Song of Moses, A

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David Holsinger

David Holsinger


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Subtitle: For SATB Voices, Wind & Percussion Ensemble


General Info

Year: 1994
Duration: c. 14:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $100.00


Movements

1. Listen, O Heavens, I Will Speak - 4:25
2. I Will Proclaim in the Name of the Lord - 2:00
3. The Lord's Portion is His People - 3:50
4. See Now that I Myself am He! - 2:40


Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

Composed in 1993, A Song of Moses consists of four movements for SATB voices, winds and percussion, based on portions of scripture found in Deuteronomy 32. This section of the Old Testament deals with the final words of Moses, both prophetic and admonitory, given to his children of Israel shortly before his death.

The composition had been originally sketched in 1992 for SATB voices and timpani only. However, when approached by former Air Force Band Commander Alan Bonner to write a work incorporating the superb talents of the Singing Sergeants with the Air Force Band, this earlier sketch took on added dimension and was greatly enlarged to include the vast panorama of musicians it now requires. This is Holsinger's second commission for the Air Force. In 1990, he wrote To Tame The Perilous Skies for the then Tactical Air Command Band under the direction of Colonel Lowell Graham, later the conductor of the Washington D.C. Air Force Band.

- Program Note from publisher


Media


State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • David Holsinger website Accessed 29 August 2021
  • Holsinger, D. (1998). A Song of Moses: For SATB Voices, Wind & Percussion Ensemble [score]. TRN Music: Ruidoso, NM.