Salvation is Created

Composer(s) / Arranger(s): Shaun Salem

Performance Time: 3:07  |  Grade: 3  |  Style: Classical

Pavel Tchesnokov composed "Salvation is Created" in 1912 as the fifth of ten communion hymns for choir, one of the last sacred works he composed before the Soviet Union began suppressing Christianity and requiring Tchenokov to turn to more secular arts. Though Tchesnokov never heard a live performance of this composition for choir, his children were able to hear it after his death. A looming question for arrangers of this hymn in modern band literature has been the consideration of key, and some arrangers have chosen the keys of C minor and Eb major. This presents challenges in the musical range of band instruments that often limits arrangers in how to maximize upon the wonderful colors of the concert band to achieve greater musical effect.