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Title	Land of Freedom
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	A3DirPrt (Oversized score); Stm (set of parts)
Publisher's article no.	click here
Price	119.50 EUR (incl. 10 % Austrian VAT)
Composer	Somadossi, Marco
Difficulty level	3+
Evaluation level of countries	D4 (German upper level)
Duration	7:15
Additional info/contents	May 1944: the school year is ending and a college student leaves school to join the partisan troops settled on the heights of the impenetrable Val Grande. He's only 16 years old. Around his neck he carries the green handkerchief of the Valdossola, in his hand a long 9mm caliber pistol, without ammunition. "Land of Freedom" is a composition inspired by the story of this teenage boy who feels the duty and responsibility to engage in the struggle of liberation against the Nazi-fascist dictatorship. A boy who makes civil commitment a purpose of his own young life. Edo Nolli will survive the sweep of August 29, one of the bloodiest retaliations of the partisan struggle, and then find shelter, after the collapse of the Republic of Valdossola, in Switzerland in the internment camps. He will tell his story, faithful to the principles that enlivened his choice, only 65 years after the tragic events. "Land of Freedom" is a free interpretation of these facts: sometimes lighthearted, sometimes strongly felt, sometimes tragic. A tribute to all those people who have made civil engagement a part of their history, their lives. A civil commitment that, although in a completely different context, I inevitably find in that wonderful world of cultural volunteerism that is the community of wind bands. The composer dedicates this composition to all these people and especially to the musicians of the brass band of Crevoladossola (conductor James Longo), who commissioned this work to celebrate the 120th anniversary of their institution. Prt Flt 1,2 Ob Fag EsClr (opt.) Clr 1,2,3 BClr (opt.) SSax (opt.) ASax 1,2 TSax BSax EsCnt (opt.) Trp 1,2,3 Hrn in F+Eb 1,2 Trb in C 1,2,3 (BC) Trb in Bb 1,2,3 (BC+TC) Euph/Brt in C (BC) Euph/Brt/Tnh in Bb (BC+TC) EsTub (BC+TC) BTub (BC+TC) Tub in C 1,2 KB Tmp Mlt SD Bng Ride Cym Hht BD Trng MCym SuCym Cowbell Tmb TamTam Cbz Agogo Bell Guiro Hbl Cnga
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	Format	EUR
	Land of Freedom (concert/wind band), Oversized score; set of parts	119.50
	Land of Freedom (concert/wind band), full score
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