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Silly Black Dog Music
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John Hagstrom, trumpet
The "President's Own" United States Marine Band, Col Michael Colburn
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Sheet Music
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Silly Black Dog Music
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Trumpet and Piano (Composer)
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General Information
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Awake, You Sleepers!
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| Alternative. Title
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Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
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| Composer
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Bitensky, Laurence Scott
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ILB 2
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 sections
- 1. Tekiah
- 2. Shevarim
- 3. Teruah
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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2002
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| First Performance.
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John Hagstrom, trpt; RNCM Wind Ensemble
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| First Publication.
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2002
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| Dedication
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Vince DiMartino
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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15 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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| Piece Style
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Modern
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| Instrumentation
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Solo C trumpet + 2 + picc. (2 doub alto), 2 +Eng. Hn., 3 + B. Cl. (1 doub. Eb). 2 / 2 alt. sax., 1 ten. sax., 1 bar. sax. / 4, 3, 2+ bass trb., 2 Euph., 1 / double bass / 4 perc. / pno. (doub cel.)
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Finalist of Distinctive Merit -- Big Ten Band Commission, Big Ten Band Directors Association / Finalist for Saint Mary's University Kaplan Commissioning Project (2003, 2009)
The ancient instrument known as the shofar, or ram's horn, has a special place in the Jewish tradition. Legend recounts that its sound was heard at the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai, the tumbling walls of Jericho, as a call for battle, and that its sound will be heard to herald a messianic era. The instrument has survived through post-Biblical and contemporary times and features prominently in the liturgy of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The blowing of the shofar in the Rosh Hashanah service is a call for repentance, symbolically awakening the sleeper from a moral and spiritual slumber.
Each of the three movements of Awake, You Sleepers! is based on one of the three calls associated with the blowing of the shofar. Tekiah is a long note rising in pitch; shevarim is three shorter notes; and teruah is a long repeated staccato blast. Each movement is also preceded by well-known verses from the Rosh Hashanah liturgy. Much of the music for Awake, You Sleepers! is based on Rosh Hashanah motives and melodies that occur in the German/East-European musical tradition.
"One of the finest additions to the trumpet and wind ensemble repertoire to date." -- Vince DiMartino, President Emeritus, International Trumpet Guild
