{"product_id":"stacy-garrop-silver-dagger-clarinet-cello-piano-trio-presser","title":"Garrop, Stacy_Silver Dagger","description":"\u003cdiv draggable=\"false\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition has 2 different component options; carefully choose from the options before adding to your cart.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv draggable=\"false\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv draggable=\"false\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the composer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv draggable=\"false\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In 1994, I heard for the first time an Appalachian folk song called \u003cem\u003eSilver Dagger\u003c\/em\u003e at a folk festival. The simplicity of the melody joined with a cautionary love tale enthralled me, and I spent the next several years researching the song. What emerged from my research were dozens of variants of the song, both in terms of text as well as melody and title. The variants that I discovered could be grouped more or less under three different titles: \u003cem\u003eSilver Dagger, Drowsy Sleeper, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eKatie Dear.\u003c\/em\u003e All of these versions revolve around the same Romeo and Juliet premise: a boy asks a girl for her parents’ consent to marry. The story has various endings: the parents won’t give approval, so the girl and boy each end their lives with a silver dagger; the girl turns the boy down and sends him away to find another love; the girl forsakes her parents and runs away with the boy; and so on. In my trio, I incorporate two complete versions of the folk song, one of \u003cem\u003eKatie Dear\u003c\/em\u003e and one of \u003cem\u003eSilver Dagger\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as motives from a variant of \u003cem\u003eDrowsy Sleeper.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Theodore Presser Company","offers":[{"title":"Score + Parts","offer_id":49982872125690,"sku":"11441798","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Score","offer_id":49982872158458,"sku":"11441798S","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2337\/0861\/files\/img038_02094abc-a5d0-4b35-bd60-6feea501dbcc.jpg?v=1785855335","url":"https:\/\/www.clarinetallmusic.com\/products\/stacy-garrop-silver-dagger-clarinet-cello-piano-trio-presser","provider":"CAMco Music, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}