Praise Jerusalem!

Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed

The work bears the subtitles "Kovia Yeroosaghem!" and "Variants on an Armenian Easter Hymn."

General Info

Year: 1986
Duration: c. 16:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $275.00   |   Score Only - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo (doubles Flute III)
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon (optional)
Eb Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Cornets I-II
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Bells
• Chimes
• Suspended Cymbal
• Triangle

Errata

(score and part) Baritone BC, meas. 334: Bb should be B natural

Program Notes

Praise Jerusalem! (Kovia Yeroosaghem), Variations on an Armenian Hymn, is built upon a seventh-century melody notated by the great Armenian musicologist Gomidas Vartabed, and found in the collection titled Chants of the Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The work is in the form of an introduction, theme with five variations, and a finale, all developed from elements present in the original hymn melody itself. The five variations have no programmatic significance and are meant to explore the purely musical possibilities inherent in this 1300-year-old melody, utilizing the full resources of the modern wind orchestra. The joyful mood of the hymn ("Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: Christ is Risen from the Dead, Alleluia!") is heightened near the end with the addition of a brass sextet.

The work was commissioned by Purdue University in honor of the 100th anniversary celebration of its band programs, and was first performed there on April 19, 1987, by the Purdue University Symphonic Band under the direction of Harry Begian (1921-2010)

-Program Note by San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra concert program, 11 December 2010

'Praise Jerusalem! was commissioned for the 100th annivesary of the Purdue University band, which premiered this work, conducted by Harry Begian, on April 19, 1987.

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Toru Ito, conductor) - 2000

Audio Links

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Georgia: VI
• North Carolina: VI
• South Carolina: VI
• Virginia: VI

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Wind Symphony of Clovis (Calif.) (Gary P. Gilroy, conductor) – 26 November 2017
• West Virginia University (Morgantown) Wind Symphony (Scott C. Tobias, conductor) – 13 November 2017
• Asociación Banda de Música de Calasparra (Spain) (D. Julián Andreo Jiménez, conductor) - 23 November 2013
• San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 11 December 2010

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Alleluia! Laudamus Te (1973)
• Arioso (as arranger) (1998)
• Armenian Dances (1972-1978)
  • Armenian Dances, Part One (1972)
  • Armenian Dances, Part Two (1978)
• Autumn Leaves (as arranger) (1947/2017)
• Ballade (1956/1999)
• Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 Suite (as arranger) (1965)
• Canto e Camdombe
• A Celebration Fanfare (1989)
• Ceremony of Flourishes (1964)
• Chanson Triste (1989)
• Chorale Prelude in E minor (1953/1966)
• A Christmas Celebration (1987)
• A Christmas Intrada (1980)
• Clear Track Polka (2000)
• Come, Sweet Death (as arranger) (1736/1976)
• Concertino for Marimba and Winds (1993)
• Curtain Up! (1991)
• Danza Caribe (1986)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (as arranger) (1653/1724/1990)
• Divertimento for Flute and Concert Band (1998)
• Double Wind Quintet (1975)
• El Camino Real (1985)
• El Camino Real (arr. Longfield) (1985/2013)
• The Enchanted Island (1980)
• Fanfare and Processional (2005)
• The Fantasticks (as arranger) (1966)
• Fantasy on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (as arranger) (1973)
• A Festival Prelude (1962)
• A Festive Overture (1963)
• Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
• Finlandia (as editor) (1900/2004)
• First Suite for Band (1975)
• Forget Me Not, O Lord (as arranger) (c. 1736/1985)
• Fourth Suite for Band (1994)
• Funiculi Funicula (as arranger) (1880/1994)
• Giligia (2000)
• The Golden Year (1997)
• Greensleeves (1993/2011)
• Gypsy Dance (as arranger) (1872/1997)
• Huldigungsmarsch (as editor) (1864/2002)
• Highlights from "Exodus" (as arranger) (1960/1962)
• Highlights from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/1965)
• The Hounds of Spring (1981)
• Hymn Variants (1992)
• I Left my Heart in San Francisco (as transcriber; ed. Rogers) (1954/1963)
• Imperatrix (1972)
• In Dulci Jubilo (as arranger) (1970)
• Intrada Drammatica (1968/1992)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (1723/1981)
• Jidai (2001)
• Joyeux Noël (2002)
• A Jubilant Overture (1970)
• A Jubilant Overture (arr. Conaway) (1970/2011)
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is (1995)
• L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (as editor, with McAlister) (1872/2002)
• A Little Concert Suite (1984)
• Mancini! (as arranger) (1965)
• March Grandioso (as arranger) (1901/1969)
• Mary Poppins (as arranger) (1964/2006)
• Millennium III (1999)
• Mr. Music (1990)
• Music for Hamlet (1973/2018)
• The Music-Makers (1968)
• The Music Man: Highlights (as arranger) (1957/1959)
• My Heart Is Filled With Longing (as arranger) (c. 1710/1986)
• Nimrod (as arranger) (1899/1965)
• A Northern Legend (1972)
• Ode for Trumpet (1956)
• Othello (1977)
• Our Father Who Art in Heaven (as arranger)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (as arranger) (1845/1991)
• The Pledge of Allegiance (1970)
• Praise Jerusalem! (1986)
• Prelude IV (as arranger) (1983)
• Prelude and Capriccio (1978)
• Presentation of the Silver Rose (as arranger) (1910/1988)
• Punchinello (1974)
• Radetzky March (as arranger) (1993)
• Rahoon (1965)
• The Ramparts of Courage (1995)
• Rosalind in the Forest of Arden (2005)
• Rushmore (1981)
• Russian Christmas Music (1944)
• Russian Christmas Music (arr. Curnow) (1944/1990)
• Seascape: A Dramatic Intermezzo (1962)
• Second Century (1986)
• Second Suite for Band (1980)
• Serenade (1966)
• The Severn Suite (as arranger) (1973)
• Siciliana Notturno (1977)
• Silver Shadow
• Sine Nomine (as arranger) (1906/1976)
• Sixth Suite for Band
• Slavonic Folk Suite (1953)
• A Springtime Celebration (1991)
• Sumus Futuro (1999)
• Symphonic Prelude (1963)
• Symphony for Brass and Percussion (1967)
• Symphony No. 2
• Symphony No. 3 (1988)
  • Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner (1882/1988)
• Symphony No. 4 (1992)
• Symphony No. 5 (1995)
• Tarantella (1996)
• Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (as arranger) (1963)
• Third Suite For Band (1982)
• Three Chorales (as arranger; ed. McAlister) (?/2013)
• Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra (1984)
• Thunder and Lightning (1999)
• The Tsar's Farewell (as arranger) (2001)
• Twelfth Night (2003)
• Two Bagatelles (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1983/1997/2010)
• Two Bagatelles for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (1995)
• Two Bagatelles for Concert Band (1992)
• Two Bagatelles for Four Trombones
• Vilia
• Viva Musica! (1984)
• With Trumpets And Drums (1992)

References

• Reed, A. (1988). Praise Jerusalem!: Variants on an Armenian Easter Hymn [score]. Birch Island Music Press: Barnhouse Music: Oskaloosa, Iowa.