Description
- Composer: David Sampson
- Format: Score & Set of Parts
- Instrumentation: Percussion, Brass Ensemble
- Work: Hommage JFK
- Binding:
- ISMN: 9790207018403
- Size: 8.3 x 11.7 inches
- Pages: None
Description
Written during the summer of 1995, Hommage JFK is a fanfare for four trumpets, four horns, four trombones, two tubas and three percussion. It was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in the writing of the fanfare, I chose to concentrate on the man for whom the building was dedicated, John F. Kennedy. Since I was only nine when he was elected president, Kennedy became the first political leader to make an impression on me. What I remember most was his humor, smile and vitality, and the fact that these were taken away from US so suddenly. Hommage JFK reflects these two elements: vitality and sudden loss. David Sampson
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