Prospect
Subtitle: Hymn for Band
General Info
Year: 1983
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bourne Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $59.50 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Tubular Bells (or Chimes)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Prospect is a setting of the folk song of the same name, also known as The Seaman's Hymn. It is simple, yet expressive; it builds slowly and steadily to a broad quasi-fanfare finish.
The melody comes from The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, published in 1835. This was one of the more popular "shaped note" tunebooks in 19th century America. Each of the four pitches had its own particular notehead shape, making the music easier to read. The Southern Harmony is also the source of the hymn tunes Amazing Grace and Rock of Ages.
- Program note by Robert Strong and David Fullmer
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class CC
- Arkansas: I
- Iowa: III
- Louisiana: III
- Michigan: D; Junior high Class B
- North Carolina: III
- South Carolina: III
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ocean Springs (Miss.) High School Symphonic Winds (John Taylor, conductor) - 7 March 2023
- University of Texas, Arlington, Symphonic Band (Douglas Stotter, conductor) - 20 November 2022
Poth (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Chase Failing, conductor) - 21 April 2022
- Youngstown (Ohio) State University Wind Ensemble (Michael Scott Butler, conductor) - 1 November 2021
- Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.) Concert Band (David Blon, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) University Band (Nicholas Waldron, conductor) – 25 March 2019
- Youngstown (Ohio) State University Concert Band (Brandt Payne, conductor) – 19 October 2017
- Berea (Ky.) College Wind Ensemble (Bettany Ruth, conductor) – 11 April 2017
- California State University Fresno Symphonic Band (Diego Zarate, conductor) - 4 October 2012
- Aberdeen High School Concert Band (Kaitlyn Wittman, conductor) - 12 May 2009
- Ocean Springs High School Symphonic Winds (John Taylor, conductor) - 7th March 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
- American Riversongs (1991)
- American Sketches (2014)
- As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
- At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
- The Band in the Square (2006)
- The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
- Caribbean Rondo (2009)
- Come to the Fair!
- A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
- Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
- English Country Settings (1997)
- Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
- Great American West Suite, The (2013)
- In the Forest of the King (2000)
- La Bonne Aventure (2010)
- Legends and Heroes (2003)
- Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
- Music for the King's Delight (2007)
- Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
- Prairie Songs (1998)
- Prospect (1983)
- Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
- Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
- Songs of the Plains (2015)
- Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
- Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
- The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
- Travelin' Music (2018)
- The Voyageurs (2002)
- A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
- Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
- Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)
Resources
- La Plante, P. (1983). Prospect: Hymn for Band [score]. Bourne: New York.
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 217-224.