Crescent Moon Floats in Blue-Pink Sky
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 5:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Finger Cymbals
- Marimba (optional)
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-toms (3)
- Triangle (small)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Crescent Moon Floats in Blue-Pink Sky is a musical portrayal of an Idaho sunset the composer experienced in the fall of 2001. Traveling homeward after the Montana Music Educators meeting in Bozeman where the weather had been gloomy for several days, Cummings watched the clouds part over the distant mountains to reveal a technicolor sunset. Rays streaking across the horizon and a thin crescent moon made this truly a stunning moment worthy of commemoration in music.
This particular sunset remained a memory until the composer was contacted by Rich Miller, chairman of the St. Vrain Valley (Colorado) Honor Band, to commission a grade 3+ work for their annual clinic in January 2002. Crescent Moon Floats in Blue-Pink Sky soon came to musical life, and its premiere was conducted by Dr. Stephen Moore, director of bands at Colorado State University.
- Program Note from score
A truly unique musical statement capturing the timeless beauty of a classic sunset.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- San Dieguito Union High School District (San Diego, Calif.) Middle School Honor Band (Eric Weirather, conductor) – 9 January 2016
- St. Vrain Valley (Longmont, Colorado) Honor Band (Stephen Moore, conductor) – January 2002
Works for Winds by This Composer
- AspenSong
- Crescent Moon Floats in Blue-Pink Sky (2002)
- Eagle's Nest Overture
- Gamelan (1992)
- Grand Mesa
- The Great Divide
- High Country Fanfare (Brass Quintet)
- High Country Fanfare (Wind Ensemble)
- Hill Country March
- Life on the Arkansas
- March for the 95th
- Mile High Magic
- Montana Bound!
- Music Machine
- Overland Trail
- Portrait of a Western City
- Procession of Stars
- A Quiet Rain
- Rattler in a Rapid
- Red Canyon Echoes
- The Richness of the Earth
- River of Gold
- Royal Gorge
- Run Boys Run
- San Juan Vistas
- The Shining Mountains
- Skeletons Dance Under Full Moon
- Song for the Winter Moon (1998)
- Songs of the Waters
- Star Spangled Rhapsody
- Sunset Samba
- Three Episodes for Trumpet and Band
- Woodland Park Overture