City Life

Life in the city is not always smooth and peaceful! The associated sound are a mixture of consonance and dissonance. This piece features an interplay of simple, repetitive melodies against clashing sounds of semitone intervals in order to create a 'tension and release' effect.

Program Notes

Life in the city is not always smooth and peaceful! The associated sound are a mixture of consonance and dissonance. This piece features an interplay of simple, repetitive melodies against clashing sounds of semitone intervals in order to create a 'tension and release' effect.

Grade Level: 1
Copyright: 1999

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Instrumentation

Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Clarinet 1, 2
Optional Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

Bb Trumpet 1, 2
F Horn
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba

Glockenspiel
Drums
Percussion
Timpani