| ID | 1F863A25-2962-433A-9B15-95ECA8EA6406 |
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| Titlecode | R01426 |
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| Title Name | The Purple Palace for Narrator and Chamber Orchestra |
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| Marketing Copy | A musical tale for young audiences. In the land of Chromatica where everything is light and color, the selfish Queen Purple banishes all the other colors but diversity and tolerance ultimately triumph. |
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| Instrumentation | Narrator: 1.0.1.1: 2.1.1.0: Perc(1): Str |
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| Commission | Commissioned by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with generous funding from the Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation. |
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| Dedication | (not set) |
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| Program Notes | Bruce Adolphe's The Purple Palace is a delightful musical tale of the importance of tolerance and diversity. The story, written by Louise Gikow, is about the land of Chromatica: King Blue and Queen Red have a daughter, Purple. She becomes Queen and outlaws all other colors. She quickly discovers that an all-purple world is no fun--and is even dangerous since she can't see anything in her now monochrome land! Her tears cause a green plant to grow. This plant is visited by a striped bee from outside the kingdom. Eventually, the decree is revoked and all the colors flood back to Chromatica. The piece is funny but also touching and dramatic. All the colors have themes which fit together in counterpoint, causing a kind of layered reltationship as the colors are illustrated musically. |
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| Title Brand | 2 |
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| Year Composed | 1998 |
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| Copyright Number | (not set) |
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| Copyright Year | (not set) |
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| Duration | 34 |
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| Ensemble Size | 13 |
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| Date Created | 2010-03-19 20:31:30.000000 |
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| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:31:30 |
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| Inhouse Note | TLM minimum P/C ratio on print and POD ca. 6.5 |
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| Bsc Code | (not set) |
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| Text Author | Story by Louise Gikow |
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| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
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| Recording Credits | (not set) |
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| Review | (not set) |
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| Awards | (not set) |
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| Title Category | 7 |
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| Title Movements | (not set) |
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| Title Instrument Category Text | Full Orchestra |
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| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
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| Title Sub Category | 31 |
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| Title Instrument Header | 41 |
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| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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