| COMPOSER |
WORK |
PUBLISHER |
COMMENTS |
| Alburger, Mark |
Animal Farm, Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations for Chamber Orchestra |
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(32 short movements, each for a different critter) |
| Bach, J.S. |
Sheep May Safely Graze |
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| Bartok |
Bear Dance from Hungarian Pictures |
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| Bolcom, William |
Seattle Slew Suite |
Presser |
(Seattle Slew was a racehorse) |
| Colgrass, Michael |
As Quiet As |
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(one movement is called "Ants Crawling") |
| Copland |
The Red Pony |
Boosey |
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| Dorff, Daniel |
Three Fun Fables |
MMB |
Premiered by The Philadelphia Orchestra, all levels can perform; 1. The Fox and the Crow; 2. The Dog and His Reflection; 3. The Tortoise and the Hare) |
| Griffes, Charles Tomlinson |
The White Peacock |
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| Hartke, Stephen |
Maltese Cat Blues |
MMB |
cool piece, won the Louisville Orchestra Prize, performed by university and professional orchestras |
| Haydn |
Symphony No. 82, "The Bear" |
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| Haydn |
Symphony No. 83, "La Poule" |
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| Hoiby, Lee |
Overture to a Farce |
Fleisher Collection |
(the overture to his opera "Something New at the Zoo") |
| Hovhaness |
And God Created Great Whales |
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| Mussorgsky |
Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells, from Pictures at an Exhibition |
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| PDQ Bach |
Canine Cantata, “Wachet Arf!” S. K9 (“Sleeping Dogs Awake!”) |
Presser |
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| Rautavaara, Einojuhani |
Cantus arcticus, concerto for birds and orchestra |
Warner |
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| Respighi |
Gli Uccelli (The Birds) |
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| Saint-Saens |
Carnival of the Animals |
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| Schelle, Michael |
Spider Baby |
MMB |
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| Sibelius |
Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkainen Suite |
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| Strauss, Johann, Jr. |
Overture the Bat, from Die Fledermaus |
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| Stravinsky |
Song of the Nightingale |
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| Tchaikovsky |
Suite from Swan Lake |
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| Thomson, Virgil |
The Alligator and the 'Coon, Boy Fights Alligator, etc., from "Louisiana Story" |
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| Thomson, Virgil |
Sea Piece with Birds |
Schirmer |
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| Vaughan-Williams |
The Wasps, overture |
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| Walker, Gwyneth |
Fanfare for the Family Farm |
MMB |
(milking the cow is a fun part of this piece) |
| Walton |
The Bear (opera) |
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| Wells, Katherine Gladney |
The Hare and the Tortoise |
MMB |
for narrator and orchestra; Premiered by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, all levels can perform. |
| White, Paul |
Five Miniatures for Orchestra |
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(No. 4, Hippo Dance; No. 5, Mosquito Dance) |
| Wiliams, Julius |
March of the Giant Pandas |
MMB |
Written to mark the arrival of pandas to the national zoo in Washington DC |
| Zwilich, Ellen |
Peanuts Gallery |
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(includes "Snoopy does the Samba") |