Heart Songs

David Maslanka

General Info

Year: 2001
Duration: c. 17:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Sheetmusic Plus
Cost: Score and Parts - $120.00 | Score Only - $40.00

Movements

1. Quiet Song - 6:10
2. Song with Variations - 5:10
3. Heart Song - 5:45

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Cabasa
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Gong
Maracas
Marimba
Orchestra Chimes
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal (small and large)
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Tenor Drum
Tom-Tom (medium)

Errata

Extensive errata notes may be found here.

Program Notes

The title Heart Songs comes from the image of watering the tree of life with the blood of the heart. It is my hope with this music to provide a substantial and deeply-felt piece for young players. The second and third songs are based on melodies from the 371 Chorales by J.S. Bach.

This work was commissioned by the Harwood Junior High School Band of Bedford, Texas, conducted by Joe Green. It was premiered in April of 1998 by the Harwood High School Symphonic Band, conducted by Christopher Ferrell.

- Program note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Rutgers Wind Ensemble (William Berz, conductor)

State Ratings

North Carolina: VI

Performances

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University of British Columbia (Vancouver) Concert Winds (Imran Amarshi, conductor) – 19 November 2021
Humboldt State University (Arcata, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Paul Cummings, conductor) – 28 February 2020
Black Forest Youth Wind Orchestra VJBO (Donaueschingen, Germany) (Alexander Beer, conductor) – 23 September 2018
Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Wind Symphony I (Curran Prendergast, conductor) – 27 April 2018
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Symphonic Band (Craig V. Hamilton, conductor) – 13 March 2018
University of Minnesota High School Honor Band (Emily Threinen, conductor)– 21 January 2018
University of Illinois (Champaign) Hindsley Symphonic Band (Barry L. Houser, conductor) – 3 December 2017
University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Symphony (Chad Shoopman, conductor) – 30 November 2017
University of Colorado Boulder Concert Band (Matthew Dockendorf, conductor) – 1 March 2017
Illinois State University (Normal) Symphonic Band (Dan Belongia, conductor) - 1 March 2015
California Lutheran University Wind Ensemble (Michael D. Hart, conductor) - 16 March 2013
Harwood High School (Bedford, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Christopher Ferrell, conductor) - April 1998 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alex and the Phantom Band (2002/2015)
Angel of Mercy (2015)
California (2016)
A Child's Garden of Dreams (1981)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999)
Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990)
Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2015)
Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012)
Concerto No 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (2002)
Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)
Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007)
Crown of Thorns (1991)
Desert Roads (2005)
Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall) (2006)
First Light (2016)
Four Pieces for Band (1980)
Give Us This Day (2005)
Golden Light (1990)
Heart Songs (2001)
Hell's Gate (1997)
Hosannas (2015)
Husa (2016)
Hymn for World Peace (2014)
Illumination (2013)
In Memoriam (1990)
Laudamus Te (1995)
Letter to Martin (2015)
Liberation (2012)
Little Concerto (1990)
Mass (1996)
Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
Morning Star (1997)
Mother Earth (2008)
Mountain Roads (1997)
On This Bright Morning (2013)
Peace (2012)
Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (1981)
Procession of the Academics (2008)
Quintet for Winds Number 2
Recitation Book (2006)
Remember Me (2013)
Requiem (2013)
Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
Saint Francis (2015)
Sea Dreams (1998)
The Seeker (2016)
Song at the End of Time
Songs for the Coming Day (2012)
Song Book (2001)
Symphony No. 2 (1987)
Symphony No. 3 (1991/2007)
Symphony No. 4 (1993)
Symphony No. 5 (2000)
Symphony No. 6 (2004)
Symphony No 7 (2004)
Symphony No 8 (2008)
Symphony No. 9 (2011)
Symphony No. 10 (2018)
Tears (1994)
Testament (2001)
Traveler (2003)
A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
ufo dreams (1999)
Unending Stream of Life (2007)
Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)

Resources

David Maslanka website Accessed 9 February 2017
Maslanka, D. (2001). Heart Songs : Medium Band [score]. Carl Fischer : New York.