Adolphus C. Hailstork
The Bones of Mr. Fortune
Free at Last!
Adolphus C. Hailstork
The Bones of Mr. Fortune
Free at Last!
- Instrumentation Flute, Percussion and Piano
- Composer Adolphus C. Hailstork
- Edition Piano Score and Part(s)
- Publisher Theodore Presser Company
- Order no. PRES114-42424
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Description:
THE BONES OF MR. FORTUNE (FREE AT LAST!) is an 11-minute concerto-like work for solo flute accompanied by symphonic winds and percussion – perfect to play with band or with orchestra, as well as with the composer’s own piano reduction. The work features lengthy cadenzas, and exhilarating dance-like sections with the ensemble. Hailstork describes the historical inspiration: Abused in life and death, an enslaved man (Mr. Fortune) was owned by a surgeon who preserved his skeleton to study anatomy. The bones remained with the doctor’s family for generations, and were given a proper burial making national news in 2013, 215 years after Mr. Fortune’s death.