Thalia's Rag - for wind quintet

Thalia's Rag - for wind quintet

Composer David Warin Solomons
Arrangement flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Co-Authors -
Lyrics -
Performed by (electronic preview)
Uploaded on 13 July 2010 17:38
Uploaded by dwsolo
Genre Contemporary
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Available files

  Filetypes Price
 full score and parts x-zip € 8.00
 score and parts with added limericks x-zip € 8.00
 

Details

Publisher Dwsolo
Difficulty Moderate
Pages 7
Religion Not applicable
Nationality -
Layout -
Clef Not applicable
Instrumentation Quintet
Language -
Catalogue id MSS-3430-2D2C839
 

Description

Thalia is the flourishing Muse of humour and comedy. This is a ragtime for wind quintet in her honour.
It has a central section in which each instrument takes its turn to "tell" a humorous limerick, sometimes ending with a sly reference to the Gershwin song "It ain't necessarily so"
Any performers who can find a speaker who is prepared to recite a limerick in time with these rhythmical excerpts is most welcome to invite him or her to do so :-)
(New: I have now added a version with some limericks of mine - with slight changes to the parts in order to fit the specific limericks)

Each instrument has its own approach to its overall feel for humour, the clarinet being perhaps the most embarassing since it occasionally continues to "laugh" with its bottom notes after everyone else has gone on to the next subject.

The audio sample is an electronic preview.

The zip file contains the score and each individual part.



New:
Version with spoken limericks added, by way of illustration (ie you can choose your own if you like):


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