Buffalo Jump Ritual

Title:
Buffalo Jump Ritual
Creator:
Bukvich, Daniel
Date Created:
2000-08-10
Instrumentation:
Concert Band
Historical Background:
Bukvich was approached by Bill Larson to write a comission for the Montana Music Educators Association (MMEA). Larson took Bukvich on a trip south of Great Falls to the Ulm Buffalo Jump Site. In growing up in Montana, Bukvich had heard of these sites throughout his life, but this excursion with Larson was his first time visiting one. Larson and the comissioning board opted for simple percussion that could be performed by any band program in the state of Montana; therefore, no mallet percussion was utilized for this piece. In planning this piece, Larson wanted to get the All State Band to rehearse the piece at the Buffalo Jump site, but "the band world isn't cool enough to figure out how to make that happen," according to Bukvich. Since its original premiere at MMEA 2000, it recieves an estimated hundereds of performances a year.
Physical Notes:
Scored for standard concert band, percussion includes timpani, rattle, sleighbells, suspended cymbal, prayer stones, wooden board, tom-tom, and bass drum.
Score Order:
concert handwritten score transposed typeset score handwritten percussion score
Part Order:
piccolo flute oboe bassoon clarinet bass clarinet alto saxophone tenor saxophone baritone saxophone horn trumpet trombone baritone tuba timpani percussion
Part Types:
typeset parts
Location:
Moscow, ID
Archival Box Number:
13
Source Identifier:
buffalojump
Source:
Professor Daniel Bukvich Composition Archive, University of Idaho Special Collections & Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Buffalo Jump Ritual", Professor Daniel Bukvich Composition Collection, Digital Initiatives, University of Idaho Library
Reference Link:
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/bukvich/items/bukvich0005.html
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