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…And It Comes Out Here

(1973)

A 1935 song says “The music goes round and round…” What if the music went around in a circle? The notation for this piece is unconventional, but simple, and it’s all in circles. 

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Variable
Premiere
premiere: Atlantic Christian College, Wilson NC, March 1974

The ACC Contemporary Chamber Players, Marvin Lamb, conductor
Publisher
Media Press, Inc.
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