Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise

Ron Nelson

Ron Nelson

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General Info

Year: 1991
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Masters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A master of crafting majestic and dramatic musical colors, Nelson uses extensive percussion, piano, and organ to augment band instrumentation (with C trumpets and no saxophones) in this fanfare inspired by a sunrise high in the Rocky Mountains.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: UNLV Wind Orchestra (Thomas G. Leslie,conductor) - 2011

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class AA
• Virginia: V

Performances

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• Texas All-State Symphonic Band (Jason Fettig, conductor) - 17 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• ULL Wind Ensemble - 2011

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Aspen Jubilee (1988)
• Brevard Fanfare
• Chaconne (In Memoriam…)
• Concerto for Piano & Symphonic Band
• Courtly Airs and Dances (1995)
• Danza Capriccio (1991/2013)
• Epiphanies (Fanfares and Chorales) (1994)
• Fanfare for a Celebration (1982/1986)
• Fanfare for Kennedy Center
• Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise (1991)
• Fanfare for the New Millennium
• Lauds (Praise High Day) (1991)
• Mayflower Overture (1958)
• Medieval Suite
  • Homage to Leonin (1983)
  • Homage to Perotin (1982)
  • Homage to Landini (2019)
  • Homage to Machaut (1983)
• Morning Alleluias for the Winter Solstice (1989/1991)
• Night Song (1998)
• Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) (1993)
• Pastorale (2006)
• Pebble Beach Sojourn (1983/1994)
• Resonances I (1990)
• Rocky Point Holiday
• Savannah River Holiday (1953/1973)
• Sonoran Desert Holiday (1995)
• Te Deum Laudamus
• To the Airborne

Resources

• Nelson, R. (1991). Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise [score]. Ludwig Masters: Cleveland, Ohio.
• Ron Nelson website