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1967 composition, revised 1993.

Three movements: 1. Groundhog; 2. Ba Mbuti; 3. Tula

This tryptich is comprised of three sections:

1. This is a transcription of a fife player from Zionville, North Carolina, recorded in 1937 by John Lomax (Library of Congress 837B2). The instrument is an unkeyed wood predecessor of the piccolo. Groundhog is a well-known Appalachian folk song.

Groundhog (1st movement)

A piece for french horn and 2 tracks of electronic sound. All of the electronic sounds in this work are samples of live horn sounds, transformed with an Ensoniq digital sampling keyboard, and recorded to 7 tracks of tape, later to a stereo CD. The work is alternately both toccata-like and lyrical and utilizes the full range of the french horn. High difficulty - advanced performer only.