The singing cucaracha: for reader, soprano, flute and string quintet

Abstract

The Singing Cucaracha (2000) is the second in a series of projected musical stories for children, involving a small ensemble, reader and solo instruments. The first one, The Dancing Turtle, was published in 1999 (CP#242). The story of The Singing Cucaracha is derived from several versions (Persian, Mexican, Spanish, Puerto Rican) of a familiar folk tale about a cockroach (cucaracha), or ant, who after receiving several offers of marriage from various animals, accepts the proposal of a mouse.