Horn 1: d1 - g2
Horn 2: ab - f#2
Horn 3: ab - db2
Horn 4: Bb - b1
Creator's Comments
Performance Notes
Blue Moon is one of the classic pop songs that has lasted the passing of time. Written in 1933 by American composer Richard Rodgers (at the age of 32), to lyrics by Lorenz Hart, it apparently wasn’t a big success within the movie(s) it was meant for. Only in 1934, together with new lyrics, it became the standard ballad as we know it today.
Blue moon,
you saw me standing alone
without a dream in my heart
without a love on my own.
Blue moon,
you knew just what I was there for
you heard me saying a prayer for
somebody I really could care for.
And then there suddenly appeared before me,
the only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me."
and when I looked,
the moon had turned to gold.
Blue moon,
now I'm lo longer alone
without a dream in my heart
without a love on my own.
This arrangement, similar to I Could Have Danced All Night is just fantastic. The structure is relatively simple, with first horn introducing the tune, giving it over to the 2nd, interlude, recap of the beginning, and ending. All the while horn 3 (and horns 2 and 1 respectively) grooves along, and horn 4 provides the bass line (not without the obligato Walters solo in the interlude though).
The range is pedal B flat to high G, with absolutely nothing remotely unplayable in it. On the contrary, because this arrangement is so well done, it even qualifies as easy, which means: almost anybody who has spent some time with the horn (and a halfway decent knowledge of the original song) can play this arrangement. And the best part is that it will sound just like it was arranged: outstanding.
Credits
Provision of review score: John Lynsdale-Nock (Corniworld)