Thou Shalt!/Thou Shalt Not!

Michael Gordon · 1956– · American

For clarinet, percussion, organ, guitar, violin, viola

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

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Ensemble: Strings & winds
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 18 min
Composed: 1983
Era: Contemporary

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Amplified; clarinet doubles bass clarinet; first performed in 1983; on CRI's Big Noise from Nicaragua

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