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Narcissus (Full Instrumentation)

Style: Modern / Classical | Difficulty: Medium Difficult | Grade: 4

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The tragic story of a beautiful youth becoming enamored with himself comes to life in Narcissus. Impossibly handsome and equally vain, Narcissus rejected the love of a nymph and was punished with the wasting despair of a deep, pining love for his own reflection that could never physically materialize.



CREDITS

Composed by: Key Poulan / Sergei Rachmaninoff

Percussion by: Shawn Glyde and Dan Bryan

Originally commissioned by: Volcano H.S., Albuquerque, NM - Paul Blakey, Director

Published By: Key Poulan Music

Duration: 7:30

MUSIC SAMPLES

Mvt. 1: The Youthful Beauty consists of two major musical sections representing Narcissus himself. The first section representing “beauty” contains a romantic duet between flute and trumpet, and the second section representing “youth” is a lively theme over a playful accompaniment.
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Mvt. 2: Unrequited Love (Rachmaninoff Concerto 2 - Mvt. 2) features themes from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s famous Piano Concerto No. 2 layered with a soulful trumpet solo.
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Mvt. 3: Me, Myself, and Die reprises the unrequited love theme, affirming Narcissus’s fate to love only himself fully and live out the remainder of his mortal life isolated, alienated, and alone.
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