Year of Composition

1986

Duration

4'

Instrumentation

3.(pic).3(eh)-3.3.3(cbsn)-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3)-str

Categories

Orchestra

Program Note

As part of the Houston Symphony's sesquicentennial celebration, and based on the folksong "Deep in the Heart of Texas," Ringing fragments the familiar melody in an Ives-like mosaic.

— Victoria Bond

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Commission & Premiere Info

Commissioned by the Houston Symphony Orchestra
Premiered by the Houston Symphony Orchestra in Houston, TX on July 4, 1986

Press Quotes

"A jubilant fanfare built on mutated fragments of a Texas folksong and inspired by the clanging of bells" — The Cape Codder