Henry, Otto- Three Bantu Songs, for brass quintet (Digital Download)

For brass quintet, includes score and parts. These 3 snappy African songs offer an excellent introduction to the vigor and joy of traditional music in Southeast Africa at a time when ethnic diversity and appreciation of different cultures are being stressed in schools and universities. Henry has successfully captured the humor and color of the subjects in his transcriptions. Early Bird gets the locust in this morality tale and the lazy children go hungry. You can hear baboons playing The Farmer's Drum and see the heavy workers strain in the climatic Brother, Pull Some More. The music is idiomatic and forceful, but not especially demanding. An earlier version of this work was reviewed in Brass Quarterly, V.7, No. 3 Summer 1964. A composer's note provides a background of the people and their music. Duration: ca. 9' 30"

Print size: Letter (8.5 x 11")