Description

• Composer: Eric Ewazen (1954-)
• Instrumentation: String Orchestra
• Work: No. 4, Nighttime Tales from Old Settlers’ Picnic
• Binding:
• ISBN: 9781491100066
• Pages: None

Description

OLD SETTLERS’ PICNIC is a four-movement suite for String Orchestra with optional Piano; each movement is published separately. Composed with high school performers in mind, the suite was inspired by an 1890s photograph and descriptions of a Wisconsin town’s “Old Settlers” celebration. NIGHTTIME TALES recalls a campfire under the stars, with stories ranging from the settlers’ hard work establishing towns, to scary tales about wild bears and tornadoes.