Publisher

Theodore Presser

Year of Composition

2006

Duration

10'

Instrumentation

Narrator, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, bass trombone, and percussion

Categories

Chamber Music
Works for Youth

Text Writer

Adapted by Bob Sander from a Mayan folk tale

Program Note

A story for children based on a Mayan folktale that tells how Coyote steals corn from all the other animals and how they work together as a team to get it back.

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Score and Parts (Theodore Presser)

Commission & Premiere Info

Commissioned by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Premiered by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis on June 1, 2006