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- Samuel Adler
Hymnset (for wind quintet) (1983)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
Programme Note
Related works:
Hymnset (for organ)
Hymnset (for wind quintet)
Composer note:
Although Hymnset does not necessarily have to be performed as a whole — the only specific connection between the four movements is the early American origin of each tune — the work is particularly effective as a four-movement suite. The source of the tunes is a book of American hymns dating from the approximate time of the War of Independence and shortly thereafter, edited by Richard F. Goldman. Each of the four settings reflects the composer’s feeling about the text as well as the nature of the particular tune.
— Samuel Adler
Movements:
I. And Will the God of Grace Perpetual Silence Keep
Melody: Federal Street by James Hewitt (1770–1827)
II. Oh Thou Whose Hand the Kingdom Sways
Melody: Redemption by Daniel Belknap (1775–1815)
III. How Firm a Foundation
Melody: An old Southern Hymn
IV. Deep In Our Hearts
Melody: Leghorn by Timothy Swan (1758–1842)
Hymnset (for organ)
Hymnset (for wind quintet)
Composer note:
Although Hymnset does not necessarily have to be performed as a whole — the only specific connection between the four movements is the early American origin of each tune — the work is particularly effective as a four-movement suite. The source of the tunes is a book of American hymns dating from the approximate time of the War of Independence and shortly thereafter, edited by Richard F. Goldman. Each of the four settings reflects the composer’s feeling about the text as well as the nature of the particular tune.
— Samuel Adler
Movements:
I. And Will the God of Grace Perpetual Silence Keep
Melody: Federal Street by James Hewitt (1770–1827)
II. Oh Thou Whose Hand the Kingdom Sways
Melody: Redemption by Daniel Belknap (1775–1815)
III. How Firm a Foundation
Melody: An old Southern Hymn
IV. Deep In Our Hearts
Melody: Leghorn by Timothy Swan (1758–1842)
