Crusader's Hymn
Arranged by James D Ployhar
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General Info
Year: 1979
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Belwin-Mills
Cost: Score and Parts - out of print
For availability information, see Discussion area.
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This melody can be traced to a folk song from Silesia, and the first anonymous text appears in a hymnal dated 1677. The first English translation, Fairest Lord Jesus, appears in 1850. James Ployhar's version is as inspiring as it is beautifully written.
-Program Note from publisher
Media
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State Ratings
- Florida: III
- Louisiana: I
- Oklahoma: I-A
- West Virginia: II
Performances
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- Christian Fellowship Band (Rockford, Ill.) ( Vicki Peterson, conductor) - 28 September 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- American Patrol (as arranger) (1891/2005)
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (as arranger) (1963)
- Blue Tango (arr Ployhar) (as arranger)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (as arranger) (1941/1975)
- Burtonwood Overture
- Caravan (as arranger) (1937/1975)
- Castlebay Overture
- Castle, Loch, and Heath (as arranger) (1983)
- Chiapanecas (as arranger)
- Christmas Sing-a-Long (as arranger)
- Christmas "Pop" Sing-a-Long (as arranger)
- The Civil War (as arranger) (1991)
- Clarinets on the Run (1986)
- Concerto for Faculty and Band (1972)
- Cool Blues for Trumpets
- Crazy Clock
- Crusader's Hymn (as arranger) (1997)
- Deep River (as arranger) (1959)
- Devonshire Overture
- Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (as arranger) (1987)
- Fantasy on Joy to the World
- Fantasy on "The Marine's Hymn" (as arranger) (1994)
- Flight of the Flutes (2007)
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (as arranger) (1973)
- A Holly Jolly Christmas (as arranger) (1997)
- The Hundred Pipers (as arranger) (c. 1852/1973/1988)
- Impressions of a Scottish Air (1957)
- Jingle Bells in Dixie (as arranger) (1857/1989)
- Korean Folk Song Melody
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger) (1945/1998)
- March of the Irish Guard (as arranger) (1989)
- Morning Has Broken (1931/1977)
- A Nation's Prayer (as arranger) (2006)
- Nobody Knows the Troubles I've Seen (as arranger) (1956)
- An Old English Christmas (1958)
- Patriotic Sing-a-Long (as arranger) (1976)
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (as arranger) (1957/1960)
- Salute to the Patriots (1999)
- Santa Meets the Big Bands (2005)
- Simple Gifts (arr Ployhar) (as arranger) (1968)
- Sing for America (as arranger) (1998)
- Sleigh Ride (as arranger) (1948/1980)
- Songs of a New Nation
- Still, Still, Still (as arranger) (1988)
- Sunderland Overture
- Swingin' into Christmas (2002)
- Swingin' Old Saint Nick (as arranger) (1867/1998)
- Theme from "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (as arranger)
- Travelin' Trumpets (2006)
- Tunbridge Overture
- Vaudeville Favorites (as arranger) (1969)
- Vikingland (as arranger) (1986)
Resources
- Ployhar, J. (1979). Crusader's Hymn: Silesian Folk Song [score]. Byron-Douglas Publications: Melville, N.Y.