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- [1976] ; August 24, 1992 (Creation)
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0.5 cm of textual records
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Walter Buczynski (2003)
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File consists of sketches, scripts, and pencil manuscript scores for a piece for narrator and woodwind quintet. The file includes materials for two movements:
- The Coming of Nanabozho
- Nanabozho and the Raccoon
- Nanabozho and the Great Sturgeon.
The final versions of these scores were completed in two parts: [1] with "The coming of Nanabozho" and "Nanabozho and the raccoon," commissioned by the York Winds through Wintario (composed 1976); and [2] with "Nanabozho and the partride" and "Nanabozho and the great sturgeon," commissioned by the Langlet Air Force Quintet (composed 1992). Texts by Dorothy Reid, based on various Indigenous legends.
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Transparencies of scores and parts and masters available at the Canadian Music Centre (CMC Toronto).
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First set performed by Dennis Simpson, narrator with the Musical Mondays Ensemble (Suzanne Shulman, flute ; Lawrence Cherney, oboe ; Ross Edwards, clarinet ; Gerald Robinson, bassoon ; Robert McCosh, French horn) (April 3, 1989).
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- Shulman, Suzanne (Subject)
- Cherney, Lawrence (Subject)
- Robinson, Gerald (Subject)