Time Marches On – Info

Title – Time Marches On

mp3 clip - Time Marches On

Lyrics – Instrumental

Credits

Lyric Credits – Instrumental

Music credits – Don Rath Jr

Producer Credits – Don Rath Jr

Engineering Credits – Don Rath Jr / “Big Al” Allen Wagner

Publisher Credits – StringTunes

Performance Credits – EWQLSO Gold Pro

Label Credits – StringTunes

Description

Track number – 1 on the CD Dawn of a New Day

Short Description

Time Marches On is a lighthearted and relatively short piece representing time marked off by the clicks of the woodblocks, suggesting the inevitable that time keeps moving forward in a really fun way!

Long description

Chronology – 6/13/2006

Duration – 2:37

Time signature – 4/4

Key – A Major

Tempo – Andante

Number of measures – 39

Instrumentation – Oboe d’Amore, Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bassoon, Triangle & Woodblocks.

Message

Time keeps on moving forward as certain as the sun rises and sets. Let’s just hopes this remains true:)

Dedication

None

Story behind the song

I was given the instrumentation to work with and the subject matter but no suggested theme. The tick-tock became the driver of the piece and so Time Marches on became a new composition, a fun one at that!