The Hounds of Spring
The Hounds of Spring is a concert overture for winds, written by the American composer, Alfred Reed in 1980.[1]
Reed was inspired by the poem Atalanta in Calydon (1865), by Victorian era English poet, Algernon Charles Swinburne, a recreation in modern English verse of an ancient Greek tragedy. That poem includes the line "When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces."[2]
It was Reed's desire to capture the dual elements of the poem - high-spirited youthful jauntiness and the innocence of tender love.[3]
The Hounds of Spring was commissioned by, and dedicated to, the John L. Forster Secondary School Concert Band of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and its director, Gerald Brown.[4] The world premiere was in Windsor on May 8, 1980, conducted by the composer. Ever since then it has been a popular concert piece played by high school ensembles across the world.[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ Atalanta in Calydon
- ↑ http://www.virginia.edu/music/releasesarchive/releases00-01/releasewind04.html[dead link]
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