Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus): Pastorale for Christmas 田園曲 田園曲 管樂團

這首莊嚴、田園風格的作品將合唱曲 "O Come All Ye Faithful"（或 "Adeste Fideles"）融入曲中。揚的原作旋律優雅優美，聽起來雋永迷人，雖然是 1917 年的新作。皮埃特羅-庸是一位管風琴演奏家，他職業生涯的大部分時間都在紐約聖派翠克大教堂度過。揚生前深受音樂界同仁的好評，尤其是他的學生中包括美國著名作曲家科爾-波特，1943 年他去世時，阿圖羅-托斯卡尼尼本人也參加了他的大型葬禮。這首改編曲以小號的簡單旋律開始。隨著主題在各樂器合唱團中的傳遞，對位法的運用也越來越多。最後，樂曲在歡快的歡呼聲中緩緩結束。樂譜在旋律突出的關鍵部分做了很好的提示"

作曲家: Pietro Yon
改編者: R. Mark Rogers
樂器: Concert Band
出版社: Southern Music Co.
原文簡介:
This stately, pastoral work incorporates the chorus of “O Come All Ye Faithful” (or “Adeste Fideles”) into the writing. The original melody by Yon is rather remarkable in its elegant beauty and sounds timeless and enchantingly ancient, though it was written rather recently in 1917. Pietro Yon was an organist who spent most of his career at the St. Patrick Cathedral in New York. Yon was well regarded in his lifetime by fellow musicians, notably among his pupils was the celebrated American songwriter Cole Porter and upon his passing in 1943, Arturo Toscanini himself was among those who attended his large funeral. This arrangement begins solftly with a simple statement of the melody in the trumpets. The theme expands as it is passed around the various instrumental choirs with increasing use of counterpoint. Culminating in a joyous exhaultation the music winds to a gentle and serene conclusion. The score is well-cued in key sections where the melody is prominent.
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