. (1973) Alleluia! Laudamus Te : A Celebration Hymn for Winds, Percussion, and Optional Organ [score]. Piedmont Music: [s.l.]
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). ‘’Program Notes for Band.’’ Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 492.