Fantasia on "Silent Night"

James Syler

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General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: James Syler
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A re-interpretation of the classic Christmas carol Silent Night. All the elements of the original music have been altered through elongation of the melody, changing the key to minor, changing the meter to 6/8, re-harmonization, and a more polyphonic texture. The result is a dreamy music that extends the wonder and beauty of the original carol.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. St. Olaf Band (Timothy Mahr, conductor)

State Ratings

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Performances

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Kansas State University (Manhattan) Wind Ensemble (Frank Tracz, conductor) - 21 January 2023

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)

All Wind Works

Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
A Blue Streak (2010)
Cantique (2012)
Congo Square (2016)
Country Bandstand (2002)
Fantasia on Brother James' Air (2023)
Fantasia on "Silent Night" (2011)
Fields (1994)
Galop (as transcriber) (c. 1909/2013)
Gearbox (2009)
Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/2020)
Hocus Pocus (2013)
The Hound of Heaven (1988)
Hymn for Emmanuel (2015)
Love Among the Ruins (2016)
Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
Minton's Playhouse (1994)
O Magnum Mysterium (1996)
The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
Seasons (2022)
Silent Shadows to the Last (2017)
Sinfonietta (2012)
Storyville (1996)
Suite Argentine (2020)
Suite Louisiane (2018)
Symphony No. 1, “Blue” (1999)
Symphony No. 2 (2019)
Tattoo (2005)
The Temptation of St. Anthony (2014)
Wu Xing (2016)

Resources

James Syler website Accessed 30 November 2022