# Float, Sting: Contemporary Small Ensemble

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $115.00
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqVRdKWGUt1op424rhpzY1sm4ArU9pbfBYQhmKsH7a0b8y6aCYspmt0pUfDYw5DvLjKp-N8ip6PBQnOVZSSP5oBggFI2k-KMr9vDmXiFgMI5L5XbAKzKrQ9vbN1Z2BuKf0hIlTQdoc8IUmBiJmSUYtAqOMxP8d3c9pCVV6aZFgd5Sd7AVTE7MV18CUtiFNXo_LcGlLZAxf0b_m7ws-aibtDuY1qidZQRsY4ZSWy5TmecHgp7_7ckMC-qqvlVBzDIINxdQErdF1MgiNm_2awN_mjW5ZWK1ltfr6E5p1KnWPC5pxaIP4KvBe0NnPWIAND4ZNuiLExYhVMcSaCWzxrGqLbg58IS50mgKii6tN6hv3KYhEE1Jn1mx1wm0-DDWGkwxmY8E2EXJZgOCBvCEEN6RUHMOOd9pv0TE1LQ35ZOdsjx2HNig=
- **GTIN:** 9790300762135

## Summary

Contemporary small ensemble musical score titled 'float, sting' for sextet by George Lewis, published by Edition Peters.

## Description

In his prefatory remarks at its premiere at the Bang on a Can All-Stars' 2018 People's Commissioning Fund concert, George Lewis described his sextet float, sting as "nine minutes of noisy stuff." The title invokes Muhammad Ali's celebrated epigram, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee / His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see", and the playful violence of the exotic sonorities called for in the score allows the heterogeneous lineup of instruments (clarinet, electric guitar, piano, cello, contrabass, drum set) to spar on equal terms. float, sting is part of the Peters Contemporary Chamber Series. This product is Printed on Demand and may take several weeks to fulfill. Please order from your favorite retailer.

## Categories

- **Categories:** Shipped

## Enrichment

- **Type:** sheet music
- **Type Synonyms:** musical score, composition
- **Tags:** contemporary, chamber music, sextet
- **Category Path:** Media > Sheet Music
- **Music genre:** Avant-garde
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

## Images

- ![Image 1](https://cdn.octogen.ai/9b2a64a810fa62ecdf8db63b242cdf34/7937861f2ca8c8a7da0cb0cfaaf1ff35.png)

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