Symphony No. 2, In Praise to Haitian Gods, Full Orchestral Score Only is currently unavailable

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Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730486 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. African,Contemporary,World. Score and parts. 128 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #4357263. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730486). FULL SCORE only, Individual instrument parts sold separately. Haitian voodoo rhythms, and gods Damballa Wedo, Papa Legba, Ezulie, Baron Zamdi the Gede are brought to the orchestral concert stage in this second symphony of American composer James Nathaniel Holland, who served for a while in Haiti in the US Peace Corps in the 1990s. The symphony for large orchestra is divided into three movements. It begins with a rousing invocation which melts into a sensitive section, sympathetic of the human condition and of the Republic of the Caribbean island of Haiti. The second movement, actually three sections, is very a very African sounding fugue that changes into a contraposition of the quiet, mysterious Minwet and the European French Minuet, and ends with an almost "church" joyous, dance of complex percussion, call and response. The last movement incorporates multimedia of the beauty of spoken Kreyol language: stating that we, ourselves, are the gods expressed in the Haitian folk dances. And ends with an energetic Haitian carnival section.   Great, varied and different, showpiece for any symphony orchestral concert with overtones of jazz and Afro Carib music. Instrumentation: picc/fl 1.2., fl/altofl. 3.4., ob 1.2., pic cl./clBb 1, clBb 2.3.4., bcl., ssax, asax, tsax, bsax, bsn 1.2., cbsn, hrns 1.2.3.4., tpt 1.2.3., trom. 1.2., btrm, tba, timp, perc (bdrm, slapstick (or whip), maracas, metal guiro, agogo bells, calabasa, crash cyms, tri., bongos, congos, celeste., marimba) harp, strings.YouTube Presentation:  https://youtu.be/ON24g0ZJFQwComposer website: https://www.facebook.com/jamesnathanielholland/ This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. 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).