Product Description
Mortals,
Gods, and Heroes was commissioned by Andrew Janack for the Maple Avenue
Middles School Select Band in Saratoga Springs, NY. The school was doing a
curriculum-wide reading project on Greek mythology. It seemed natural to create
a wind ensemble suite based on three stories from Greek mythology. Each
movement creates a miniature tone poem with clear motifs for each character in
the myths. The characters include Athena (who makes a return in the final
movement), Arachne, Orpheus, Charon the ferryman, Cerberus the three-headed
dog, Sisyphus, Persephone, Eurydice, Perseus, and Medusa.
The eleven-minute piece is colorful
and inventive with plenty of special techniques in the percussion especially
designed for middle school students.
Mortals,
Gods, and Heroes is in three movements:
I. Arachnes
Web
II. The
Passage of Orpheus
III.
Perseus and the Gorgon
The score
is formatted for 8.5 X 14 (legal) size paper and is 57 pages. The parts are
formatted for 8.5 X 11 (letter) size paper.
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