Woodwind Quintet No. 1 "The River" - (Op. 25)
Digital Sheet Music

Woodwind Quintet - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download

SKU: S0.607707

Composed by Daniel Farrell. 21st Century,Spiritual,Repertoire,Folk,Americana. Score,Set of Parts. 72 pages. Published by Daniel Farrell (S0.607707).

“The River explores a musical setting of Mark Twain’s famednovel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. The piece is divided into threemovements. The first movement - Huck Finn - paints the young protagonistof Huck Finn. Rustic scales and folk elements are used to place the listener inthe early 19th century Mississippi region. The fun and bombastic themehighlights Huck’s youth and rebellious nature. This movement also symbolizesthe concept of a river and the reflection one sees in its waters – as themovement’s form is palindromic with a “reflection” point occurring halfwaythrough. The second movement – Deep River – paints the character of Jim,a runaway slave whom Huck befriends. Musically, the second movement is anarrangement of the traditional African American spiritual of the same name. Thefinal movement – The Adventure Continues – combines both musicalmaterial from the two movements with an undercurrent of excitement as Huck andJim set out on their quest. A small detour halfway through the piece, with a quirkybassoon solo, reflects the strange diversion in the novel with Tom Sawyer – whomakes up a convoluted scenario to save Jim (despite it being a simple task).The novel ends with Huck going off into the sunset – unable to live a simplelife, and the quintet ends with a similar sense of excitement and hopefulness.”

Woodwind Quintet

Advanced-Intermediate Difficulty

Includes:
PDF of Reduced 8.5x11 Size Score (For Printing at Home/Practice Parts)

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