The Blue Bag
by Adolphus Hailstork
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

Item Number: 19884016
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Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano

SKU: PR.114415820

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 11-Nov. 12+4 pages. Duration 6 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41582. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114415820).

ISBN 9781491101155. UPC: 680160612727.

This mysterious title is short for “blue bagatelle,” meaning a short concert piece influenced by the Blues. Hailstork has written of the work, “In the back of my mind, I carried the images and music-making of four classy-sassy ladies of song: Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, and Aretha Franklin.” While the clarinet part is almost completely written out, there are a few brief spots inviting blues-style improvisation. THE BLUE BAG was composed for clarinet legend Anthony McGill.
THE BLUE BAG was written in October-November 2011. In the back of my mind, I carried the images and music-making of four classy-sassy ladies of song: Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, and Aretha Franklin. The work was written for clarinetist Anthony McGill.“Bag” is short for bagatelle.