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    Fantasia on a Hymn by Praetorius

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    • Newell Post
      Newell Post last edited by Newell Post

      So, my old geezer recreational band is doing "Fantasia on a Hymn by Praetorius" as part of a holiday concert on Thursday. My college band director, Robert E. Foster, wrote it, but I don't know anything about the background. (Except that Praetorius apparently took an old melody, put some harmony to it, and wrote it up as a church hymn. Then Bob took that hymn and ran with it.) Does anyone know anything about this piece and how Dr. Foster decided to compose it? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

      Bb: Bach 180S37G (05), Mercedes (80)
      Vintage: Committee (54), Recording (59), Super (49), Getzen Severinsen (66)
      C: Kanstul 1510, Constellation
      D/Eb: Getzen Eterna
      Cornet: Schilke XA1, Yamaha Neo Eb
      Flugel: Kanstul 1525, Yamaha 625
      Conch shell in F

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      • barliman2001
        barliman2001 Global Moderator last edited by

        Michael Praetorius was a 16th century composer, one of the first to really incorporate brass music into the Church, and one of the most important not to take up old melodies, but provide new melodies for later composers and arrangers...

        Courtois Balanced
        Courtois D
        Olds Recording
        Buescher Aristocrat
        Gaudet C
        Selmer G
        Courtois 154 Flugelhorn
        Besson International Bb cornet
        Courtois Bb cornet
        B&H Sovereign Soprano Cornet
        B&H Sovereign trombone
        Willy Garreis trombone
        Weltklang Euph

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        • Newell Post
          Newell Post last edited by

          Thanks, Barliman2001. Here's what I found in Wikipedia about the original hymn.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es_ist_ein_Ros_entsprungen

          Bb: Bach 180S37G (05), Mercedes (80)
          Vintage: Committee (54), Recording (59), Super (49), Getzen Severinsen (66)
          C: Kanstul 1510, Constellation
          D/Eb: Getzen Eterna
          Cornet: Schilke XA1, Yamaha Neo Eb
          Flugel: Kanstul 1525, Yamaha 625
          Conch shell in F

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