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Euphonium,Flute,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1141957 Composed by Sy Brandon. 20th Century,Chamber,Children,Classical. 65 pages. Sy Brandon #742334. Published by Sy Brandon (A0.1141957). â€œAllegoriesâ€ is a five-movement composition based upon Aesopâ€™s Fables. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Frank Meredith. The first movement â€œThe Trumpeter Taken Captiveâ€ is a fable about how oneâ€™s actions affect the outcome. The trumpeter, who incites others to do battle, is as guilty as those who slay the enemy. The euphonium represents the trumpeter by playing battle tunes. Then the ensemble plays capture music, begging music, fatal music representing the slaying of the trumpeter (euphonium), and finally music representing the moral of the story. â€œThe Boy Who Cried Wolfâ€ is the basis for the second movement. The allegory is that nobody believes a liar. The flute plays a shepherdâ€™s tune to represent the bored shepherd boy. The ensemble plays excited music three times as the boy cries wolf, the first two times just to amuse himself. After the third time when nobody responds to his cries, the flute plays a lament to end the movement. The third movement reflects the story of â€œThe Goose That Laid The Golden Egg.â€ A golden euphonium melody accompanied by rich harmony represents the golden eggs laid by the goose. The ensemble then plays greedy music that is followed by a minor key lament as the farmer has killed his rich source of income because of his greed. A sweet dancing flute solo begins movement four appropriately named â€œThe Fisherman and His Flute.â€ This short fable has the allegory of â€œtiming is everything.â€ The poor fisherman expected the fish to jump out of the sea in response to his flute playing to no avail. When the ensemble plays a similar tune, it represents his success when he uses his net. The fisherman says â€œyou bloody fish, when I played the flute you wouldnâ€™t dance, but as soon I stopped, you started up.â€ The race between the â€œTortoise and the Hareâ€ is the subject of the last movement. The plodding euphonium represents the tortoise and the fast and agile flute represents the hare. The flute takes a nap in the middle of the movement and by the time the flute wakes up, it is too late to catch up with the slow and steady tortoise. The race is not always to the swift.