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Scoring & Instrumentation
piano
Alternate Title
Nicklettes
Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
9
Movements
7
Files & Media
Audio
Ghosts in the Mont Clare.mp3
Audio file
Lafayette Square.mp3
Audio file
Video
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Sample Pages
File
NICKLETTES - Excerpt - piano.pdf164.39 KB
Detail
Description
1.The Pennsylvania Monument
2. Houses on the Fox River
3. Ghosts in The Mont Claire
4. Barbed Wire from Niwot
5. Faulkner Alley
6. The Elgin Queen
7. Lafayette Square
At the turn of the 20th century, “nicklettes” were short films that you could see, of course, for a nickel (5 cents). They would usually only be a few seconds in length, but at that time very few people had seen moving pictures before. Therefore, they were a constant delight to those who would so indulge. My suite of little pieces for children is a series of similarly short musical portraits of historic place that I have visited through the USA.
First Perfomance
17 Feb 1999 Performed by Matthew Davidson (piano) at Dame Myra Hess Concert, Illinois, United States of America
Recording
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Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
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Ensemble Type
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Genre/Theme
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Instrument
piano
Purchase Options
PDF available; on 'Stolen Music' CD on Capstone