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Symphony from Ivy Green
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General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c. 26:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $200.00 | Score Only - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Soprano Solo
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (Opt. English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet (or Eb Contra Alto Clarinet)
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Piano
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crotales
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Marimba
- Ratchet
- Snare Drum
- Tom-Toms
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Symphony from Ivy Green (Symphony No. 3) was commissioned by Marietta M. Paynter and was premiered on Northwestern University's Evanston campus in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on May 21, 1999. Performers were soprano Elizabeth Curtis (to whom the work is dedicated) and the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Mallory Thompson, conductor.
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1954, Ivy Green (the birthplace of Helen Keller) is located on a lovely 640-acre tract in historic Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Like millions world-wide, I always held tremendous admiration for Helen Keller and had at least a general understanding of her life and the inspirational courage and difficulty she unfailingly displayed in overcoming such seemingly insurmountable obstacles. In thinking about her life as such a noble example for people everywhere, I became increasingly surprised that, to the best of my knowledge, no composer had ever set her memorable and very moving words to music.
Truly America's first lady of courage, Helen Keller's powerful and wonderfully lyrical writings (ideally suited to musical dramatization) are just as compelling now as they were when they first appeared over half a century ago.
Program Note by Mark Camphouse
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Anthem
- Canzon, Fugato, and Hymn
- Dakota Rhapsody, A
- Declarations
- Elegy
- Essay for Symphony Band
- Fantasia (on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair")
- Foundation
- In Memoriam
- Legacy for Brass and Percussion
- Movement for Rosa, A
- Pacific Commemoration
- Shining City, The
- Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer)
- Symphonic Fanfare
- Symphony from Ivy Green
- Three London Miniatures
- To Build a Fire
- Tribute
- Two American Canvases
- Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night
- Whatsoever Things
- Yosemite Autumn
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