O Christmas Tree

From Wind Repertory Project
Jeff Simmons

Traditional Carol (arr. Jeff Simmons)


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General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 1:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carol
Publisher: Arrangers Publishing Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00; (digital) - $70.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00; (digital) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Add a little spice to holiday programs with the fresh new sound of an age-old seasonal favorite. A cool, hip groove propels this creative jazz-waltz treatment of this Christmas wonder.

- Program Note from publisher


"O Tannenbaum" (O Christmas Tree) is a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree by the early 20th century and sung as a Christmas carol. The modern lyrics were written in 1824, by the Leipzig organist, teacher and composer Ernst Anschütz. A tannenbaum is a fir tree. The lyrics do not actually refer to Christmas, or describe a decorated Christmas tree. Instead, they refer to the fir's evergreen qualities as a symbol of constancy and faithfulness.

Anschütz based his text on a 16th-century Silesian folk song by Melchior Franck, Ach Tannenbaum. Joachim August Zarnack (1777–1827) in 1819 wrote a tragic love song inspired by this folk song, taking the evergreen, "faithful" fir tree as contrasting with a faithless lover. The folk song first became associated with Christmas with Anschütz, who added two verses of his own to the first, traditional verse.

- Program Notes from Wikipedia


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Phoenix (N.Y.) Community Band (Gretchen Roeder, conductor) – 18 December 2017
  • New Horizons Band of Sonoma County (Healdsburg, Calif.) (Lew Sbrana, conductor) – 17 December 2017
  • South Symphonic Band (Middletown, Conn.) – 12 December 2017


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