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STRANGE DREAMS

Medium: Clarinet/Marimba Duet
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: October 2001
Duration: 9:00
Difficulty: Grade V+

Instrumentation:
Clarinet (Alto Saxophone or Soprano Saxophone), 5-octave Marimba
4-mallet

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NOTES
Strange Dreams (2001) is made up of four vignettes for alto saxophone and marimba, based on short stories by artist/writer Brian Andreas.  The four stories were extracted from two of his books - Still Mostly True and Strange Dreams, from which the title is derived.

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SOUND
I. Unheard Music
II. Ballerina Mom
III. Mermaid Song
IV. Pools of Light

SCORE SAMPLE
STRANGE DREAMS Score

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REVIEW (excerpt)
"Strange Dreams nicely blends the sounds and musical strengths of the saxophone and marimba.  The world could use more strange dreams like this!"

- Terry O'Mahoney, Percussive Notes (April 2003)