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Krakatoa (Mountain of Fire)
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Sheet Music
Voicing/Format Concert Band
Composer Owens, William
Publisher Fjh Music Company, Inc.
Grade Gr-2.5

Price: $55.00

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Catalog #B1385

UPC code: 674398224173

Students love these big, programmatic works and Krakatoa is no exception. Accidentals and dissonances must be played strongly to convey the full effect of the piece and your students will have fun with the avant-garde/aleatoric section using foot rumbles and notes played out of time to create chaos. Percussive eruptions, driving eighth note rhythms, and intervals reminiscent of Gustav Holst's Mars give this work excitement and life.

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