Paul Dooley Music / MURPHY / W-135xA
Flowers of Our Lost Romance (Score)
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Paul Dooley
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Flowers Of Our Lost Romance (2014) was commissioned by the the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, conducted by Roger Kalia. This 8 minute work is a musical tribute to early Los Angeles. Inspiration came when I visited El Alisal, a rustic home built by Charles Lummis in the late 1800’s, located in Arroyo Seco in Northeast Los Angeles. Lummis was a Los Angeles Times journalist, an Indian rights activist, a historian, photographer, and all around Southern California guru. When at El Alisal, I discovered one of the first Southern California lifestyle magazines, Land of Sunshine, published by Lummis beginning in the late 19th century. I also discovered Lummis’ final publication, "Flowers Of Our Lost Romance," assembled while on his deathbed. I began to hear a composition for orchestra, featuring three solo trumpets, percussion and strings, as an emotional, cultural and musical exploration of this romantic vision of Southern California.
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