Opus 1006

Fanfare for a Duchess at St. Andrew’s (2013)

for Organ

Erik Simmons, organ

Duration: 5 min.

Dedication: in memory of Dorothy Virginia Garman Blankenship Laurie for St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Roanoke, Virginia

Commission: Commissioned in memory of Dorothy Virginia Garman Blankenship Laurie for St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Roanoke, Virginia

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Fanfare for a Duchess at St. Andrew’s (2013) was commissioned in memory of Dorothy Virginia Garman Blankenship Laurie for the ongoing dedication events and recitals for the “Jennie Laurie Memorial Organ” at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Roanoke, Virginia. Phrases of Josef Haydn’s tune AUSTRIAN HYMN (“Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken”) are quoted throughout.