By Dawn's Early Light (flex)

David Shaffer

David Shaffer

General Info

Year: 1995 / 2013
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
C Treble Part 1
B-flat Treble Part 1
E-flat Treble Part 1
C Treble Part 2
B-flat Treble Part 2
E-flat Treble Part 2
F Horn Part 2
Low B-flat Part 3
Low E-flat Part 3
Bass Clef Part 3
F Horn Part 3
Viola Part 3
Low B-flat Part 4
Low E-flat Part 4
Bass Clef Part 4
Bass
Tuba
Timpani
Keyboard
Percussion, including:

• Mallets
• Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A gentle and expressive piece for intermediate level bands by David Shaffer that will help you teach your students the fine art of legato playing. Provides a very nice change of pace for any young band performance and is a piece that will pay big dividends to your band program down the line!

Program Note from Publisher Website

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• By Dawn's Early Light (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
• Evening Prayer (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2014)
• Excellentia Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1985/2014)
• Fire Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2012)
• Jingle Jazz (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• Last Ride of the Pony Express (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2013)
• Legend of the Eagles (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2016)
• Spania (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2012)

All Wind Works

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• An Almighty Fortress (as arranger) (1529/1987)
• Andromeda (2010)
• Arabesque (1987)
• Avantia
• Aztec Celebration (2001)
• Blazing Fury
• Bravada Espirit
• Bugs (2006)
• Burst of Brass
• By Dawn's Early Light (1995)
• By Dawn's Early Light (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
• Canadian Sketches
• Cantus Jubilante (2006)
• Cedar Crest
• Celestial Legend (2004)
• Ceremony, Chant and Ritual (2002)
• Chant and Tribal Dance (2002)
• Chapala, Chapala
• Chinook Wind Rhapsody
• A Christmas Special
• Cimarron Trail (1993)
• Conquista
• Cool Cat Shuffle
• Costa del Sol (2009)
• A Crazy, Mixed-Up Opera
• A Crazy Mixed-Up Christmas Concert
• Crown Century
• Dance of the Slippery Slide Trombones
• Dances Fantastique
• Dedicata (1988)
• Dominion of the Sky (2000)
• Drivin' That Drummin' Machine! (2005)
• The Eagle's Triumph (1999)
• Eternal Hope (2008)
• Eureka! (2009)
• Evening Prayer (1997)
• Evening Prayer (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2014)
• Excellentia Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1985/2014)
• Fanfare and Festival Celebration
• Fanfare and Furiosity (2005)
• Fantasy on O Tannenbaum
• Festive Yuletide Cameos
• Fire and Fury
• Fire Dance (2001)
• Fire Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2012)
• Flight of the Pegasus (1994)
• Flying Tigers
• For the Fallen (2003)
• Go Tell It on the Mountain
• The Happy Hungarian (2004)
• Home of the Brave
• Ho Ho Hoedown
• Hope, Honor and Glory (1999)
• Hymn for a Festival
• Inferno (2004)
• Into the Light (1997)
• Introduction and Festiva
• The Invincible Warrior
• It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Shaffer)
• Jazzoo
• Jingle Jazz
• Jingle Jazz (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• Journey Into Diablo Canyon (1999)
• Joyous Spirit (1996)
• Kaleidoscope (2008)
• King Cobra
• Kitchen Can Can
• La Brava
• Laramie
• Last Ride of the Pony Express (2004)
• Last Ride of the Pony Express (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2013)
• The Last to Defend (1998)
• Legend of the Eagles (1996)
• Legend of the Eagles (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2016)
• Legend of the Sword (2002)
• Lincoln Celebration
• Little French Suite
• Madcap Mallet Mania
• Majesty of the Mountains (1995)
• March Kings
• March Mania
• Maxium
• Memories of Stephen Foster
• Miami Valley Anthology
• Mirror Lake Legend
• Mt Healthy
• Mt Hood Portrait (1994)
• New World Variations (2001)
• Noble Heritage (1988)
• Northridge
• Now The Winter's Come To Stay
• The Nuts and Crackers Sweet (2007)
• Old Glory
• On a Snowy Winter's Eve (2010)
• On A Spring Morning
• Pageant of Light (1999)
• Parade of the Bumbling Wooden Soldiers (2002)
• Parade of the Palominos (2008)
• The Patriots (1991)
• Pennington Gap
• The Picador
• The Pinnacle (2000)
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• Purple Heart (2007)
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• Raging Thunder (1986)
• Reaching The Summit
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• Reindeer Rhumba (2014)
• Rejouissant! (2018)
• Renegade Dances (2003)
• Rise of the Vulcan
• Rhythm X
• Riverbend Rhapsody (1991)
• Rocky Mountain Holiday
• Rogue River Rhapsody
• A Round the Bend
• Sandpaper Symphony (1999)
• Santa's Big Adventure
• Sax Attack! (2008)
• Sea of Tranquility
• The Seventh Day
• Silent Night
• Silver Sable
• Slidin' Stiehl
• Soaring! (2008)
• Song of the Telegraph (2004)
• Sousa Spectacular
• Sousa! Sousa! Sousa!
• Spania (2005)
• Spania (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2012)
• Sphere of Fire
• Spiritus (1987)
• Spring Fever
• The Star Spangled Banner
• Stargazer (2004)
• Storm Surge
• Sun Dancing (2007)
• Suncoast Carnival
• Symbol of Freedom
• Tale of the Comet (1997)
• Tempest Rising (2003)
• This Rockin' Band
• Those Magnificent Marches
• Thumbs Up!
• Thunder Bay Legend
• Thunderhead
• Tic - Toc - Rock (1988)
• Tribal Drums (2000)
• Tribute and Triumph (2000)
• Triple Treat
• Trumpets Triumphant
• Twin Oaks (1986)
• Twilight (2011)
• Twisted Night Before Christmas
• Upon These Wings (2002)
• Voltage (2011)
• Vortex (Shaffer)
• Waltzing Matilda
• Weatheridge
• When Angels Weep (1997)
• Whispers of the Wind (2005)
• Whitewater Festival
• Windsongs
• Windward Passage
• Witches Brew

Resources

• Perusal score
• Shaffer, D. (1995). By Dawn's Early Light [score[. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.