Daniel Bukvich This PowerPoint presentation focuses the history of the Dresden bombing, history Piece Duration: 6 1/2 minutes of the composition and composer, photos of Dresden before and after, and personal Presentation Duration: 30-45 minutes accounts from the victims of the boming. Seperate from the PowerPoint is a hand-out to students for simple vocalizations for the spoken German words.

1. Symphony No. 1
(In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945)
Daniel Bukvich
Presented by Mr. Sierakowski (2007)
West Aurora High School Symphonic Band
Grade 4

2. History of this composition
 Written as Mr. Bukvich’s master’s thesis dealing
with contemporary notation (1978).
 Wanted to use non-traditional sounds for the
concert band setting.
 This composition launched Mr. Bukvich’s career
as a band composer.
 The piece depicts allied bombing on the city of
Dresden, Germany on February 13-14, 1945

3. More information
 Based on a famous chord used by Duke
Ellington -- C, Db, E, G
 Harmonic & melodic ideas are used with these
notes.

4. Where is Dresden, Germany?

5. Before the Bombing
 1920’s was the world focus in fine and
visual arts.
 Saxon State Opera Orchestra
 Dresden State Art Collections
 Baroque and Renaissance architecture
 Second largest city

6. I. Prologue
 This movement establishes the mood of
impending disaster and presents the
thematic material upon which the rest of the
piece is based.

7. II. Seeds in the Wind
 The title of this movement refers to the
method of "seeding" the bomb target with
jellied gasoline and incendiaries. The
movement portrays the fury of the bombing
attack.

8. III. Ave Maria
 The material in this movement reflects upon
the religious and artistic heritage of
Dresden and becomes a prayer for the
victims of the attack.

9. IV. Fire Storm
 In this movement, the
sounds of the "Fire
Storm" are recreated.
Musically, the last
movement serves as a
resolution to the
tension built up in the
previous three
movements.

10. Listening to the
Recording

11. The Story
 Rationale for Bombings
 The Attacks
 Firestorm "Feuersturm"

12. More Pictures

13. Air Raid Totals (2 Raids)
 ~ 7,000 high explosive bombs
 ~ 4,500 “J-bombs”
 ~ 400,000+ incendiaries
 ~ 25,000-35,000 lives lost in the raids,
majority civilians

14. Psychological Warfare
 Bombers also dropped bundles and
bundles of psychological leaflets
 Fake ration cards

15. Example Leaflet

16. Personal Reminiscences Collected
 “The firestorm [was] incredible, there [were] calls
for help and screams from somewhere but all
around [was] one single inferno… suddenly, I saw
people again, right in front of me. They
scream[ed] and gesticulate[d] with their hands,
and then — to my utter horror and amazement —
I [saw] how one after the other they simply seem
to let themselves drop to the ground. Today I
know that these unfortunate people were the
victims of lack of oxygen. They fainted and then
burnt to cinders.”

17. Another Reminiscence
 “We saw the burning street, the falling ruins and the
terrible firestorm. My mother covered us with wet
blankets and coats she found in a water tub. We saw
terrible things: cremated adults shrunk to the size of
small children, pieces of arms and legs, dead people,
whole families burnt to death, burning people ran to and
from, burnt coaches filled with civilian refugees, dead
rescuers and soldiers, many were calling and looking for
their children and families, and fire everywhere,
everywhere fire, and all the time the hot wind of the
firestorm threw people back into the burning houses
they were trying to escape from.”

18. Dresden Today
 Since the re-unification of Germany (1990)
 Trying to regain cultural importance

19. Frauenkirche
1880 2006

20. Dresden Today
 Scars of the attacks still exist

21. Related information
 Berlin/Hamburg bombings
 Leaflets are still used in today’s war
 War Crime?
 The end of the war
 Would this happen today?

22. Resources Cited
 No Author (2007). Bombing of Dresden in World War II. Retrieved February 15, 2007, from
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II
 No Author (2007). Dresden Frauenkirche. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Dresden_Frauenkirche#Destruction
 No Author (2007). Dresden. Retrieved February 13, 2007, from Wikipedia: The Free
Encyclopedia Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden
 No Author (2007). Bombing of Hamburg in World War II. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II
 No Author (2007). Bombing of Berlin in World War II. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II
 Irving, D. (2005). Apocalypse 1945: The Destruction of Dresden. London: Parforce UK Ltd.
 Bukvich, D. (2002). Symphony No. 1: In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945. Retrieved February 13,
2007, from Bukvich Music Website: www.bukvichmusic.com/comp/symphonyno1
/index.asp
 Bukvich, D. (1981). Symphony No. 1: In Memoriam, Dresden, Germany, 1945 [Score].
Pennsylvania: Wingert-Jones Music.