Symphonic Paraphrase

Elliot Del Borgo

Subtitle: On It Is Well with My Soul

General Info

Year: 1995
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of Print.

Instrumentation

Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Bongos
Cowbell
Claves
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tom-Toms
Vibraphone
Woodblock
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The commission for Symphonic Paraphrase is the result of an outpouring of love by family and friends for Robert "Robbie" King, a vital and enthusiastic eighteen-year-old who was tragically killed in a skiing accident in 1994. He was a devoted Christian whose love of music was second only to his love for his Lord. Members of his church often heard the mellow tones of Robbie's trumpet as he played his favorite hymn, It Is Well with My Soul. It is fitting that this beautiful melody is the focus of this memorial tribute to Robbie who has gone on to join the heavenly ranks of Gabriel's finest.

Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876), writer of the hymn tune, sent his family from their home in Europe to live in the "New World" of the Americas. During the voyage, the ship sank and all but Mrs. Bliss perished. Later, when Mr. Bliss emigrated to the Americas, he asked the captain to notify him when his ship came to the place where the ship on which his family had sailed was destroyed. He was awakened at that point, went on deck, and the hymn tune It Is Well Within My Soul came to him.

Commissioned for the W.F. West High School Band (Chehalis, Washington), Daniel F. Judd, director.

- Program Note from score

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Cascade Winds Symphonic Band (Bend, Ore.) (Dan Judd, conductor) - 4 December 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)

All Wind Works

Adagio for Winds (1974)
Ancient Air and Dance (2000)
Ancient Moon (2000)
Blue Ridge Holiday
Call to Glory
Calypso a la Rondo (2003)
Canterbury Overture
Celtic Suite (1994)
Ceremoniale (1981)
Chant Rituals (1993)
Chorale and Canon (1985)
Chorale and Variant (1969)
A Christmas Fantasia (1989)
A Christmas Triptych (as arranger) (1994)
Christmas Variants (2000)
Cole Porter in Concert (as arranger)
Commemoration Overture (1976)
Continental Christmas Suite (1996/2010)
Coventry Carol
Crown and Scepter
Dervish Dance
Dies Irae
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1979)
Dorian Rhapsody (1996)
Fantasia for Christmas (1998)
Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924/1994)
Festa! (1985)
Fire Dance (Del Borgo) (2004)
A Flemish Carol (1994)
Flight of Eagles
Fortress Variants (2004)
Gaelic Rhapsody (1987)
Good King's Christmas, A
Intermezzo Sinfonico (as arranger) (1890/2003)
A Jefferson Portrait (2001)
Joyant Overture
Knightsbridge Overture (1987)
Lest We Forget
Locksley Hall (1996)
Lux Aeterna (1993)
Miss Liberty's Promise
Modal Song and Dance (1985)
Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)
New England Suite
Ode to Joy
Overture for Winds (1982)
Phantom Ship
Prelude and Dance
Prologue and Dance (1981)
Renaissance Couplet (as arranger) (1994)
Rituale (1981)
Ritual Dances
Sailing Songs (1995)
Sea Trilogy
Serial Music (1970)
Shaker Variants (1995)
Slavonic Dances
Soliloquy and Dance
Songs of the Whalemen (1995)
The Steppes of Russia (1999)
Symphonic Essay (1973)
Symphonic Paraphrase (1995)
Tryptich II (1985)
Two British Folk Songs (1993)
Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
Yultide Celebration

Resources

Del Borgo, E. (1995). Symphonic Paraphrase [score]. Belwin-Mills: Miami, Fla.