Inspired by the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War on April 26, 1937. “Commissioned by the Department of Music, Iowa State University, for the ISU Symphony Band under a grant from J. W. Fisher”
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
1971
Difficulty:
Grade 5
Duration:
14 minutes
Instrumentation:
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Band: 3(6)(II&III=picc).2.eh.3(12).ecl.acl.bcl.cbcl.2.cbn-ax.tx.bx.bsx-4.4(8).2(4).2btb.2bhn.2-5perc[glk.xyl.vib.mar.chi.timp.tri.2scym(m,l).tam.guiro.mrc.tamb.rtc.brk.sd.bd]-pno/cel-hp.2db.ebass
Movements:
I. Historia
II. Guerica: hacia fines de la tarde, 26 abril, 1937
III. Realidad
Publication Information:
Composer
Premiered:
Acton Ostling, Jr./Iowa State University Symphony Band, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center, Ames, Iowa, May 19, 1972.
Availability:
Contact Composer and Unpublished
Recordings:
Resources:
- HEBM
- Hopkins Website
- WASBE Journal
- Wallace-Corporon Repertoire
- Running Annotated Bibliography
- Suppan Neue Lexikon