for Two Clarinets and Two Bassoons
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for Two Clarinets and Two Bassoons
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Full Score and Parts available from TrevCo Music:
Stick Figures
Stick: In common parlance, and especially in the early and mid 20th century Jazz world the clarinet could be referred to as a “licorice stick”. A standard word in orchestral scores for the bassoon is “fagotto” which is the Italian word for a bundle of sticks.
Figures: Musicians use the word “figure” to refer to a group of notes, usually a rapid succession of notes that repeat or repeat with some type of variation.
Stick Figures: a type of line drawing associated with children’s first attempts at art.
In the music of Stick Figures, I have tried to capture the moods of childish or child-like
activities, written for the instrumental “sticks” of clarinets and bassoons. In A Stroll, the music captures the mood of Brother and Sister pushing Baby in a stroller (perhaps).
A Prayer could be the simple nighttime meditation of a 10 year old. A Dance: a solitary girl playing “dress-up”, pretending to be a ballerina. In A Game, four naughty children play a rough and athletic game of tag, pushing, leaping, marching, mocking one another and finally falling exhausted to the ground.
