Variations on a Revolutionary Hymn

Claude T. Smith

Claude T. Smith

General Info

Year: 1987
Duration: c. 6:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – $90.00   |   Score only (print) – $30.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Organ
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Gong
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Temple Blocks
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Variations on a Revolutionary Hymn was the final major work from the eminent composer Claude T. Smith. It was commissioned by the United States Army Field Band (William Clark, conductor) and premiered by that organization at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in September 1987. The concert was a gala affair marking the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution. The composition is based on the familiar hymn How Firm a Foundation, which first appeared in hymnals with copyright dates of 1787.

We respectfully dedicate this final work to the memory of an outstanding composer and dear friend – Claude T. Smith, 1932-1987.

- Program Note by publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA HIGH SCHOOL BAND GROUP I
• Tennessee: VI
• Virginia: VI

Performances

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• Binghamton University (New York) Wind Symphony (Daniel Fabricius, conductor) – 28 April 2018
• United States Army Field Band – 16 October 2015 (West Florence, S.C.)
• Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) Wind Symphony (Steven R. Barnett, conductor) – 6 October 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Avondale Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1986/2020)
• Castlebrook Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1985/1996/2021)
• Declaration Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1976/2020)
• Dramatic Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1966/1994/2021)
• Emperata Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1964/1992/2020)
• Stone Mountain Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1984/2021)

All Wind Works

• Acclamation (1969)
• Across the Wide Missouri
• Affirmation and Credo
• Allegheny Portrait
• Allegro and Intermezzo
• America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/1983)
• American Folk Song Trilogy
• Anthem for Winds and Percussion (1978)
• Avondale Overture (1986)
• Avondale Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1986/2020)
• Bainbridge Fair
• The Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger) (1861/1982/1997)
• Beguine on a Brazilian Folk Song (1984/1998)
• Black Watch March
• Bombasto (as editor) (1895/1985/1998)
• Boys of the Old Brigade (as editor)
• Bulgarian Folk Dance (1983)
• Canticle: All Creatures of Our God and King
• Castlebrooke Overture (1985/1996)
• Castlebrook Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1985/1996/2021)
• Chorale and Allegro (1968/1996)
• Chorale and Fugato (1989)
• Chorale Prelude on a German Hymn Tune
• Chorale Prelude: All Things Bright and Beautiful (as arranger) (1848/1985)
• Chorale Prelude: For the Beauty of the Earth (as arranger) (1859/1984)
• Chorale Prelude: Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart
• Citation March (1959)
• Commemoration Fanfare and Chorale (1985)
• Concert Celebration
• Concert Dance and Intermezzo
• Concert Piece (1980/2020)
• Concert Suite for Low Brass (/ 2016)
• Concert Variations
• Credence
• Cresset Variations
• Dance Prelude
• Danse Folâtre (1991)
• Danza Sonora
• Declaration Overture (1976)
• Declaration Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1976/2020)
• Distant Trumpet, The
• Dramatic Prelude (1966/1994)
• Dramatic Prelude (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1966/1994/2021)
• Emperata Overture (1964/1992)
• Emperata Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1964/1992/2020)
• Eternal Father, Strong to Save (1860/1975)
• Fanfare, Ballad and Jubilee
• Fantasia for Alto Saxophone (1983)
• Fantasy for Trumpet (1967)
• Festival Variations (1982)
• Festive Proclamation
• Flight (1985)
• Flourish and Hymn of Praise (1981/1994)
• Gala XXV (1982/1991/2000)
• Galop Humoresque (1985)
• God of Our Fathers (as arranger) (1876/1974)
• Golden Regiment (1987)
• Greensleeves (1979)
• Harry S. Truman (1996)
• Honor Guard March (1959/2017)
• Horizons West
• Hymn to Saint Avold
• Incidental Suite (1966)
• Indiana State Band March (as editor) (1896/1986)
• Inscriptions for Band
• Intrada: Adoration and Praise
• Introduction and Caccia
• Introduction and Fugato (1979/1989)
• Invocation and Jubiloso
• Island Fiesta
• Joyance (1977)
• Jubilant Prelude
• Jubilee for Winds
• Jubilesta
• Jubilo, a Concert Overture
• Legacy for Band
• March on a Scottish Air
• March on an Irish Air (1978/1996)
• March Spiritoso
• Meramec Rhapsody (1986)
• Moresca (1980)
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel
• Overture for a Festival
• Overture for Winds and Percussion. See: Emperata Overture
• Overture on an Early American Folk Hymn
• Overture Romantique
• Oxford Point Overture
• Peter Schmoll (as arranger)
• Prelude and Toccata
• Prelude for Band (1972)
• Prelude Variations
• Raise Your Voice In Song
• Rejoice in Glorious Hope
• A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols (1987)
• Rondo for Trumpet
• Royal Lancer
• Santiago Carnival (1980)
• Serenade and Dance
• Shenandoah: A Sea Fantasy
• Silver Salutation
• Sonus Ventorum (1970)
• Spirit of Texas
• Star Song (1986/1996)
• Stone Mountain Overture (1984)
• Stone Mountain Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Earp) (1984/2021)
• Suite for Solo Flute, Clarinet and Alto Saxophone (1987/2002)
• Summer in Rio (1981)
• Sunbird
• Symphonic March on an English Hymn Tune (1985/1994)
• Symphonic Prelude on "Adeste Fidelis" (1983)
• Symphonic Psalm (1979)
• Symphonic Variations on "In Dulci Jubilo"
• Symphonic Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1987)
• Symphony No. 1 for Band (1979)
• A Thousand Hills Overture (1980)
• Three Contrasts for Horn and Wind Ensemble (1977/1994)
• Variations on a Hymn by Louis Bourgeois (1984)
• Variations on a Revolutionary Hymn
• Variations on an English Folk Song (1981)
• Variations on an English Hymn
• The Water Is Wide
• Were You There When They Crucified My Lord (Four Symphonic Chorales)
• Windgate Festival
• Windstar
• World Freedom March
• Zia, Zia!

Resources

• Perusal score
• Smith, C. (1988). Variations on a Revolutionary Hymn [score]. Wingert-Jones: Kansas City, Mo.