Beth Anderson
Brass Swale
Year: 1988
Duration (in minutes): 5'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: brass ensemble, brass quartet, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: euphonium, trombone
Description: Tonal. Commissioned/Premiered by the Redlands' New Music Ensemble. (A swale is a meadow or a marsh where a lot of wild plants grow together. The composer discovered the word when a horse named Swale won the Kentucky Derby several years ago. Since her work is primarily collage of newly composed musical swatches, she has used the name extensively.) This is a brass quintet.