IN THE BEGINNING: A Native American Legend from the Tlingit Tribe of the Northwest Coast

Scoring: 

2-1+EH-2-2/4-2-3-1/2 per, hp/str/narrator

Year Authored: 

2007

Duration (min): 

24

Alternate Title: 

IN THE BEGINNING: A Native American Legend from the Tlingit Tribe of the Northwest Coast

Movements-Titles: 

15

Text Source/Author: 

Contributed by Glenn Welker, Indigenous People's Literature permission granted

First Performance: 

Commissioned by ArtStart and the St. Paul Civic Symphony; premiered on their Young Persons Concerts Feb 2007

Out of the Alaskan coastal wilderness, Raven creates the earth and then tricks Ganook to help him form all the rivers of the world. The story is set for orchestra and narrator, with narration in between the 15 sections of music. The piece may be performe

Publisher: 

ACA