Hymn for Band
General Info
Year: 1970
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tenor Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Brent Heisinger is Emeritus Professor of Music at San Jose State University (as well as an alumnus), and a great friend to music and music education in the bay area. I played this work as a high school musician, (when it was brand new) and, even as a teenager, was struck by its deeply heartfelt expression of solemnity, reverence, prayerfulness, intimacy and, at the closing, affirmation.
- Program Note by Timothy M. Smith for the San Francisco Wind Ensemble concert program, 15 October 2016
Media
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State Ratings
- Arkansas: III
- South Carolina: IV
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Tim Smith, conductor) – 9 December 2018
- San Francisco Wind Ensemble with Aragon High School Wind Ensemble (Timothy M. Smith, conductor) – 15 October 2016
- Independence High School Wind Ensemble – 27 May 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Winds and Percussion (1987)
- Essay for Band (1965)
- Hymn for Band (1970)
- March for Timpani and Brass
- Soliloquy for Band (1968)
- Statement (1971)
Resources
- Heisinger, B. (1970). Hymn for Band [score]. Templeton Press: [Delaware Water Gap, Penn.]
- Silvey, Brian A. "Hymn for Band." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 248-254. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.