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Original octet version commissioned by WAMSO – Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association (WAMSO) and Kinder Konzerts.

First performance of octet version: Joanna Cortright narrator, with members of the Minnesota Orchestra, September 26, 2000.

First performance of orchestra version: Carolyn Black-Sotir narrator, Sheldon Bair conducting the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, December 3, 2001.

Recording on Bridge Records: Ann Crumb narrator, Rossen Milanov conducting members of Symphony in C.

InstrumentatIon

1 Flute 1 Oboe1 Clarinet (in B( and A) 1 Bassoon

1 Horn (optional Vibraslap doubling)1 C Trumpet (optional Vibraslap doubling)1 Bass Trombone (includes Harmon mute)

HarpPercussion (2 players recommended)

TriangleGlockenspiel (plastic and brass mallets)Bell Tree3 Suspended Cymbals (small, medium, large)Sizzle Cymbal1 29" Timpano (hard mallets)Slapstick3 Tom-toms (small, medium, large)Bass Drum2 Vibraslaps each player, more if available (mounted to play simultaneously)Snare Drum (drum sticks and wire brushes)Xylophone (hard xylophone mallets)

Strings

Large score and orchestra parts are available on rental.

The octet version is also available on rental. It is musically identical to this orchestral version, and scored for Narrator with Flute, Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Violin, Cello, Bass, 1 Percussion, and Harp.

musIC eDuCatIon oBJeCtIVes

GOLDILOCKS AND THe THRee BeARS is a traditional telling of the story, with a positive twist at the end as Goldilocks apologizes to the bears and makes up for her misdeeds.

CONTRASTING SIZe — HIGH AND LOW: To illustrate musical contrast between large, medium, and small, the three bears are identified by a shared theme, simple and direct, but played quite differently by each of them. Papa Bear’s version is low and heavy, played by Bass Trombone; Mama Bear’s version is an elegant cello in mid-register, and Baby Bear barely manages to squeak out the theme on a high Clarinet, sometimes punctuated by Glockenspiel. A wide variety of high-medium-low sequences are carried out in many ways throughout the story.

When pre-concert preparation allows, it may be helpful to illustrate this not only by playing the bears’ opening themes, but also by demonstrating the families of high/medium/low instruments onstage: the 3 strings – Violin/Cello/Bass, the 3 winds – Flute/Clarinet/Trombone, and possibly even the subtler groupings of 3 Cymbals and 3 Tom-toms.

CONTRASTING STYLeS: While the bears have a simple walking theme in 4/4 and leitmotives based on 1-5-1, Goldilocks is represented by a flute arabesque in 9/8, often accompanied by harp; her ornate and delicate theme is very distinct from the bears’ music.sa

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Duration: c. 8'

Contrabass

pizz.

Cello

pizz.

Viola

leggiero

Violin 2

3

div. 3

3

3

Violin 1

Molto allegro ( = c.132–138) 3 3

Percussion

Harp

Bass Trombone

subtle smears

Trumpet (in C)

Horn (in F)

Bassoon

B Clarinet

3 3 3

3 3

3

3 3

Oboe

3 3 33

Flute

Molto allegro ( = c.132–138)3

35 6

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Original octet version Commissioned by WAMSO – Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association (WAMSO) and Kinder Konzerts

Goldilocks and the Three BearsDANIEL DORFFfor Narrator and Orchestra

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TRIANGLE

Hp.

there were three bears:Once upon a time

Papa Bear,

B.Tbn.

bold

Tpt.

Hn.

gliss. gliss.

Bn.

B Cl.

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C

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Mama Bear, Baby Bear.and

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B Cl.

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Perc.

GLOCK. (plastic mallet)

Hp.

Every morning, the three bears madedelicious hot porridge for breakfast.

B.Tbn.

Tpt.

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Bn.

B Cl.3

Ob.

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EC E C

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long walk through the woods while it cooled off.One day, the porridge was too hot so they took a

heavy steps.took very large,Papa Bear

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Perc.

Hp.

middle-size steps.Mama Bear took

teeny tiny steps.And Baby Bear took

B.Tbn.

Tpt.

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cute

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GLOCK.

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GLOCK.

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B.Tbn.

Tpt.

Hn.

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BELL TREE

Hp.

wandered out of the woods and saw their house.While the Bears were gone, a little girl named Goldilocks

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