On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason

David Holsinger

David Holsinger

General Info

Year: 1990
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon br /> Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Timpani

Snare Drum
Bass Drum
Triangle
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In the early 19th century, the leading composer of hymn tunes was Lowell Mason (1792-1872), whose main activities centered in Boston and New York City. Mason is particularly renowned for having pioneered the introduction of music instruction on a regular basis into the Boston public schools in 1827. He composed or arranged some 1600 hymn tunes and compiled some eighty collections of music. Among the best known of his surviving are ANTIOCH (Joy to the World), AZMON (O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing), BETHANY (Nearer My God to Thee), HAMBURG (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross), and the tune on which this composition is based, the 1832 OLIVET (My Faith Looks Up To Thee).

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class CC
• Georgia: IV
• Iowa: III
• Mississippi: IV-A
• North Carolina: IV
• South Carolina: III
• Virginia: III

Performances

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• Concordia University (River Forest, Ill.) University Band (Richard R. Fischer, conductor) – 27 September 2019
• Woodcreek High School (Roseville, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Brad North, conductor) – 8 May 2019
• Wisconsin Lutheran College (Milwaukee) Concert Band (Terry S. Treuden, conductor) – 1 March 2019
• Concordia University (Seward, Neb.) Symphonic Band (Andrew Schultz, conductor) – 17 October 2017
• University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Gold Campus Band (Cory Near, conductor) – 23 February 2017
• Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason H. Nam, conductor) – 29 March 2016
• University of Nevada Wind Ensemble (Trevor Bailey, conductor) - CBDNA Western/Northwestern Division Convention (Reno, Nev.) 14 March 2014
• Moriah College Symphonic Wind Ensemble - 2012
• San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 11 December 2010

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Abram’s Pursuit (1998)
• Adagio
• Adventures of Kid Cam, the Rocketman!, The (2014)
• American Faces (1996)
• Ancient Dances
• Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf, The
• Army Ants March and Boogie
• At the Strongholds of En Gedi (1996)
• Ballet Exaltare
• Ballet Sacra
• Battle Music
• A Call to Celebration (2012)
• Canticles!
• Case of the Mysterious Stranger, The
• Chase, The
• Childhood Hymn, A (1991)
• Cityscape I (Festive Hours Neon Night)
• Cityscape II (Lonely Hours Anguished Night)
• Cluster Bluster Fluster March, The
• Connacht Rhapsody (2014)
• Consider the Uncommon Man
• Deborah's Triumph/Jael's Revenge (2016)
• Deerpath Dances
• Divertimented Dances
• Easter Symphony, The
• Elegy on an American Folk Tune
• Elegy on an Evening Hymn (2013)
• Every Morning New
• Falcon Attack!
• Fanfare for Brass and Timpani
• Fanfare for Such a Time as This
• Fanfare for the Glorious NayCart
• Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong (1999)
• Fantasy on Old Hundred (2018)
• Festiva Jubiloso
• Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
• Fort Canterbury March
• Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron, The (1988)
• Gears Pulleys Chains
• Gmyway’s Revenge!
• Graysondance
• Gypsydance (1994)
• Havendance (1982)
• Helm Toccata
• Hero Music (2005)
• Homage: Three Tapestries
• Hopak Raskolniki (1980)
• If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else
• In Praise of Gentle Pioneers
• In the Spring At the Time When Kings Go Off to War (1991)
• Jolly Walk in Hibbertland, A
• Kaylen Dreaming (2006)
• Kansas City Dances
• Lake Canterbury Regatta
• Last Run
• Little Adventure Music, A
• Little Fantasy on an American Hymn
• Little Mystery Music, A (1996)
• Liturgical Dances (1982)
• Maelstrom, The
• March of the Combat Patrol, The
• March of the Grand High Poobah (2006)
• March on a Russian Hymnsong
• Mobbusters!
• Nilesdance
• On a Children's Sunday Song
• On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason (1990)
• On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1988)
• On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowery
• On a Southern Hymnsong (1993)
• On an American Spiritual (1991)
• On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances
• On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon
• On the Grand Prairie Texas (1989)
• On the Overland Stage to El Paso
• One Day in a Small Town
• Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince
• Partita Allegro
• Peasant Village Dance, The
• Praises! (2001)
• Prairie Dances
• Prelude and Presto (2018)
• Prelude and Rondo (1976)
• Pride of Buxmont, The
• Providence Unfinished
• Quiet River (2011)
• Reagan of Illinois (2011)
• Reagan of Illinois Part II (2013)
• Riding With the Frontier Battalion
• Scaling the North Wall
• Scootin’ on Hardrock (1990)
• Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary
• Sinfonia Voci (1993)
• Soliloquy
• Some Give All (2016)
• A Song of Moses
• Summer to Fall: A Love Song
• Symphonia Glorioso (2006)
• Symphonic Movement (Holsinger)
• Texas Promenade
• Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword
• To Live the Life Triumphant
• To Tame the Perilous Skies (1990)
• Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March
• War Trilogy: 1971, The
• The White Rose (as arranger) (1917/)
• Zinphonia (2017)

Resources

• Holsinger, D.; Mason, L. (1990). On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason [score]. TRN Music Publisher: United States.
• TRN Music