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Title	Bright Sunny Days
Article no.	4077841
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	USA (us)
Publisher *	Niel A Kjos Music Company
Publisher's article no. *	WB 439
Series title	Concert Band Repertoire
EAN (GTIN) *	0084027042267
UPC *	084027042267
Year of publication	2014
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Composer	Boysen, Andrew Jr.
Difficulty level	3
Evaluation level of countries	D3 (German medium level)
Duration	3:45
Additional info/contents	Bright Sunny Days opens with diminished chords hinting at the tension before the final school bell rings on the last day of school. The clock chimes and “summer” begins! This fast and light-hearted piece will delight your students Prt Flt 1,2 Ob Fag Clr 1,2,3 BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Trp 1,2 Hrn in F 1,2 Trb 1,2 Euph Tub Tmp Perc 1,2,3,4,5: -Bar Chimes -BD -Bng -Cbz -Wispi -China Cym -Hht -Mar -Orchestra Chimes -Sandpaper Blocks -Slide Whistle -SD -SuCym -TamTam -Tmbl -Trng (2) -Vsl -Vib -Xyl
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Programme notes *: Bright Sunny Days was commissioned by Kimberly Conklin and the J.T. Lambert Intermediate School 7th and 8th Grade Band in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Then genesis of the piece came from "mini-essays" that Ms. Conklin assigned to her band members, asking them "What would you like our commission to be about?" Although the responses were incredibly varied, some ideas recurred with regularity. These ideas included writing a piece that was both fast and fun to play, and one that celebrated the end of the school year and the beginning of summer. The resultant piece, then, begins with the clock ticking toward the end of the final day of school. The winds are playing rising diminished chords (regular increasing excitement) and the chimes are playing an augmented version of the traditional Westminster chimes. The pitch material becomes the melodic basis of much of the rest of the piece. After short introduction, Bright Sunny Days is simply a joyful celebration of summer, set in quasi-rondo form and featuring a complex metric structure. Quelle/Source/Information: Neil A. Kjos Music Company "Bright Sunny Days" is a cheerful rhythmic work with Latin American colors. After a short introduction, the rhythmic theme is introduced by three-part trumpets and then processed in many different ways. Many small effects (e.g. timpani glissando, small seconds in the melody) enrich the piece. During the numerous bar changes, which are mainly due to the emphasis, the fast quarter or eighth pulse remains throughout. Very numerous obligatory drum and mallet-effects. First trumpet part in two places in three parts! Quelle/Source: Beschreibung der Wertungsstücke, Deutsche Musikfest 2019.

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	Bright Sunny Days (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Bright Sunny Days (concert/wind band), full score

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