Craig Andrew Fitzpatrick (ASCAP)
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold, Her early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Robert Frost
For the Morton High School Wind Ensemble on the occasion of their performance at the Illinois Music Educators All State Convention Jeff Neavor, Director
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Craig Andrew Fitzpatrick (ASCAP) 2011
slowly, but with intensity q = 80
Flute 1
Flute 2
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