The Bones of Mr. Fortune - (Free at Last!)

Composer(s): Adolphus Hailstork

THE BONES OF MR. FORTUNE (FREE AT LAST!) is an 11-minute concerto-like work for solo flute accompanied by symphonic winds and percussion – perfect to play with band or with orchestra, as well as with the composer’s own piano reduction. The work features lengthy cadenzas, and exhilarating dance-like sections with the ensemble. Hailstork describes the historical inspiration: Abused in life and death, an enslaved man (Mr. Fortune) was owned by a surgeon who preserved his skeleton to study anatomy. The bones remained with the doctor’s family for generations, and were given a proper burial making national news in 2013, 215 years after Mr. Fortune’s death.

Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 0:11:00
Instrumentation: Flute, Piano
Pages: 28
Format: Score and Parts
UPC: 680160691036
ISBN: 9781491137581
Item No: 114-42424

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