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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0000581_SB String Bass. Composed by Richard Meyer. Instructional. Part. 2 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0000581_SB. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0000581_SB). UPC: 038081230436.This fun and original piece for string orchestra introduces the technique of tone painting. It depicts inventor Professor Wigstein's proud creation, a machine that plays some of the world's most famous melodies. The introduction portrays the ceremonious (and rather pompous) unveiling of the amazing machine. With four turns of its crank, the machine comes to life, grinding and churning as it prepares to produce a melody. Ode to Joy is heard, played pizzicato by the entire orchestra, and appropriately accompanied by generic machine sounds (ratchet and bell). Soon, the machine winds down, and the melody comes to a halt. Once again, the machine is cranked, and begins working at another tune; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is heard. The machine winds down again, only to be cranked up a third time. The melody to Offenbach's Can-Can emerges. Midway through the tune, however, something goes wrong with the machine. Fragments of all three melodies are heard (in a variety of clashing keys) as the machine goes out of control, eventually exploding. A few hisses, and some dying moans are emitted. Finally, Chopin's Funeral March is heard as the machine plays its own death knoll, dying with a final soft hiss. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).