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Bright-Colored Dances
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Contents
General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 8:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Cimarron Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $120.00; (digital) - $120.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Movements
1. Butterfly Yellow – 2:45
2. Clarinet Green – 1:30
3. Comic Royal Purple – 1:55
4. Tarantella Red – 1:55
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III:
(percussion detail needed)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Composer Lewis Buckley writes,
Each of the four movements of Bright-Colored Dances represents a visual image of motion to me. In the first, Butterfly Yellow, a beautiful golden ball of light finds a dark, empty stage. The ball of light floats out onto the stage, hesitant at first, then breaks into a joyful dance. In the second movement, Clarinet Green, graceful classical dance is the image, represented by the clarinet, whose beautiful middle range has always appeared green to me. The third movement, Comic Royal Purple, presents that haughty, empty-headed public official whom we all know, strutting around all puffed up with self-importance. The tuba cadenza perfectly represents this ridiculous dolt. Tarantella Red is both a tribute to my Italian heritage and a vivid image of excited, emotional dancers surrounded by an enthusiastic, clapping crowd. I have always envisioned the tarantella in tones of red.
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: USAF Heartland of America Band (Mark R. Peterson, conductor) - 2008
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Concord (Mass.) Band (James O'Dell, conductor) – 4 March 2017
Works for Winds by this Composer
- American Portrait (1999)
- Bicentennial March (1990)
- Bright-Colored Dances (1995)
- Carmen Suite (as transcriber; arr. Guirard) (1875/2018)
- Coast Guard Bicentennial March. See: Bicentennial March
- Con Sabor Español (2005)
- Concerto for Flute and Oboe: Allegro Spirituoso (as arranger) (1994/1994)
- Dixieland Live! (as arranger)
- Double Whoopee (as arranger) (2016)
- Honor the Founders (2007)
- Macungie Band Sesquicentennial March (2005)
- The Music Man (as arranger) (1957/2002)
- O Canada (as arranger)
- Sandburg Reflections (arr. Hunsburger) (2002/2004)
- Turkey in the Straw (as arranger) (1989)
- The Yellow Rose of Texas Variations (as arranger) (1995)
Resources
- Lewis J. Buckley website Accessed 6 July 2017
