Performances
Recordings
For Piano
⇒ 5 more: 2. The Dreamer • 3. Three Legs, No Tail • 4. He Who Hesitates Is Lost • 5. Blue Blood • 6. Chasing Phantoms
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Robert G. Patterson (piano)
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Robert Patterson
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For Orchestra
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Robert Patterson
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Curtis Orchestra, Patricia Gray, narrator
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Original 6 pieces: Curtis Orchestra. Narration sections: Computer Realization
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Sheet Music
Scores and Parts
For Orchestra
Piano Scores
For Piano
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Great River Music (ASCAP)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Patterson)
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Composer
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Great River Music (ASCAP)
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Arrangement of Version A
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General Information
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The Cat Menagerie
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| Alternative. Title
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Six Pieces for Young Pianists
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| Composer
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Patterson, Robert G.
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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GRM-01008
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IRP 41
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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6 pieces
- Old Tom
“The Jellicle Ball is not what it was.”
- The Dreamer
“I'm off visiting cabbages and kings, but my tail will take a message.”
- Three Legs, No Tail
“When you only have three legs, it is a far, far better thing to stay in one place.”
- He Who Hesitates Is Caught
“To run, or not to run,—hmmm...”
- Blue Blood
“Out of the depths of hair I cry to you—Brush Me!”
- Chasing Phantoms
“It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it!”
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1988; Narration added 2009
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| First Performance.
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1988
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| First Publication.
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1988
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composer (narration)
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| Language
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English
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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9 minutes (original); 13 minutes (with narration)
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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| Piece Style
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Modern
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| Instrumentation
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1st version (1988): Piano and Narrator (optional) 2nd version (2009): Orchestra and Narrator
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Navigation etc.
The orchestra version includes accompanying music for the narration, composed in 2009. The composer also has transcribed the original piano pieces for wind trio.