**Work** : Alabama Sketches 
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**Composer** : Sol B. Cohen [[https://localwiki.org/cu/Sol_B._Cohen]]
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**Difficulty Ranking** : [[ii|II]]
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**Publisher** : M. Witmark & Sons
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**Year Published** : 1935
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**Instrumentation** : 4 Bb Clarinets
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**Potential Pedagogical Applications** : Articulation matching, intonation (octave, unison, and
chordal), ensemble mechanics, phrase matching and handoffs, solo passages, tone development
and blend
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**Sample Recording** :
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**Where to Purchase Sheet Music** : **OUT OF PRINT**
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**Annotation** : This work for four Bb clarinets aims to depict various scenes of life in Alabama
during the early to mid twentieth century. To achieve this, the composer utilizes various folk and
slave songs as the basis for much of the melodic content. Written in three movements, the work
is ideal for a young ensemble. There are opportunities for short solo passages and several tempo
transitions and fermati to help younger, less experienced ensembles become more familiar with
ensemble mechanics. The range of the work does not often enter the altissimo register save for a
few notes in the first clarinet part.
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