| 34603 | Columbia River Suite |
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| Gazda, Doris |  Mvt1,Cascades
Mvt2,Starlight on the water
Mvt3,Paddling to the sea
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| Category: String Orchestra |
| Grade: Medium Difficult |
| Duration: 8:00 |
| Instrumentation: str orch 1=8.8(2).5.5.5,pf;(str orch 2=4.4(2).3.3.3) |
| Comments: I.Cascades, II.Starlight on the Water, III.Paddling to the Sea. Str orch 1=MD, Optional Str Orch 2=E. |
| Description: The Columbia River, with a total length of 1,240 miles starts in the Canadian Rockies, flows through Washington and Oregon to the Pacific Ocean. The river makes a thunderous crossing through the Cascade Mountains in a gorge that has become famous for its river-sporting events, as well as its series of eleven stair-step dams that provide hydroelectric power to the Pacific Northwest. The river had long been a major route of transportation for Native Americans when the American sea captain Robert Gray in 1792 explored its estuary and named it after his ship, Columbia. The Columbia River gained its reputation for size and grandeur through the reports and journals kept by Lewis and Clark, as they paddled and portaged their way to the Pacific Ocean. Soon after they completed their three-year trip, Conestoga Wagons of the Oregon Trail followed the river and left their mark upon the landscape. Contains optional (orchestra 2) parts for younger strings. |