| Other author/creator | Lang, Larry H., conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971. |
| Other author/creator | Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. |
| Other author/creator | Reid, Dorothy M. |
| Other author/creator | Steig, William, 1907-2003. |
| Included Work | Plog, Anthony. Animal ditties, no. 7. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Cenerentola. Sinfonia; arranged. |
| Included Work | Buczynski, Walter, 1933- Tales of Nanabozho. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ma mère l'oye (Ballet). Selections; arranged. |
| Included Work | Forte, Aldo Solomon. |
| Contents |
Animal ditties VII. The duck ; The praying mantis ; The cow ; The rhinoceros ; The camel ; The octopus ; The squab ; The firefly ; The wasp ; The cuckoo / Anthony Plog, on poems by Ogden Nash -- Overture to La cenerentola (Cinderella) / Giacomo Rossini ; narrative by Larry Lang, based on text by Charles Perrault -- Tales of Nanabozho. Nanabozho and the great sturgeon ; Nanabozho and the raccoon / Walter Buczynski ; inspired by the book by Dorothy Reid -- Ma mère l'oye = Mother Goose. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant = Pavane of the sleeping beauty ; Petit poucet = Hop o' My Thumb ; Laideronette, impératrice des pagodes = The ugly little girl, empress of pagodas ; Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête = The conversation of beauty and the beast ; Le jardin féerique = The fairy garden / Maurice Ravel -- Solomon : the rusty nail / Aldo Forte, inspired by tale by William Steig. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes with illustrations by Kay Wilson ([27] p. : col. ill.) inserted in container. |
| General note | 1st work for brass quintet and narrator; 2nd work for oboe, flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and narrator; 3rd and 4th works for woodwind quintet and narrator; 5th work for clarinet quartet and narrator. |
| General note | A compilation of classic and contemporary children's stories set to chamber music. |
| Performer |
USAF Heritage of America Band, Langley Air Force Base, Va. ; Larry H. Lang, conductor; Kim Nazarian, narrator (1st work); Wes Kenney, narrator (2nd work); Janice M. Bengtson, narrator (3rd work); William Eddins, narrator (4th work); Raymond Jones, narrator (5th work). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at Ghent Methodist Church, Norfolk, Va., 20-24 March, 1999. Tales of Nanabozho recorded at the College of the Albemarle, 22-24, Sept. 1994. |
| Publisher number | USAF04 1L USAF Heritage of America Band |
