Colon Man

Peter Ashbourne

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Subtitle: Variations for Wind Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Peter Ashbourne
Cost: Score and Parts - Contact Peter Ashbourne

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

Caribbean men migrated to Panamá to work on its railroad (1850–1855), French-supported canal (1881–1898), and the successful United States canal (1904–1914). These Colón Men, taking the name of Panamá's port city, were defined by their migration to and work in the Central American country. Appearing in historical, literary, lyrical, and personal narratives, the figure's cockiness, possessions, cosmopolitanism, canal-forged masculinity, and even the illnesses he contracted distinguish him. Because of the significance of one of the Caribbean's largest internal migrations and the construction of the Panamá Canal, the Colón Man has come to signify the real and imagined possibilities of both.

- Program Note from Encyclopedia.com

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Colón Man (2018)
A Jamaican Suite (1981)

Resources

"Colón Man." Encyclopedia.com." Web. Accessed 28 December 2020
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Peter Ashbourne." Accessed 28 December 2020
The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 249-250.
Peter Ashbourne website Accessed 28 December 2020