American Hymn Tune Sketches

John Prescott

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This work bears the designation Opus 61.

General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bell Tree
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned in honor of Patricia A. Pennel, organist at First and Calvary Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Missouri.

-Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Tennessee: III

Performances

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Berea (Ky.) College Wind Ensemble (Matthew Talbert, conductor) – 25 February 2019
Macungie (Penn.) Band (Michael Moran, conductor) – 2 April 2016 (ACB 2016 Annual Convention (Pittsburgh, Penn.))
Pueblo (Colo.) West Community Band (George Hammersmith, conductor) – 14 July 2015
Great Lakes Adventist Academy (Edmore, Mich.) Wind Symphony - 4 April 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

The Legend of Greensleeves (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2020)

All Wind Works

Alien Marching Machine (2016)
The Aliens' Revenge (2019)
Aliens Landing (In Your Back Yard) (2008)
The Aliens Return (2020)
American Hymn Tune Sketches (2007)
Ancient Apparitions (2019)
Ancient Hymn Tune Variants (2014)
Boats Against the Current (2020)
Book of Secrets (2020)
Bright Shining as the Sun (2013)
By Virtue of the Skies (2016)
Chinese Dragon Dance (2010)
Christmas on the Town Square (2010)
Circles of Light (2009)
Close Encounter at Loch Ness (2013)
Cresting Calloway Peak (2005)
Dreams of Flight (2010)
East of the Sun (2005)
Echoes of the Morning Trumpet (2016)
Flight of the Vampire (2011)
The Garden of Magical Sounds (2018)
The Ghost Lights of Newton County (2016)
Haunted House (2009)
The Headless Horseman (2014)
Heroes and Quests (2020)
Highlander Fanfare (2005)
Impulse From a Vernal Wood (1995)
Infinity Fanfare (2019)
Jammin' Old St. Nicholas (as arranger) (2017)
Kickstart (2021)
Leaves That Descend to No Drum (1993/2020)
The Legend of Greensleeves (2011)
The Legend of Greensleeves (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2020)
Monster at the Drive-Thru Window (2018)
Nova Stella (2017)
Phoenix and Dragon (2011)
Poltergeist (2011)
Portals of Time (2016)
Prelude and Dance (2019)
Prelude and Toccata (2019)
Secrets of Area 51 (2017)
The Soaring Falcon (2011)
Table Rock Festival (2020)
Time Circles (2015)
To the Colors (2018)
Triumphant Celebration (2013)
The Troll Bridge (2015)
Tropes: Variants on an Ancient Kyrie (2015)
Turbocharge (2021)
A Vision Through the Pines (2001)
Wide Horizon (2008)
Wide Missouri (2019)
Winterfest (2008)
Zombies Knocking On Your Door (2013)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "John Prescott." Accessed 12 July 2015.
Prescott, J. (2007). American Hymn Tune Sketches: For Concert Band [score]. Wingert-Jones: Kansas City, Mo.