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The Gale

Hoffman, Stanley M.

Product Number
8740*
E. C. Schirmer Music Company
Grouped product items
Product Name Qty
The Gale (Piano/Choral Score) - 8740
$3.95
The Gale (Additional Orchestra Score) - 8740A
$50.00
More Information
Product Number8740*
Composer/ArrangerHoffman, Stanley M.
Text AuthorKoplowicz, Abraham
Voicing & InstrumentsSATB Chorus (divisi) and Piano or Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation2[pic.2] 1 1 1 — 2-1-1-1 timp+1 — hp — str
DifficultyModerately Difficult
Text LanguageEnglish
Topics (Secular)Nature/Landscape/Earth/Sky, Jewish, Holocaust
PublisherE. C. Schirmer Music Company
Recording CreditsRecorded by From Age to Age, under the drection of Peter J. Durow. Used by permission.
A creative and unusual work, The Gale uses text painting, sound effects, and crafty choral writing to bring to life the text written by Abraham (“Abramek”) Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. He wrote this poem during the time that his family was trapped in the Lodz ghetto. The terror of the storm represents a deeper terror, the "swallow and his wife...wondering what will come next" allegorically speaks for the people. So it is with the entire poem, which results in a powerful piece of music which is equally effective accompanied by piano or by chamber orchestra. Duration: 6:30