Victoria Bond
Suite From Equinox
Year: 1977
Duration (in minutes): 20'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: harp, percussion, piano, timpani
Publisher: Subito Music Corporation
Description: Prem: 7/82; Ireland Radio Telefis Eireann, Dublin, Ireland
Extracted from the ballet Equinox based on the Hermann Hesse novel Narcissus and Goldmund, this suite distills the dramatic action of the story into a tight and cohesive unity.
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