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Bassoon, Trumpet, Voice - Intermediate SKU: D1.SM-02-0002 Composed by Jack Curtis Dubowsky. Small Ensemble. Contemporary; structured improvisation; experimental; avant-garde; Artsong. Score & Parts. Composed 2002. Duration 5:00. De Stijl Music #SM-02-0002. Published by De Stijl Music (D1.SM-02-0002). 8.5 x 11 inches. Lyricist: Jack Curtis Dubowsky.In 2002-2003 composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky moved to a fifth-floor walk-up in Manhattan's Lower East Side. This piece documents the great dilemmas of NYC life. Go to the survival job, or attend a business meeting with a potential client? Eat lunch or scavange? How hot is it outside? How to afford a gym? And, the greatest mystery of all, if this is an "E train running on the F line," is it an E or an F?

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