Night Tide (Buss)
General Info
Year: 1995, 2012
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: Grade V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brixton
Cost: Score and Part - $20.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Instrumentation
Marimba and French horn
Program Notes
Night Tide by Howard Buss is an impression of the New England coastline at night and features an evocative interplay between turbulent and serene sections.“The evening’s highlight, A stunning aural portrait of the sea’s ebb and flow.” -The Maine Sunday Telegram. This work is aalso published in a version for trombone and marimba. The following poem, written by the composer, may be used as program notes:
The poem: "Night Tide"
Under cover of darkness waves storm the rugged coast. Invisible crests and troughs coax reluctant rocks from their sand beds, lapping and tugging, swelling and falling. Drama unseen though felt as if time were real, patiently counting the droplets and grains pitted at odds, fragmenting one another in a marathon of spray and sand, cascades and claps: Determined adversaries with no desire to win or lose, only to battle through endless tide cycles.
Commercial Discography
Recent Performances
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo Works
A Day In The City - Marimba
Concerto For Marimba And Percussion Ensemble (Buss)
Rite of Passage - Marimba
Marimba or Vibraphone Solo With Other Instruments Works
De La Madera - Marimba; Oboe
Dreams from the Shadows - Vibraphone; French horn
Impromptu - Marimba; Clarinet or Sop. Saxophone
Night Tide - Marimba; Trombone
Night Tide (Buss) - Marimba; French horn
Stellar Visions - Marimba; Flute
Sylvan Magic - Vibraphone; Clarinet
Two Caprices - Marimba; Flute; Oboe
Wave Train - Marimba; Flute
Multiple Percussion Solo with Other Instrument Works
Atmospheres - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Behind The Invisible Mask - Multiple Percussion; Bassoon
Boom Time - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
Capriccio (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet; Trombone
Incantation - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Into Each Life - Multiple Percussion; Flute; Cello; Piano
Kaleidoscope (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Metamorphosis (Buss) - Drum Set Solo; Flute
Rendezvous (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet(4)
Scenes From The Holy Land - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sky Blossoms - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sonic Fables: "Lessons from Aesop" - Multiple Percussion; Brass Quintet
Ventures - Multiple Percussion (one or two players); Euphonium
Percussion Ensemble With Other Instruments Works
American Pheonix - Percussion Quartet; Bass Trombone or Tuba
Coexistence - Percussion Quartet; Clarinet
Crossroads - Percussion Octet; Trombone Choir
Dream Sequence - Percussion Quartet; Trombone
Escapade - Percussion Quartet; Saxophone
Modern Times - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo; Narrator
Mysterious Exit - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo
Spanish Memoirs - Percussion Quartet; Trumpet
There Is A Season - Percussion Duo; Clarinet
Where Now Rusts The Iron? - Percussion Quartet; Soprano; Flute; Cello
Percussion Ensemble Works
Currents (Buss) - Percussion Quartet
Overture for Percussion - (Buss) - Percussion Ensemble
Sci-Fi Percussives - Percussion Ensemble(12)
The Big Bang (Buss) - Percussion Sextet; Piano
Additional Resources
http://www.howardbuss.com/percussion-4.html
References
http://www.howardbuss.com/percussion-4.html
https://www.cimarronmusic.com/nighttidehorn