Rootabaga Country Piano/Vocal Score

Piano/Vocal Score (PDF Download)

CAST: 1 adult tenor, 1 adult bass-baritone, and a large children’s ensemble playing 17 other roles and chorus

INSTRUMENTATION: 1.0.1.1/0.1.1.0/pft-harp (doubling gtr.)-perc (1)/1.0.1.1.1 (Full orchestra score and parts must be rented separately. Revisions to these are currently in progress.)

DURATION: 1 hour 10 minutes

PAGES: 244

WORLD PREMIERE: Sarasota Opera, 2017

Gimme the Ax takes his two children, Please Gimme and Ax Me No Questions, to the whimsical-but-not-magical Rootabaga Country to learn more about the mother they never knew. In the process, they learn that families come in all shapes and sizes. Adapted from the book Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg.

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