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A Fiddler's Tale

by Wynton Marsalis


Orchestration
0011-0110-1perc-str(1.0.0.0.1)
Duration
1 hour 8 minutes
Year Composed
1988

Notes

Movements

  • Narrator: "It Always Starts…"
  • Fiddler’s March
  • Scene 1. Narrator: "Her Name Is Beatrice Connors."
  • Fiddler’s Soul
  • Narrator: "She’s Floating On A Dream Cloud…"
  • Fiddler’s March Reprise
  • Scene 2. Narrator: "Now That He Has Her Going…"
  • Reprise 2 (End Of March)
  • Scene 3. Narrator: "Beatrice Connor’s Is Now…"
  • Pastorale
  • Devil: "More Words On Fame"*
  • Fiddler’s Soul Reprise
  • Scene 4. Narrator: "Keeping one hundred dollars…"
  • Happy March
  • Scene 5. Narrator: "The Illness of the land…"
  • Little Concert Piece
  • Narrator: "Musicians, You Must Play…"
  • Tango, Waltz, Ragtime
  • Narrator: "The music causes the Savior…"
  • Devil’s Dance
  • Narrator: "The music was too strong…"
  • Little Choral
  • The Devil’s Song (BZB Speaks)
  • The Great Choral
  • Narrator: "But Beatrice Connors…"
  • The Blues On Top

Movements & Players Table


Part Name
Instruments
Clarinet
Clarinet
Bassoon
Bassoon
Cornet
Cornet
Trombone
Trombone
Percussion
Tambourine, Washboard, 3 Tom-Toms, Hi-Hat, Suspended Cymbal, Cowbell, Bass Drum, Whistle, and Snare Drum
Violin
Violin 1
Double Bass
Bass


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