Sea of Tranquility

Robert Buckley

Robert Buckley

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This work is the first movement of Buckley's suite The Seas of the Moon.

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Since the beginning of humanity we've been mesmerized by the moon, and what were originally thought to be “seas” appearing on the surface. The "Sea of Tranquility” is probably the best-known of these thanks to the landing of Apollo 11 in 1969. The first movement of Robert Buckley's four-movement suite captures the astronauts' sense of awe and wonder of their journey from lift-off, to weightlessness, to the triumph and jubilation of the lunar landing itself.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Band of the 15th Field Regiment (Vancouver, B.C.) - 29 January 2020
• Oregon (Portland) Symphonic Band (Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor)- 22 April 2018

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
• My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)
• Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)

All Wind Works

• Cathedral Grove
• Codebreaker
• Continuum (2011)
• December
• Doctor Who (as arranger) (2016)
• Eagle Song (as arranger) (2018)
• Echo Lake
• Echoes of the Silent (2018)
• Excerpts from "The Rite of Spring" (as arranger)
• Fantasy on the Huron Carol
• Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
• Free Running (2012)
• Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)
• Hymn to Freedom (as arranger) (1962/2017)
• I Am the Doctor (as arranger)
• Jitterbug! (2018)
• LOL (2016)
• My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)
• Pacifica (Buckley)
• Portraits of the North
  • Arctic Fire (2014)
  • Land of the Midnight Sun
  • Iditarod (2013)
• Postcard from England (2014)
• Postcard from Pittsburgh (2013)
• Prestidigitation (2016)
• Procession of the Sorcerers
• ReBoot
• Red Sky
• Rock It Science
• The Seas of the Moon
  • Foaming Sea
  • Sea of Tranquility
• Smoke and Mirrors
• Thunderbird
• Undercurrents (2016)
• Walking to the Sky (2016)
• Windjammer (2011)

Resources

• Bob Buckley Productions – Accessed 18 May 2018