The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Composers:

• Barber, Clarence E.

Detailed Instrumentation: Percussion Nonet: Perc1 (Gro); Perc2 (Wd Blk, Glass Btl); Perc3 (Tri, Brk Drm, 2 Found Snds): Perc4 (BD, Sus Cym); Perc5 (Frm Drm): Perc6 (SD, Bsktball, 2-4 Pots/Pans): Perc7 (Agogo Bls, Flex, Tamb): Perc8 (2 Toms; Popgun); Perc9 (1 Timp, Shekere)
Duration: 4
Description:

The Mad Hatter is one of Lewis Carroll’s most unusual characters from ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. At a tea party with the March Hare, the Hatter, and a Cheshire Cat, Alice is bombarded with riddles and the Cat is awakened violently from nap to nap until Alice leaves, claiming that it was the stupidest party she had ever attended. The whole scene is represented musically in this work by intertwining syncopation and a variety of timbres including glass bottles, pots and pans, and a dribbled basketball. Sure to be an audience favorite!

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