To Begin

Composer: 
Elizabeth R. Austin
Scoring: 
Brass Quintet
Year Authored: 
1990
Duration (min): 
6
Alternate Title: 
To Begin
Recording: 
Capstone CD: CPS 8625

Inspired by a cummings phrase,"..the leaping greenly spirits of trees.."the frolicsome first movement gives way to a musical ballgame in movement two. A boisterous concluding Lander sustains a light mood, while a theme from Beethoven's Fidelio is cited: "Es sucht der Bruder."Brother seeks brothers."

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