Big Beautiful Dark and Scary

Julia Wolfe · 1958– · American

For clarinet, percussion, piano, guitar, cello, double bass

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: Strings & winds
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Short piece
Length: About 9 min
Composed: 2002
Era: Contemporary · woman composer

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Amplified sextet premiered by the Bang on a Can All-Stars in Champaign-Urbana, 2002

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