Minidoka Aria:Hard Copy Allemande pour Tout le Monde

Allemande pour Tout le Monde celebrates the international history of this dance that has long transcended its nationalistic title

for percussion

the vocabulary of country fiddling (“allemand” is a term in square dancing and sometimes a genre of fiddle tunes)

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I originally wrote Magic Hour in 2001 as a short interlude in my piano trio Swing Shift

Minidoka Aria:Hard Copy Allemande pour Tout le Mondefor viola solo " These people are living in the midst of a desert where they see nothing except tar paper covered barracks, sagebrush, and rocks. The impact of emotional disturbance as a result of the evacuationplus this dull, dreary existence in a desert region surely must give these people a feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and despair which we on the outside do not and will never fully understand." "Relocation Center Diary" by Arthur