Let Thy Spirit (Tschesnokoff)

Price: 
$90.00

Let Thy Spirit (Tschesnokoff)

Arranger/Composer: 

Tschesnokoff ; Gackstatter, Gary

Item Code:
11280
Publisher: 
C. Alan Publications

Gary Gackstatter's arrangement of Tschesnokoff's most famous hymn, "Salvation is Created," is lovely and accessible.

Program Notes

Pavel Tschesnokoff (1877–1944) was a leading composer of Russian church music until the formation of the Soviet Union in 1917, at which point all composition of sacred music in Russia came to a halt. Tschesnokoff’s music was not performed publicly again until 1991, long after his death. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there was a resurgence of music, particularly of choral groups, in the Russian Orthodox Church, and many congregations favored familiar compositions from the pre-Revolutionary years, such as “Salvation is Created,” Tschesnokoff’s most famous hymn. The text of the hymn is as follows:

Let Thy Holy Spirit come upon us on earth,
Alleluia, Alleluia!

- Gary Gackstatter

Grade Level: 2
Copyright: 2006
Number of Players: Standard
Duration: 2:45

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Sample PDF

  • letthyspirit.pdf
  • Instrumentation

    Flute 1/2
    Oboe 1/2
    Clarinet in Bb 1/2
    Clarinet in Bb 3
    Bass Clarinet
    Alto Saxophone 1/2
    Tenor Saxophone
    Baritone Saxophone
    Bassoon

    Horn in F 1/2
    Trumpet in Bb 1
    Trumpet in Bb 2/3
    Trombone 1/2
    Trombone 3 or Bass Trombone
    Euphonium
    (Baritone T.C.)
    Tuba

    Timpani
    Percussion 1 (suspended cymbal, crash cymbals)
    Percussion 2 (bass drum)
    Percussion 3 (bells, chimes)