Anthem
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubling English horn)
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Contrabass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crotales
- Crash Cymbals
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A one-movement work that combines elements of the national anthems of both the United States and the Republic of Iraq, Anthem invites the listener to contemplate the ramifications of conflict and the meaning of war. A setting of the Iraqi national anthem, entitled My Homeland, is combined with fragments of The Star-Spangled Banner in addition to an original ballad-like theme to create a meaningful and heartfelt new masterpiece for the wind band!
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Nevada (Reno) Wind Ensemble (A G McGrannahan III, conductor) – 21 March 2008 (CBDNA 2008 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air Mobility Command March (2008)
- Anthem (2009)
- Canzon, Fugato, and Hymn (2004)
- A Dakota Rhapsody (2007)
- Declarations (1996/1997)
- Elegy (1989)
- Elegy, Prayer, and Hymn (2015)
- Essay (1992)
- Fantasia on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (2005)
- First Essay for Symphonic Band. See: Essay
- Foundation (2007)
- Heartland Sketches (2009)
- Homage to the Dream (2013)
- Illuminations (2016/2018)
- In Memoriam (2002)
- La cathédrale résiliente (2019)
- Legacy for Brass and Percussion (2008)
- London Miniatures (1998)
- A Movement for Rosa (1992)
- Pacific Commemoration (1999)
- Prelude, Processional, and Postlude (2019)
- Reminiscences (2011)
- Resolutions (2017/2020)
- Romanza, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Second Essay for Symphonic Band (2015)
- The Shining City (2011)
- Symphonic Fanfare (2006)
- Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer) (2006)
- Symphony from Ivy Green
- Three London Miniatures (1988)
- To Build a Fire (1992)
- Tribute (1985)
- Twin Ports Overture (2012/2013)
- Two American Canvases (2010)
- Watchman, Tell Us of the Night (1996)
- Whatsoever Things... (1997)
- Yosemite Autumn (1997/2004)