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ACROSTIC SONG from 'Final Alice'
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THE BEAUTIFUL 'ACROSTIC SONG' IS THE FINAL MOVEMENT FROM 'FINAL ALICE', A SERIES OF ELABORATE ARIAS FROM THE LAST 2 CHAPTERS OF 'ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND", WRITTEN BY DAVID DEL TREDICI. PERFORMED MY SOPHOMORE YEAR IN THE TMEA ALL STATE BAND.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
Song Info
Genre
Classical • Contemporary
Charts
Peak #139
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
David Del Tredici - 1982
Rights
public domain
Uploaded
January 03, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.7 MB • 144 kbps • 5:33
Story behind the song
"Final Alice is a series of elaborate arias, interspersed and separated by dramatic episodes from the last two chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, centering around the Trial in Wonderland (which gradually turns to pandemonium) and Alice's subsequent awakening and return to 'dull reality.' To this I have added an Apotheosis. "Final Alice teeters between the worlds of opera and concert music. It is, on the one hand, opera-like in its dramatic continuity, its arias, its different characters. On the other hand, it is a Grand Concerto for voice and orchestra, as a single person must perform all these various functions (maintaining then the familiar concert hall confrontation between soloist and orchestra). David Del Tredici (Composer) Born: March 16, 1937 - Cloverdale, CA, USA The American outstanding American composer, David (Walter) Del Tredici, is America's foremost exponent of the return to tonality in composition. He studied piano with Bernhard Abramowitsch from 1954 to 1960. He also studied composition with Seymour Shifrin and Elston at the University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1959). In the summer of 1958, he pursued training in piano at the Aspen (Colorado) Music School, where he also attended Milhaud's' composition seminar. He continued his studies in composition with Earl Kim and Roger Sessions at Princeton University (M.F.A., 1963) and had private piano lessons with Robert Helps in New York. In 1964 he completed his graduate studies at Princeton University, and also attended the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood that summer, returning there in 1965. In 1966-1967 he held a Guggenheim fellowship, and during those summers he was composer-in-residence at the Marlboro (Vermount) Festival. Generally recognized as the father of the Neo-Romantic movement in music, David Del Tredici has received numerous awards (including the Pulitzer Prize) and has been commissioned and performed by nearly every major American and European orchestral ensemble. "Del Tredici," said Aaron Copland, "is that rare find among composers — a creator with a truly original gift. I venture to say that his music is certain to make a lasting impression on the American musical scene. I know of no other composer of his generation who composes music of greater freshness and daring, or with more personality."
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