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Mother Earth
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 2001
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer Music
Cost: Rental Only - Contact Publisher for Price
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Sax I-II
Tenor Sax
Baritone Sax
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbal (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Tenor Drum
- Tom-Toms (3)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Mother Earth (A Fanfare) was commissioned by and is dedicated to Brian Silvey and the South Dearborn High School Band of Aurora, Indiana.
Praised by You, my Lord, for our sister, MOTHER EARTH,
Who nourishes us and teaches us,
Bringing forth all kinds of fruits and colored flowers and herbs.
-St. Francis of Assisi
Program Note by David Maslanka
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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- California Lutheran University Wind Ensemble (Michael D. Hart, conductor) - 16 March 2013
- Illinois Music Educators Association All State Honors Wind Ensemble (James Lambrecht, conductor) - January 2011
- North Shore Honor Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Band (Richard M. Heidel, conductor) - January 2011
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Child's Garden of Dreams, A (1981)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone (2000)
- Concerto for Marimba (1990)
- Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
- Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble(2007)
- Four Pieces for Band (1980)
- Give Us This Day (Short Symphony) (2005)
- Golden Light (1990)
- Heart Songs (2001)
- Hell's Gate (1997)
- In Memoriam (1990)
- Laudamus Te (1995)
- Mass (1996)
- Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
- Morning Star (1997)
- Mother Earth (2008)
- Prelude on a Gregorian Tune(1981)
- Quintet for Winds Number 2
- Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
- Sea Dreams for Two Horns and Wind Ensemble (1998)
- Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble (2001)
- Symphony No. 2 (1987)
- Symphony No. 3 (1991)
- Symphony No. 4 (1993)
- Symphony No. 5 (2000)
- Symphony No 7 (2004)
- Symphony No. 9 (2011)
- Tears (1994)
- Testament (2001)
- Traveler (2003)
- A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
- UFO Dreams: Concerto for Euphonium (1999)
- Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)
Additional Resources
