Apache Lullaby

Michael Colgrass

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General Info

Year: 2003
Duration: c. 4:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Based on a lullaby that an Apache mother sings to her child, this lyric piece is a series of variations on this beautiful melody. Different sections of the ensemble are featured in each variation, with counterpoint introduced to the young musicians in a natural and attractive setting that brings the tranquility, mystery and heroism of Native American culture to life.

- Program Note from publisher

Premiered by Chris Unczur conducting the Glenbrook Middle School Concert Band in a concert at the Longmeadow High School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, on 11 December 2000 [i.e., 2003?].

- Program Note from score

Media

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State Ratings

Kansas: III
Tennessee: III

Performances

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University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Maroon Campus Band (Cassandra Bechard, conductor) – 3 December 2018
Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Raider Band (Zebulon M. Bellon, conductor) – 6 May 2018
University of British Columbia (Vancouver) Concert Winds (Robert Taylor, conductor) – 3 February 2016
Illinois State University (Normal) Symphonic Band – 24 April 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Apache Lullaby (2013)
Arctic Dreams (1991)
Arctic Dreams (ed. Ambrose) (1991/2015)
Bali (2006)
The Beethoven Machine (2003)
Concertino for Timpani (1965)
Deja Vu (1977/1987)
Dream Dancer (2001)
A Flute In The Kingdom Of Drums and Bells
Ghost River
Gotta Make Noise (2003)
Goldberg Variations (as arranger)
Mysterious Village (2007)
Night of the Raccoon
Nightingale inc. (1970)
Old Churches (2002)
Pan Trio
Phantom Moon (2013?)
Raag Mala (2005)
Urban Requiem (1995)
Winds of Nagual (1985)
Zululand (2010?)

Resources

Colgrass, M. (2003). Apache Lullaby: For Young Band [score]. Colgrass Music: [Toronto?]
Michael Colgrass website Accessed 24 January 2016