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to Morpheus
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to Little Nemo
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696 KB, :50)
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to The Princess
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1.42 MB, 1:53)
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to Adventure
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1.17 MB, 1:25)
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Order
Instrumentation:
2
Flutes
2 Oboes
4 Clarinets (Bb)
1 Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
2 Alto Saxophones (Eb)
1 Tenor Saxophone (Bb)
1 Baritone Sax (Eb)
4 Trumpets (Bb)
4 Horns (F)
2 Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
1 Euphonium
1 Tuba
1 Double Bass
1 Piano
1 Glockenspiel
4 Timpani
Score in C OR Non-C
Total Timing - 12:00
(Ballet - 10:00)
(Fanfares - 1:00 ea.)
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Little Nemo in Slumberland
is based on the groundbreaking comic strip by Winsor McCay.
Created just ten years after the invention of the American comic strip, Little Nemo ran from 1904-1915, and
depicts the nightly adventures of a little boy whose dreams take him to Slumberland.
Unfortunately, the adventures come to an abrupt end when Nemo invariably falls out of bed.
My ballet is prefaced with a Fanfare for trumpet quartet, followed by the ballet proper: an introduction to the principal characters
(King Morpheus, Little Nemo, Flip, The Princess, and Doctor Pill) and an Adventure. After Nemo falls out of his bed with a crash,
the ballet concludes with a gentle chiming of the clock, and a Farewell for trumpet quartet.
