Realismos Magicos by Rolf Wallin is an eleven movement work for solo 5-octave marimba. The inspiration for this piece comes from Garcia Marquez' short stories. Wallin writes, "I borrowed the title of 11 of García Márquez' magnificent short stories and wrote 11 marimba pieces for them. The pieces are not descriptive of the plot of the stories; they spring out of the poetry of the titles themselves."Contents:1. Ojos de perro azulEyes of a Blue Dog 2. El verano feliz de la señora Forbes Miss Forbes's Summer of Happiness 3. El ahogado más hermoso del mundo The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World 4. Buen viaje, señor presidente Bon Voyage, Mr President 5. Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormas A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings 6. La luz es como el agua – 1 Light is Like Water – 1 7. Diálogo del espejo Dialogue with the Mirror 8. La noche de los alcaravanes The Night of the Curlews 9. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba No One Writes to the Colonel 10. El cuento más corto del mundo The Shortest Story in the World 11. La luz es como el agua – 2 Light is Like Water – 2
