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Little Fantasy on an American Hymn
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General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 5:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music Publisher, Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Vocal Solo
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cowbell (high and low)
Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel (Orchestral Bells)
- Jingle Bells
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Triangles (2)
- Woodblock
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece was written for and dedicated to my father, Louis Fritz. While he was a simple Iowa farmer he loved music and sang in a barbershop chorus and quartet for 40 years. His love and support of me and my music making propelled me into a 30 year career of teaching high school band. Following his death, my wife, in-laws, and band boosters commissioned Mr. Holsinger and asked him to use the Robert Lowry hymn, "How Can I Keep From Singing?". It just seemed appropriate. While we waited for the commission to arrive our high school choral director, Lynette Wilson, a friend and colleague of 20 years suddenly died from acute liver failure at the age of 50. The death of my father-in-law, himself a significant musician, followed shortly thereafter. This piece than became an homage to all three of them. The vocal solo was included to honor Lynette, a fantastic soprano. This can be played, alternatively, by a trumpet soloist. The composition is a fantasy with alternating meter and fragments of the hymn. The center section features the vocal soloist in a traditional arrangement of the hymn. The ending is a jubilant romp similar to the introductory material.
-Program Note by James L. Fritz
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
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Recent Performances
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- Luther College Concert Band (James L. Fritz, conductor) - February 2009
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Abram’s Pursuit
- Adagio
- American Faces
- Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf, The
- Army Ants March and Boogie
- At the Strongholds of EnGedi
- Ballet Exaltare
- Ballet Sacra
- Battle Music
- Canticles!
- Case of the Mysterious Stranger, The
- Chase, The
- Childhood Hymn, A
- Cityscape I (Festive Hours Neon Night)
- Cityscape II (Lonely Hours Anguished Night)
- Cluster Bluster Fluster March, The
- Consider the Uncommon Man
- Deerpath Dances
- Divertimented Dances
- Easter Symphony, The
- Elegy on an American Folk Tune
- Every Morning New
- Falcon Attack!
- Fanfare for Brass and Timpani
- Fanfare for Such a Time as This
- Fanfare for the Glorious NayCart
- Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong
- Festiva Jubiloso
- Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
- Fort Canterbury March
- Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron, The
- Gears Pulleys Chains
- Gmyway’s Revenge!
- Graysondance
- Gypsydance
- Havendance
- Helm Toccata
- Hero Music
- Homage: Three Tapestries
- Hopak Raskolniki
- If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else
- In Praise of Gentle Pioneers
- In the Spring At the Time When Kings Go Off to War
- Jolly Walk in Hibbertland, A
- Kaylen Dreaming
- Kansas City Dances
- Lake Canterbury Regatta
- Little Adventure Music, A
- Little Fantasy on an American Hymn
- Little Mystery Music, A
- Liturgical Dances
- Maelstrom, The
- March of the Combat Patrol, The
- March of the Grand High Poobah
- March on a Russian Hymnsong
- Mobbusters!
- Nilesdance
- On a Children's Sunday Song
- On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason
- On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
- On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowery
- On a Southern Hymnsong
- On an American Spiritual
- On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances
- On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon
- On the Grand Prairie Texas
- On the Overland Stage to El Paso
- One Day in a Small Town
- Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince
- Partita Allegro
- Peasant Village Dance, The
- Praises! (Ballet in six movements)
- Prairie Dances
- Prelude and Rondo
- Pride of Buxmont, The
- Providence Unfinished
- Riding With the Frontier Battalion
- Scaling the North Wall
- Scootin’ on Hardrock
- Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary
- Sinfonia Voci
- Song of Moses, The
- Summer to Fall: A Love Song
- Symphonia Glorioso
- Symphonic Movement (Holsinger)
- Texas Promenade
- Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword
- To Live the Life Triumphant
- To Tame the Perilous Skies
- Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March
- War Trilogy: 1971, The
Additional Resources
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