A Whole Earth Symphony is a cycle of seven tone poems in two parts. It is dedicated to Eugene Corporon and the University of Northern Colorado Symphonic Wind Ensemble. The score remains elusive, so the information here is based primarily on Timothy Running’s 1991 doctoral dissertation, “An Annotated Bibliography of Symphonies for Band to 1989.”
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
1978 - 1979
Difficulty:
Grade 6
Duration:
38 minutes
Instrumentation:
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Movements:
Part I
I. Hymn: To the Creation of the Earth
II. Scherzo: The Rise of Life in the Seas
III. Dirge: For the Age of the Reptiles
IV. A Saga of Mountain
Part II
V. Idyll: Flowering Plants and Birds
VI. The Dominion of Mammals
VII. The Ascent of Man
Publication Information:
Composer
Premiered:
Movement III by William Pfund/University Brass Choir, University of Northern Colorado Foundation Hall, November 8, 1979.
Movements I and IV by Eugene Corporon/Summer Symphonic Band (University of Northern Colorado), University of Northern Colorado Garden Theatre, July 15, 1980.
Availability:
Unpublished
Recordings:
Resources:
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music Online
- Wallace-Corporon Repertoire
- Running Annotated Bibliography
- Suppan Neue Lexikon