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ID0B2C3EBE-0449-4D3C-9DB5-1A5D6D5D5E89
TitlecodeR01229
Title NameComing Home from Traveling Songs
Marketing CopyA humorous dramatization of a baseball home run. Also available for string orchestra. From "Traveling Songs," familiar American songs about the California Gold Rush, the Underground Railroad, travel, and baseball.
InstrumentationString Quartet
CommissionJointly commissioned by The Quapaw Quartet of the Arkansas Symphony and The Chamber Musicians of Northern California
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Program Notes"Coming Home" from Traveling Songs for string quartet is structured as a minuet and trio. There are may types of journeys home, and this is an especially American one--a humorous dramatization of a baseball home run!<

Traveling Songs are contemporary adaptations of familiar American songs about travel - travel of the body, of the spirit, and of the imagination. These adaptations use the traditional songs as 'springboards' for musical explorations - delighting in the sonorities, the colors, and the humor latent in the tunes. --Gwyneth Walker
Title Brand2
Year Composed1996
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Duration3
Ensemble Size4
Date Created2008-10-31 20:32:10.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:32:10
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Premier Performance Memo-Joint World Premiere. The Chamber Musicians of Northern California. 12 Oct 1996. The Quapaw Quartet of the Arkansas Symphony. 3 May 1996.
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Review"Walker's work is light, charming, accessible and enjoyable for both its musical and extra-musical effects. It should be a big hit." --Eric Harrison, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Title Category10
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Title Instrument Category TextString Duo & Ensemble
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Title Sub Category76
Title Instrument Header63
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