Onward, Ye Peoples!

From Wind Repertory Project
Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius (arr. Richard Franko Goldman)


Subtitle: Processional


General Info

Year: 1938 / 1940
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: E.C. Schirmer Music Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $26.90

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Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Onward, Ye Peoples! was derived from Sibelius’s Musique religieuse, a large-scale score originally for tenor and harmonium (organ) containing music for Masonic rituals. Composed in 1926/27 and orchestrated in 1938, the imposing Processional originally used a Finnish translation of words by Viktor Rydberg.

- Program Note from liner notes of BIS CD The Unknown Sibelius


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State Ratings

  • Tennessee: II
  • Virginia: III


Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Sibelius, J.; Goldman, R. (1940). Onward, Ye Peoples! : Processional [score]. Galaxy Music Corp.: [New York].