Melting Clocks

Price: 
$97.50

Melting Clocks

Arranger/Composer: 

Heiny, Chad

Item Code:
29670
Publisher: 
C. Alan Publications

Melting Clocks is a quirky romp through Salvador Dalí’s painting 'The Persistence of Memory.' Quotes of the commissioning school’s fight song and alma mater are synthesized with bending melodies, tick-tocking elements, and a unique harmonic language.

Program Notes

Melting Clocks is a quirky romp through Salvador Dalí’s painting The Persistence of Memory. Quotes of the commissioning school’s fight song and alma mater are synthesized with bending melodies, tick-tocking elements, and a unique harmonic language. It is my hope that directors will spend some time exposing their students to the Dalí painting, as I think it will trigger a deeper understanding of the musical elements found within the work!

Melting Clocks was commissioned by the Band Boosters of the Gateway School District (Monroeville, PA) for the Gateway Bands.

–C.H.

Grade Level: 2
Copyright: 2022
Number of Players: Standard
Duration: 2:20

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    Instrumentation

    Flute 1
    Flute 2
    Oboe
    Bassoon
    B-flat Clarinet 1
    B-flat Clarinet 2
    Bass Clarinet
    Alto Saxophone 1
    Alto Saxophone 2
    Tenor Saxophone
    Baritone Saxophone

    B-flat Trumpet 1
    B-flat Trumpet 2
    F Horn
    Trombone 1
    Trombone 2
    Euphonium
    Baritone T.C.
    Tuba

    Timpani (2 drums), Mark Tree
    Glockenspiel
    Xylophone
    Percussion 1: Kick Drum, Temple Blocks
    Percussion 2: Hi-Hat, Snare Drum
    Percussion 3 [2 players]: Cowbell, Tambourine, Tam-Tam
    Percussion 4: Vibraslap, Suspended Cymbal