Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face
This work bears the designation Opus 105.
General Info
Year: 1963 / 1968
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $4.50
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Turn Not Thy Face was commissioned by the Ithaca (New York) High School Band in memory of President John F. Kennedy. Frank Battisti conducted the premiere on May 17, 1967. Because of his early experience as a church choir organist, it was not surprising that some of Persichetti's most performed works were for church use. Turn Not Thy Face was the fifth composition to include material from his own Hymns and Responses for the Church Year. This collection, according to Persichetti, contains a "distilled thematic substance so potent it seems impossible for me to keep larger works from growing out of these yeasty cells."
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Commercial Discography
Media
State Ratings
- Kansas: IV
- Louisiana: IV
- Maryland: V
- Oklahoma: IV-A
- Tennessee: III
- Texas: IV. Complete
Performances
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- University of Washington Campus Band - 2014
- Ithaca (N.Y.) High School Band (Frank Battisti, conductor) – 17 May 1967 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bagatelles for Band (1961)
- Celebrations (1966)
- Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen (1984)
- Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star (1963)
- Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face (1963/1968)
- Divertimento for Band (1953)
- A Lincoln Address (1959/1974)
- Masquerade for Band (1965)
- O Cool Is the Valley (1971)
- O God Unseen. See: Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen
- Pageant (1953)
- Pageant (ed. Tokke) (1953/c. 2019)
- Parable IX (1974)
- Pastoral (1943/1951)
- Psalm for Band (1953)
- Serenade for Band (1960)
- Serenade No 1 (1929/1963)
- Serenade No. 11. See: Serenade for Band
- So Pure the Star
- Symphony for Band (1956)
Resources
- Persichetti, V. (1968). Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face: For Band, Op. 105 [score]. Elkan-Vogel, Philadelphia, Penn.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 475.