When the Stars Began to Fall
Subtitle: My Lord, What a Mornin'
General Info
Year: 1992
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music Pub. Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
My Lord, What a Mornin' is one of many anonymous spirituals sung in the fields and in worship by African-American slaves in the 19th century. In this setting, sonorities of the band are utilized that express a longing for the end of time, when there will be no sorrow, no pain. The last line of the refrain serves as the title for this setting.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Concordia University (River Forest, Ill.) Wind Symphony (Richard S. Fischer, conductor) - 2011
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class C
- Georgia: IV
- Kansas: III
- Mississippi: III-A
- North Carolina: IV
- Oklahoma: II-A
- South Carolina: III
- Tennessee: IV
- Texas: II. Complete
- Virginia: III
Performances
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- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Kendall Johnson, conductor) - 3 March 2021
- Texas A&M University (College Station) Concert Band (Russell Tipton, conductor) - 2 March 2019
- Berea (Ky.) College Wind Ensemble (Vanessa Vickers, conductor) – 23 October 2018
- Greenwich (Conn.) High School Band (John Yoon, conductor) - 30 May 2018
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Kirk Saville, conductor) – 28 February 2017
- Centennial High School Wind Orchestra – 3 August 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Selected Movements from "The Danserye" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1551/2020)
- Three English Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Baroque Variations for Flute and Band (as arranger) (2014)
- Blest Be the Tie that Binds (as arranger) (1845/2018)
- Bosnian Folk Songs (1997)
- Chorale Prelude: Abide with Me (1996)
- Fairest Lord Jesus (as arranger) (2011)
- Fantasy on “Barbara Allen” (1993)
- Hand in Hand March (as arranger) (1900)
- He’s Gone Away (as arranger) (2002)
- I Need Thee Ev'ry Hour (as arranger) (1872/)
- Moravian Hymn Dance (1994)
- Selected Movements from "The Danserye" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1551/2020)
- Thanksgiving Hymn (as arranger) (1597/1998)
- They Led My Lord Away (as transcriber) (1990)
- This Christmastide (as arranger) (1984/1988/)
- Three English Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
- Two Folk Songs for Oboe and Band (2019)
- Were You There (1999)
- When the Stars Began to Fall (1992)
Resources
- Allen, F. (1992). When the Stars Began to Fall : My Lord, What a Mourning [sic] [score]. TRN Music: Ruidoso, N.M.
- Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 193-197.
- Perusal score