Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise

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 from 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 (1994)
Fanfare for a Celebration (1982/1986)
Fanfare for Kennedy Center
Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise (1991)
Fanfare for the New Millennium (1999)
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