Homage to Leonin

Ron Nelson

Ron Nelson

This work is a movement from Nelson's "Medieval Suite."

General Info

Year: 1983
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00   |   Score Only - $17.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bb Cornet I-II
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbal (suspended)
• Glockenspiel
• Gong (Tam-tam)
• Marimba (2)
• Tubular Bells
• Vibraphone

Errata

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Program Notes

Medieval Suite was written in homage to three great masters of the Middle Ages: Leonin (middle 12th century), Perotin (c. 1155- 1200), and Machaut (c. 1300-1377). These are neither transcriptions of their works nor attempts at emulating their respective styles. Rather, the music served as a sort of launching pad for three pieces which draw on some of the stylistic characteristics of music from that period, e.g., repetition of rhythmic patterns or modes, modules of sound, proportions that produce octaves, fourths and fifths, use of Gregorian chant, syncopation, long pedal points where a sustained tone regulates melodic progression.

Homage to Leonin evokes his sinuous melodic style and use of Gregorian chant. It is a "mood piece" in which a chant on the Dorian mode is gradually transformed into a perfectly symmetrical eight-tone scale. The movement follows the form of an arch with a large climax, after which it closes as it began.

Homage to Leonin was first performed March 18, 1983 at the National Conference of the College Band Dirctors National Association by the Western Michigan University Symphonic Band, Richard J. Suddendorf, conductor.

-Program Note by Ron Nelson

Commercial Discography

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State Ratings

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Recent Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

• Aspen Jubilee
• Brevard Fanfare
• Chaconne (In Memoriam…)
• Concerto for Piano & Symphonic Band
• Courtly Airs and Dances
• Danza Capriccio
• Epiphanies (Fanfares and Chorales)
• Fanfare for a Celebration
• Fanfare for Kennedy Center
• Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise
• Fanfare for the New Millennium
• Lauds (Praise High Day)
• Mayflower Overture
• Medieval Suite
  • Homage to Leonin
  • Homage to Perotin
  • Homage to Machaut
• Morning Alleluias
• Nightsong
• Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)
• Pastorale: Autumn Rune
• Pebble Beach Sojourn
• Resonances I
• Rocky Point Holiday
• Savannah River Holiday
• Sonoran Desert Holiday
• Te Deum Laudamus
• To the Airborne

Additional Resources

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