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TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (Gr.5)

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For Concert Band & Mixed Chorus

Duration Approximately 5:00

Grade 5


FULL SCORE / 2 (+Picc) 1 1 3 (+Bass) Alto (2), Tenor, Bari / 2 3 3 1 1 / Timp Perc (6) / SATB div.


Commissioned by James C. Schuster and the Davison High School Music Boosters, in loving memory of Chandler Wolfgang Anschutz.

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​​To "trip the light fantastic" is to dance nimbly or lightly, or to move in a pattern to musical accompaniment, often used in a humorous vein. Grammatically, it is an example of a constructionally idiosyncratic idiom, in that it is impossible to construct a meaningful literal-scene from the formal structure of the phrase. This phrase evolved through a series of usages and references, typically attributed to John Milton's 1645 poem L'Allegro, which includes the lines:

"Come, and trip it as ye go,
On the light fantastick toe..."
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