Fantasy on "In Dulci Jubilo"

Donald Grantham

General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Piquant Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Unknown | Score Only (print) - $40.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Organ
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Chimes
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In Dulci Jubilo is a Christmas tune that dates back to at least 1400. It has been utilized by many composer -- including Michael Praetorius and Dietrich Buxtehude -- but most prominently by J.S. Bach. Bach created several settings of the work, including a Chorale Prelude for organ cast as a double canon -- one canon based on the tune in long-note values, and a second canon based almost entirely on dance-like triplet figuration in much shorter note values.

In my Fantasy the tune is presented twice: the first in a chorale-style setting with accompanying woodwind solos derived from Bach's triplet figuration, and the second incorporating Bach's double canon in an expanded setting for full win ensemble. A mysterious ethereal introduction prepares the first presentation of the melody and provides the material for an extended transition to the second, concluding presentation.

- Program Note from score

Commissioned by the Big Spring, TX High School Band, Rocky Harris, conductor.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Big Springs (Tex.) High School (Rocky Harris, conductor) – 7 May 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

After Hafiz (2016)
Amber Sky
Baron Cimetiere's Mambo (2004)
Baron Piquant on Pointe (2011)
Baron La Croix's Shuffle (2007)
Baron Samedi's Sarabande (and Soft Shoe) (2005)
Bum's Rush (1994)
Chant and Hymn for Our Lady
Circa 1600 (2018)
Cloudless Day, Bitter Sky (2002)
"Come Memory..." (2002)
Concerto in One Movement for Bass Trombone (1979)
Court Music (2005)
Don't You See? (2001)
Effulgent Light (2017)
Exhilaration and Cry (2008)
Fantasy on "In Dulci Jubilo" (2015)
Fantasy on "La Golondrina" (2003)
Fantasy on Mr. Hyde's Song (1998)
Fantasy Variations (1927/1998)
Farewell to Gray (2001)
Fayetteville Bop (2002)
From "An Alabama Songbook" (2007)
- Honey in the Rock (2008)
JS Dances (2003)
J'ai été au bal (1999)
Kentucky Harmony (2000)
Let Evening Come (Grantham) (2014)
Lone Star Twister (2008)
Music for the Blanton (2006)
Northern Celebration (2001)
Phantasticke Spirites (2002)
Shenandoah (2017)
Southern Harmony (1998)
- Wondrous Love (2008)
Sol y Sombra (2014)
Spangled Heavens (2010)
Starry Crown (2007)
Symphony for Winds and Percussion (2009)
- Stomp (Grantham) (2009)
Summer of 2008 (2008)
Thunderbird
Trumpet Gloria (2006)
Tuba Concerto (Grantham) (2012)
An Uneasy Mrch
Variations on an American Cavalry Song (2001)
What Comes Around... (2017)
A Winter Sky (2022)

Resources

Morehouse, Christopher. "Fantasy on 'In Dulci Jubilo'." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 549-556. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.