| Work Title
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The Tomten: Gnome from the North
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| Alternative. Title
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The Tomten - A Musical Tale for Children
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| Composer
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Petering, Mark
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IMP 34
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1995-2019
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| Librettist
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Composer
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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Washington Island Music Festival and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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7 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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| Piece Style
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Modern
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| Instrumentation
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orchestra or chamber ensemble
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| External Links
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Amazon
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| Extra Information
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Rent free score and parts pdfs for ensembles with ASCAP license or affiliated foreign society license. Rent free for urban school districts. Contact the composer through his website for rent free pdfs. Based on the poem by Viktor Rydberg (19th Century Swedish writer). Translated and adapted by composer Mark Petering. This is the story of The Tomten, a little gnome from the North, who guards a winter farm at night. An earlier arrangement of this work was performed multiple times each by the Milwaukee Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic. Available for purchase from Amazon as part of full length CD of children's music (see link above). Also available as single download on Amazon or iTunes (search "Mark Petering Tomten").
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