Animal Ditties IV

Anthony Plog

Subtitle: For Brass Tentet and Narrator

General Info

Year: 1988 / 2001
Duration: c. 12:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Editions Bim
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - CHF60.00

Movements

1. The Cuckoo - 0:35
2. The Porpoise – 1:00
3. The Duck – 1:05
4. The Dog (“Hana”) – 1:50
5. The Ant – 1:10
6. The Centipede – 1:55
7. The Rhinoceros - 1:40
8. The Mule – 1:15

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Tuba

Players clicking fingers

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Text by Ogden Nash.

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Brass Ensemble - 9 May 2021
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Tx.) Meadows Wind Ensemble (Guanlu Guan, conductor; Aaron Boyd, narrator) - 11 September 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Animal Ditties IV (1988/2001)
Animal Ditties VI (1993)
Concerto 2010 (2010)
Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble (1981)
Double Concerto for Euphonium, Tuba and Wind Ensemble (2022)
Contemplation for Flugelhorn and Winds (2007)
Double Concerto 2014 for Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2014/2020)
Four Sketches (1989/1991)
Magdalene (2018)
Mini Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1987/1993)
Three Miniatures for Tuba and Wind Ensemble (1990)
Threnos (Plog)

Resources

Anthony Plog website Accessed 12 September 2020
Perusal score
Plog, A. (1991). Animal ditties 1V 1988 & 2001 new version : for brass tentet & narrator = pour dixtuor de cuivres et récitant = für Blechbläsertentett und Sprecher [score]. Editions Bim: Bulle, Swit.