Name: Cloudbusting (arr. John Ivor Holland) by Kate Bush Concert Band Digital Sheet Music
Brand: John Ivor Holland
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Cloudbusting (arr. John Ivor Holland)
by Kate Bush Concert Band - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Cloudbusting (arr. John Ivor Holland)

Artist Kate Bush

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Kate Bush

Arranger John Ivor Holland

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 46

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher John Ivor Holland

Level 2

Product ID 1472482

Genre Pop Film/TV 20th Century Singer/Songwriter

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

"Cloudbusting" is a song written, produced and performed by English singer Kate Bush. It was the second single released from her fifth studio album 'Hounds of Love' (1985). "Cloudbusting" peaked at No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart. Taking inspiration from the 1973 Peter Reich memoir A Book of Dreams, the song is about the very close relationship between psychiatrist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and his young son, Peter, told from the point of view of the mature Peter. It describes the boy's memories of his life with Reich on their family farm, called Orgonon, where the two spent time "cloudbusting", a rain-making process which involved using a machine pointing at the sky. The lyrics further describe Reich's abrupt arrest and imprisonment, the pain of loss the young Peter felt, and his helplessness at being unable to protect his father. The predominant string texture has been retained in this concert band arrangement, transposed to a more band-friendly key and the thumping percussion recalls Kate Bush's megahit 'Running Up That Hill'. Arranged as part of a project to expand the repertoire of music for concert band by women composers.

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.