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Title	Another Rag for Rags
Article no.	4087269
Category	Educational and/or solo works
Subcategory	Piano with other instrument
Instrumentation	Pno (piano); Vln (violin)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Series title	Piano Unaccompanied
Composer	Welcher, Dan
Difficulty level	3
Duration	4:00
Additional info/contents	Jorge Mester, musical director at Aspen from 1970 to 1990, had a beloved sheepdog Rags, who became the unofficial mascot of the Festival. When the dog passed in 1981, Mester asked Welcher for a "Requiem for Rags," which became Rag for Rags. This brass and percussion setting begins slowly, in the traditional New Orleans funeral style, then ultimately breaks into a faster, joyful section, "Rags trots into heaven." The brass version was played as a memorial during a concert that summer. Violinist Paul Kantor requested a version for violin and piano, for inclusion on his upcoming CD featuring Welcher's violin concerto. This new version is faithful to the original, including special cues for the violin - notably the special whistle that Mester used to call his dog. For advanced performers.
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