A Fateful Trip – President Hardings Train Ride to Alaska, 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba. score, parts

Fragments of Hit tunes from 1922-23 are heard from railroad car: * “L’amour, toujours l’amour” (Rudolph Friml, 1922); “Mobile Blues” (Fred Rose and Albert E. Short, 1923);

“I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” (George Gershwin, 1922); “My Buddy” (Walter Donaldson, 1922).

Each song is noted in a superscription when it is heard. Train whistle, at end President Harding dies of food poisoning.

Instrumentation
Brass Quintet Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba

Composer
Deon Nielsen Price

Time
5′

Composition Year
1993

Publication Year
1993-2014

Performance Information
1993, Alaska Brass Quintet Alaskaland, Fairbanks, Alaska