It must be difficult sleeping in New Orleans during the holidays. Constant interruptions while you drift off to sleep. You really have no choice but to join in the fun before finally getting you Silent Night.

Not So Silent Night

In Slavic mythology, Perun is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning.

Instrumentation:
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet in Bb 1 - 3
Bass Clarinet in Bb
Contra Bass Clarinet Eb
Alto Sax 1 and 2
Tenor Sax
Baritone Sax
Bassoon
Trumpet in Bb 1 - 3
Horn in F 1 - 4
Trombone 1 - 3
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
 4 Percussion

Perun God Of Thunder And Lightning

Turning Earth

Hanno was a white elephant and pet of Pope Leo X. It was given to him by King Manuel I of Portugal at the Popes coronation. After walking through the streets of Rome dressed in silver, Hanno reached the Pontiff, dropped to his knees and bowed his head. Then Hanno lifted his head back up and trumpeted three times in the air. He then sucked water into his trunk and sprayed water down on all the onlookers—including the Pope, who thought the elephant’s performance delightful. The Pope kept Hanno for two years until the elephants death. This arrival of Hanno was marked by art and poetry. One poet, Pasquale Malaspina wrote the following about the occasion. “In the Belvedere before the great Pastor was conducted the trained elephant Dancing with such grace and such love that hardly better would a man have danced: And then with its trunk such a great noise It made, that the entire place was deafened: And stretching itself on the ground to kneel
It then straightened up in reverence to the Pope, And to his entourage.”

The Opening phase of “Hanno Takes a Bow” is meant to represent the circus atmosphere in the streets of Rome as Hanno is paraded to meet Pope Leo X. The music builds as the large elephant labors threw the crowd. When Hanno approaches the Pope the crowd gains excitement and is brought to silence as he begins to Kneel before the Pontiff. Hanno Lets out three bellows, each one bigger than the last, before bringing the crowd back to the party as he sprays water in the air.

Instrumentation:
2 Trumpets
Horn
Trombone

Hanno Takes A Walk

My Great Grandpa Joseph Masha Composed this march. Here is my arrangement for wind band almost 100 years later.

Brandon Psenicka

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