John R. Bourgeois
Ignatian Fanfare
John R. Bourgeois
Ignatian Fanfare
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer John R. Bourgeois
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Wingert-Jones Publications
- Order no. WJP-3016101
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Description:
Written for the centennial of Loyola University, New Orleans and premiered by the Loyola University Band on April 12, 2012 with the composer conducting. This fanfare is based on a motive from the Jesuit motto "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" ("to the greater glory of God") and is based on the notes A, D, G. The fanfare opens with timpani, a tintinnabulum of bells and brass, and wolf calls in the horns. A martial hymn tune appears which evokes the soldierly order of Ignatius Loyolas early years. The work closes with a rhythmic ostinato based on the words "Fight, fight, fight, ye men of the South!" The composer is a graduate of Loyola and received an honorary Doctor of Music degree in 2005.