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Title	Colorado River
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts); + (and); Prtcel (condensed score)
Publisher's article no.	click here
Year of publication	2007
Composer	Vlak, Kees
Difficulty level	2+
Evaluation level of countries	C2 (Swiss 3rd class)
Duration	6:45
Additional info/contents	The mighty Colorado River is about 1450 miles long and runs from the snow-covered Rocky Mountains through the USA and Mexico to the Gulf of California. In his composition Colorado River Kees Vlak sets this journey to music. In the Rocky Mountains the Colorado River rises as a small stream. Quietly it purls through green mountains meadows. The main theme is presented and chimes symolize the flowing water. The larger and more rapid the river grows, the more often you will hear the water motif. Massice chords stand for the mountain ranges and the main theme is repeated in a pastoral style. By changing to alla breve the small stream becomes a huge river. Crescendi and decrescendi symbolise the rapids. The river's long way through America is depicted by changing musical motifs. The stream is now so rapid that swimming in it is impossible. It passes a western city where people are dancing country style before it rushes into the Grand Canyon and searches its way through this million-year-old formation. Suddenly there is a silence as the river flows into the massive damme-up Lake Mead. With a majestic coda Colorado River comes to a close. I. The River Valley II. Country Dance III. The Grand Canyon IV. The Great Lake
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Available	yes
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	Format	EUR
	Colorado River (concert/wind band), full score and parts; and; condensed score
	Colorado River (concert/wind band), full score	25.00
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