Au Quai

Composer-'O.K.'"

Composer: Carter Elliott Cook
Instrument: bassoon and viola
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
Description:
The composer states: "The title of this piece was suggested by Arnold Schoenberg's short story 'To the Wharfs' in which he describes the mounting anxiety of the members of a French fishing village as the boats and the sea-bound fisherman failed to appear after a storm and several days' absence. When they were suddenly sighted all shouted 'to the wharfs, aux quais, O.K."