Animal Farm: Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations. Part 1 In Cold Blood

Animal Farm: Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations. Part 1 In Cold Blood
I. Wasps
II. Flies
III. Spiders
IV. Crabs
V. Sharks
VI. Frogs
VII. Turtles
VIII. Snake

by Dr. Mark Alburger with spoken word by Harriet March Page

The 32 Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations of Animal Farm takes for its subject the structure of Leslie Bricusse's Talk to the Animals, with each variant as four eight-bar phrases, plus a four-measure coda (36 total). The four variational subsets are in a biological progression derived from the work of Carolus Linnaeus as A. Cold-Blooded, B. Birds, C. Mammals I, and D. Mammals II. Variations have been premiered in Philadelphia, PA; Surrey, ME; and Tacoma, WA -- and the entire work, with videos, is online at the Dr. Mark Alburger channel on YouTube. The music is ideally paired with a coda of The Four Temperaments-- a quartet of human pieces on the same subject.

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Music

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• symphony
• Fantasy-Variations
• Animal