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Novena

Rhapsody for Band

Novena

Concert Band

Novena

Rhapsody for Band

Performance time
00:05:44

Grade Level
Mittelstufe

Publisher
Barnhouse

Size
US 9x12 (229x305mm)

Info
Full Score + Parts

Order Number
BAR0121575

Release Date
1980

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From the sensitive opening to the forceful climax, this composition displays the same successful qualities of previous works by this outstanding composer. DON’T PASS THIS ONE UP!

Considered by many to be Swearingen's finest composition, Novena has enjoyed tremendous popularity among school directors and students performers throughout the world. Written and premiered in 1980, this work was commissioned by and dedicated to Rob Hennell and the Antwerp High School Concert Band, Antwerp, Ohio.

The word novena comes from the Roman Catholic Church and is a devotion consisting of prayers or services on nine consecutive days. The reflective adagio section, introduced by chimes, features piccolo, solo clarinet and solo alto saxophone over a sustained pedal point of concert Bb. A brief interlude in G major is introduced followed by a return to the main theme. The percussionists provide the link to the eagerly anticipated allegro section. Powerful brass, lyrical woodwinds and driving percussion give the second half of this composition the touch of musical excitement we have come to expect from this outstanding composer.

Keywords

Rhythmus / rhythmisch

Contest / Competition

expressively

Rhapsody

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