Snow of an Aynu Village
General Info
Year: 2007 / 2013
Duration: c. 5:55
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part One
- Flute/Piccolo
- E-flat Clarinet (optional)
Part Two
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- Soprano Saxophone (optional)
- Oboe (optional)
Part Three
- Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
Part Four
- Trumpet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
- Alto Saxophone (optional)
Part Five
- Horn
- Alto Saxophone (optional)
- Tenor Saxophone (optional)
- Trumpet (optional)
Part Six
- Trombone
- Tenor Saxophone (optional)
- Horn (optional)
- Euphonium (optional)
Part Seven
- Tuba
- Bass Clarinet
- Baritone Saxophone
- Euphonium
- String Bass
Part Eight
- Timpani
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Wind Chime
- Vibraphone
Part Nine (optional)
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- Alto Saxophone
Part Ten (optional)
- Tenor Saxophone
- Horn
- Euphonium
Part Eleven (optional)
- Finger Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Toms (4)
- Vibraphone
- Woodblock
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Snow of an Aynu Village (2007) “represents people in [an] Aynu village living strongly and worshipping gods in snow,” according to the work’s score. The piece was written on a commission from a junior high school on Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands. The southern part of this island has historically been home to the Ainu (or Aynu) people, a group with its own language (including many dialects) that has recently been recognized as an indigenous ethnicity in Japan. The Ainu are now still concentrated in southern Hokkaido, with some pockets in the nearby parts of Russia and the Kuril Islands, among other places.
- Program Note from Wind Band Literature
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Appalachia: A Southeastern Wind Symphony (Knoxville, Tenn.) (Logan Campbell, conductor) - 11 February 2023
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Tkacik, conductor) - 19 April 2021
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) - 15 April 2021
- University of Denver (Colo.) Lamont Wind Ensemble (Joseph Martin, conductor) - 12 October 2020
- Hartwick College (Oneonta, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Andy Pease, conductor) – 15 November 2018
- Brevard (N.C.) College Wind Ensemble (Eric Peterson, conductor) - 26 April 2016
- University of North Carolina Wilmington Mu Phi Epsilon Winds and Percussion Octet – 26 March 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Poem of the Wind (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
- Snow of an Aynu Village (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
- Teachi-tearu (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
All Wind Works
- Abege Arcenciel
- A Centenary Celebration (2005/2012)
- Chant for Dosozin (2000)
- The Cherry Blossom Festival (2008)
- Chorale and Toccata (2011)
- Concerto for Horn and Wind Orchestra (2019)
- The Cross-channel Wind
- Description of the World
- Eternal Memoir (2009)
- Fantasia on the Theme of Syrinx (2015)
- Harvest Waves (1998/2022)
- Lyrical Fantasy (2015/2018)
- Passacaglia and Toccata (2010)
- Poem of the Wind (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
- Sinfonietta No. 2, "Bells for Prayer" (2010)
- Sinfonietta No. 3, "Distance of Sounds" (2018)
- Sinfonietta No. 4, "For a Brighter Future" (2020)
- Snow of an Aynu Village (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
- Spring March (2019)
- Teachi-tearu (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Wave Dance by Lantern-light
- Wind and Sky from the Hometown (2008)
Resources
- Pease, Andy. "Snow of an Aynu Village by Hirokazu Fukushima." Wind Band Literature. Web. Accessed 30 August 2018