Dream of Abraham, The
General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 13:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications
Cost: Score & Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III-IV
Oboe I-II
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves
- Crotales
- Field Drum
- Gong (or Tam-tam)
- Guiro
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Blocks (5)
- Tom-Tom (large)
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
" The dream... always... whenever I sleep... the dream...shouts become whispers; " Those are the words of Abraham Zapruder as he speaks of his own reaction to the film he made of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- Program Note by composer
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Utah State University (Logan) Wind Symphony (Thomas P. Rohrer, conductor) - 3 November 2023
- University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls) Wind Symphony (Ronald Johnson, conductor.) - 15 April 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 12873465 (2004)
- Agincourt Hymn (1987)
- Ballroom Portraits (2015)
- Before Thy Throne I Now Appear (as arranger) (1750/1993)
- Buffalo Jump Ritual (2002)
- Casco Bay
- Celebrate Celebration (1995)
- Changing Concepts
- A Child's Dream of a Star
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestral Winds (1992)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Winds (2009)
- Cowboys (1996)
- Dinosaurs (1991)
- The Dream of Abraham (1993/1994)
- Electricity (1997)
- Fanfare for 1990 Goodwill Games (1990)
- Fanfare for a Great Circle
- Fanfare in Song Form
- Four Phrases from Psalm 91
- The Haunted Mine (2010)
- Hymn of St. Francis (1993)
- In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945. See: Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945"
- Inferno (2010)
- Jack Teagarden Enters Heaven (1997)
- Maine Vigils
- March of the Children's Guard (1997)
- Meditations on the Writings of Vasily Kandinsky (1996)
- Music for Percussion and Band (1996)
- Night City - Music for the Imaginary Film (1983)
- Rhythm
- Scenes from Childhood (1983)
- Song Suite for Band (1988)
- Surprise, Pattern, Illusion: Prehistoric Cave Ceremonies (1985)
- Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945" (1993)
- Three Phrases from Yugoslav Folk Songs (2003)
- Threnos (2000)
- Time Travel (1997)
- Tower of the Winds (2010)
- Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums (1999)
- The Virgin and Child With St. Anne
- Voodoo (1984)
- Xylophone Concerto (1979)
Resources
- Buvich, D.(1994). The Dream of Abraham: For Concert Band [score]. Wingert-Jones Music: Kansas City, Mo.
- Daniel Bukvich website