GESÙ BAMBINO. Pietro Yon MUSIC MUSIC. R. Mark Rogers. Christmas Pastorale for Concert Band. Band Repertoire Classics Series. edited by GESÙ BAMBINO

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1 Though lesser knon than some Christmas melodies, this stately, astoral ork incororates the chorus of O Come All Ye aithful (or Adeste ideles ) into the riting. The original melody y Yon is rather remarkale in its elegant eauty, and sounds timeless and enchantingly ancient, though it as ritten rather recently in 97. Pietro Yon as an organist ho sent most of his career at the St. Patrick Cathedral in Ne York. Yon as ell regarded in his lifetime y fello musicians. Notaly among his uils as the celerated American songriter Cole Porter and, uon his assing in 9, Arturo Toscanini himself as among those ho attended his large funeral. This arrangement egins softly ith a simle statement of the melody in the trumets. The theme exands as it is assed around the various instrumental choirs ith increasing use of counteroint. Culminating in a oyous exaltation, the music inds to a gentle and serene conclusion. The score is ell-cued in key sections here the melody is rominent. Christmas Pastorale for Concert Band Pietro Yon edited y. Mark ogers Yon/ ogers HL006 HL006 U.S. $75.00 Southern Music. Mark ogers egan ri ng for and hile in high school, and con nued ith degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas. Director of Pulica ons for Southern Music Comany from 99 and Managing Editor of the firm since 05, ogers has authored edi ons of the music of Percy Grainger and ohn Phili Sousa that have entered and reertory orldide. He is also idely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, ith erformances y all five of the Washington, DC service ands. Dr. ogers is the conductor of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and serves on the adunct faculty of San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University. Prior to coming to San Antonio, he as on the faculty of the University of South Alaama and a staff memer of the University of Texas Longhorn Band. A assoonist, he erforms ith the orchestras of Corus Chris, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Aus n, as ell as the Mid-Texas Symhony. He is ac ve in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erforming numerous roles in the oere as of Gilert and Sullivan. Sudie, his ife of forty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the oy of his later years. Band eertoire Classics Series Grade.5

2 ULL SCOE Pietro A. Yon Gesù Bamino M PL E The Infant esus Pastorale for Christmas Arranged for Symhonic Band y. Mark ogers INSTUMENTATION SA -ULL SCOE -st LUTE -nd LUTE -rd LUTE -st OBOE -nd OBOE -CLAINET in E -st CLAINET in B -nd CLAINET in B -rd CLAINET in B -ALTO CLAINET in E -BASS CLAINET in B -CONTA ALTO CLAINET in E -st BASSOON -nd BASSOON -st ALTO SAXOPHONE in E -nd ALTO SAXOPHONE in E -TENO SAXOPHONE in B -BAITONE SAXOPHONE in E -st TUMPET in B -nd TUMPET in B -rd TUMPET in B -st HON in -nd HON in -rd HON in -th HON in -st TOMBONE -nd TOMBONE -rd TOMBONE -EUPHONIUM in Trele or Bass Clef -TUBAS -STING BASS -PECUSSION: Timani, Susended Cymal, Bells, and Chimes Grade.5 Duration: Arox. :0 Minutes Coyright 07 Southern Music Comany (ASCAP). International Coyright secured. All rights reserved.

