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This mercurial musing on music’s mysterious source draws its literary inspiration from a spirited poem by Philip Dacey, in which the sacred and secular merge into one powerful creative force. A rollicking 10-minute montage of musical styles ranging from Bach to barbershop, both lighthearted and ultimately transcendent.
Voice parts are in a comfortable range, and orchestra parts are playable by a good community orchestra. The biggest challenge of this piece is frequent tempo changes, so everyone has to watch the conductor, but you want them to do that anyway, don't you?
Look | Listen | Instrumentation/Voicing | Duration | Level | Item | Delivery Method | Price | Quantity |
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https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/or_a_musician_0.mp3 | Chorus, orchestra: SATB, 2200, 0200, timp, hpscd/cel, strings - Full Score | 10'00" | MA | SEA-007-00 | Sheet Music | $15.00 | ||
Chorus, orchestra: SATB, 2200, 0200, timp, hpscd/cel, strings - Choral Part | 10'00" | MA | SEA-007-01 | Sheet Music | $5.50 | |||
Chorus, orchestra: SATB, 2200, 0200, timp, hpscd/cel, strings - Instrumental Parts | 10'00" | MA | SEA-007-02 | Sheet Music | $0.00 |
"The music illustrated both music's wonderful variety and expressiveness and the interrelation of sacred and secular. Old favorites in a new setting prompted joyful laughs from the audience." - Wisconsin State Journal
"[This] collage...offers opportunities to smile, especially in its treatment of Philip Dacey's poem "The Musician," which combines sacred and secular elements in a lighthearted but serious way. The audience...gave the composer sustained applause at the conclusion of this eight-minute work." - Jess Anderson, The Isthmus
American Master Chorale and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra - David Lewis Crosby, conductor. (Madison, WI) * Premiere
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