Marching Band Music

Hearts of Stone (Full Instrumentation)

Style: Modern / Classical | Difficulty: Medium Difficult | Grade: 4+

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Hearts Of Stone is a musical interpretation of a stone-cold heart awakening to the true beauty, pain, and wonder of love for the first time. The emotive music adapts themes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Arturo Sandoval, and Eric Whitacre.



CREDITS

Composed by: Beethoven, Brubeck, Sandoval, Whitacre - Arranged by: Key Poulan
Percussion by: Sean Gordon and Darren VanDerpoel
Originally commissioned by: El Dorado H.S., Placentia, CA - Eric Samson, Director
Published By: Key Poulan Music
Duration: 7:59

MUSIC SAMPLES

Mvt. 1: Moonlight Sonata - Mvt. 1 opens the show with one of the most famous themes in all of western classical music, before it evolves into an emotional and dramatic statement by the full ensemble. It depicts the drama of new love, love lost, and unrequited love.
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Mvt. 2: Moonlight Sonata - Mvt. 3 further expands upon themes from the famous moonlight sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. Theme fragments move between instrument sections before coming together in a dramatic cadence. A lively musical chase representing the push and pull of love breaks out across the ensemble before the mallet percussion feature in the exciting finish.
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Mvt. 3: Closely Dancing is arranged from music of the same name by Cuban-American jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, and is a melancholy tango, infused with drama, oozing with sensuality, and pulsating with soul. It has flavors of Hollywood tango number and Harlem blues club simultaneously, and provides an interesting and colorful contrast within the larger work. LICENSING REQUIRED
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Mvt. 4: Fly to Paradise is arranged from music of the same title from Eric Whitacre’s musical Paradise Lost. It is a glorious affirmation of love conquering all, because love is the underlying force for all existence within the known universe. LICENSING REQUIRED
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