3 Gesù Bamino is an Italian-American Christmas carol comosed y Pietro Yon in 97 to an Italian text. An English text y rederick H. Martens has commonly een used in American erformances, although the English text ears no more than a artial resemlance to the Italian. The refrain of Gesù Bamino (music and text) are derived from the much older Christmas carol Adeste ideles. In the ook ifth Avenue amous: The Extraordinary Story of Music at St. Patrick s Cathedral (, 7), music historian Salvatore Basile rites The song ould achieve the nearimossile feat of surviving in the standard holiday reertoire, ith imortant erformances, innumerale recordings, and every kind of vocal and instrumental arrangement. Southern Music Comany s arrangement follos the outline of the ulication as it aeared in 97, alloing for erformances incororating solo voices or chorus, as the conductor might ish. The Pastorale has a rich history dating ack more than 00 years. Since its aearance in the Italian Baroque, the form has een used to signal a scene or eisode that takes lace out of doors, often including sheherds in idyllic settings. In musical terms, a astorale is a movement in 6/, 9/ or / meter that features a melody usually harmonized in rds over a drone ass, recalling the Christmas music of ifferari, layers of the traditional Italian agie and reed ie. Another rominent feature of the astorale is the siciliano rhythm (dotted-eighth note, sixteenth, eighth). The list of notale comosers and large comositions that feature astorale movements include Arcangelo Corelli (Christmas Concerto, O. 6, No. ),. S. Bach (the Sinfonia that refaces art II of the Christmas Oratorio), George rederick Handel (Pastorale Symhony Pifa in Messiah), and Arthur Sullivan (The Light of the World). Pietro Yon s Gesù Bamino is another. Each of these examles serves as an introduction to the angelic announcement of the irth of the infant esus to the sleeing sheherds. Pastorales are still layed in the regions of Southern Italy here the zamogna continues to thrive. Pietro Alessandro Yon as orn on August, 6 in Settimo Vittone (Piedmont, Italy), and studied at the conservatories of oth Milan and Turin, also attending the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in ome. He served for a time as an organist at the Vatican and at the oyal Church in ome. In the sring of 907, ather ohn B. Young, astor of St. rancis Xavier Church in Manhattan, as in ome on Vatican usiness and Yon at the Organ, 99 additionally to seek out a relacement for his organist, ho as leaving to ursue a concert career. Uon hearing Yon lay, ather Young as sufficiently Pietro Yon, 9 imressed to offer him a three-year contract. Thus Yon, at age came to the United States, here from 907 until 96 he as the organist of St. rancis Xavier Church. He oined his rother S. Constantino Yon, ho had receded him and held a similar osition at St. Vincent errer Church. Pietro Yon ecame an American citizen in 9. In 96, he ecame the assistant organist of St. Patrick s Cathedral in Ne York. On May, 9, he as romoted to music director relacing ames C. Ungerer, ho had een at the Cathedral for 6 years. On Aril 9, 9, Yon suffered a massive stroke that aralyzed his entire right side. Yon died on Novemer, 9, the feast of St. Cecilia. His funeral, hich took lace on the 5th, as attended y 00, including Arturo Toscanini. As a comoser, Yon is most famous for his Christmas iece Gesù Bamino. He also rote orks for organ, iano, and an ooe concerto. Yon s uils included organists ho ent on to illustrious careers and at least to comosers hose names ill e familiar to and conductors Cole Porter and Norman Dello oio. SAMPLE. Mark ogers egan riting for and hile in high school, and continued ith degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas. Director of Pulications for Southern Music Comany from 99 and Managing Editor of the firm since 05, ogers has authored editions of the music of Percy Grainger and ohn Phili Sousa that have entered and reertory orldide. He is also idely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, ith erformances y all five of the Washington, DC service ands. Dr. ogers is the conductor of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and serves on the adunct faculty of San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University, and rior to coming to San Antonio as on the faculty of the University of South Alaama and a staff memer of the University of Texas Longhorn Band. A assoonist, he erforms ith the orchestras of Corus Christi, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Austin, as ell as the Mid-Texas Symhony. He is active in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erforming numerous roles in the oerettas of Gilert and Sullivan. Sudie, his ife of forty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the oy of his later years. Thank you to Wikiedia for information included in these rogram notes.

4 ull Score S965 lutes Ooes E Clarinet B Clarinets E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinets E Contra Alto Clarinet Bassoons E Alto Saxohones B Tenor Saxohones E Baritone Saxohone B Trumets Horns in Tromones Euhoniums Tuas String Bass Timani Cymal Bells Chimes t ã Andante mosso Andante mosso Bell-tone unis. st GESU ` BAMBINO The Infant esus Pastorale for Christmas Œ Œ st nd rd Pietro A. Yon for Symhonic Wind Band y. Mark ogers Œ Ó unis Œ Œ Œ Ó. one layer Ó. Œ Œ... P esress. (nd) Œ Ó. SAMPLE Coyright 07 y Southern Music Comany (ASCAP). International coyright secured. All ights eserved. Digital and hotograhic coying of this ulication is illegal.....

5 lutes Ooes E Cl. Clars. A.Cl. Bs.Cl. C.A.Cl. Bssns. A.Sxs. T.Sx. B.Sx. Trts. Horns Troms. Euhs. Tuas St.Bs. Tim. Bells t Ó. Œ.... st Ó. Œ.. Œ Ó. Œ Ó..... Œ Ó.... Œ Ó. Ó. Œ Ó. Œ Ó. Œ Ó. Œ.... Œ Ó. Ó. Œ Œ one layer esress. SAMPLE Chimes Œ S965: Gesù Bamino 5 6

6 Though lesser knon than some Christmas melodies, this stately, astoral ork incororates the chorus of O Come All Ye aithful (or Adeste ideles ) into the riting. The original melody y Yon is rather remarkale in its elegant eauty, and sounds timeless and enchantingly ancient, though it as ritten rather recently in 97. Pietro Yon as an organist ho sent most of his career at the St. Patrick Cathedral in Ne York. Yon as ell regarded in his lifetime y fello musicians. Notaly among his uils as the celerated American songriter Cole Porter and, uon his assing in 9, Arturo Toscanini himself as among those ho attended his large funeral. This arrangement egins softly ith a simle statement of the melody in the trumets. The theme exands as it is assed around the various instrumental choirs ith increasing use of counteroint. Culminating in a oyous exaltation, the music inds to a gentle and serene conclusion. The score is ell-cued in key sections here the melody is rominent. Christmas Pastorale for Concert Band Pietro Yon edited y. Mark ogers Yon/ ogers HL006 HL006 U.S. $75.00 Southern Music. Mark ogers egan ri ng for and hile in high school, and con nued ith degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas. Director of Pulica ons for Southern Music Comany from 99 and Managing Editor of the firm since 05, ogers has authored edi ons of the music of Percy Grainger and ohn Phili Sousa that have entered and reertory orldide. He is also idely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, ith erformances y all five of the Washington, DC service ands. Dr. ogers is the conductor of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and serves on the adunct faculty of San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University. Prior to coming to San Antonio, he as on the faculty of the University of South Alaama and a staff memer of the University of Texas Longhorn Band. A assoonist, he erforms ith the orchestras of Corus Chris, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Aus n, as ell as the Mid-Texas Symhony. He is ac ve in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erforming numerous roles in the oere as of Gilert and Sullivan. Sudie, his ife of forty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the oy of his later years. Band eertoire Classics Series Grade.5