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Title	Selkie (A Scottish Legend)
Article no.	4085487
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	International folklore
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	USA (us)
Publisher *	Hal Leonard Publishing
Publisher's article no. *	HL 04004210
Delivery publisher *	Hal Leonard Europe
Series title	MusicWorks Series
EAN (GTIN) *	0888680063054
UPC *	888680063054
Year of publication	2015
Price	click here
Composer	Vinson, Johnnie
Difficulty level	1
Evaluation level of countries	D1 (German entry level)
Duration	3:50
Additional info/contents	In Celtic folklore, a “selkie” is a mythical creature appearing as a seal in water, but taking human form on land. In this striking setting for second-year players the first movement, in a lyric and melancholy style, portrays the selkie as a baby seal. The second movement depicts a young boy on land and employs a number of characteristics of traditional Scottish folk tunes. This marvelous work provides opportunities for musical and cross-curricular exploration. Prt Flt Ob Fag EHrn Clr 1,2 BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Trp 1,2 Hrn in F Trb/Brt (BC) Brt (TC) Tuba Perc 1,2 Tmp Mlt

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1	selkie as a baby
2	selkie as young boy

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Programme notes *: Selkies (also spelt silkies, sylkies, selchies) or Selkie folk (Scots: selkie fowk) meaning "Seal Folk" are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. These selkie folk are recounted in Scottish folklore, sourced mainly from Orkney and Shetland. The folk-tales frequently revolve around female selkies being coerced into relationships with humans by someone stealing and hiding their sealskin, thus exhibiting the tale motif of the swan maiden type. While "selkies" is the proper term for such shapeshifters according to an Orcadian folklorist, treatises on Shetland refer to them merely as mermen or merwomen. There are counterparts in Faroese and Icelandic folklore that speak of seal-women and seal-skin. In some instances the Irish mermaid (merrow) is regarded as a half-seal, half-human being. Quelle/Source: Wikipedia Information: Hal Leonard Wind Repertory Project Tags: Spirits and supernatural powers hunters and poachers Fairy tales, legends, stories Mysticism of the Nordic countries

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