The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) Romantic genre of programmatic music, which composers like Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Jean Sibelius and Richard Strauss increasingly explored as an alternative to earlier symphonic forms. Unlike other tone poems, such as "La mer" by Debussy or "Finlandia" by Sibelius, Dukas's work is, like works such as "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" by Strauss, descriptively programmatic, closely following the events described in the Goethe poem. It was customary, in fact, to publish the poem as part of the orchestral score. The instrumentation of the piece consists of two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two soprano clarinets and bass clarinet, three bassoons
The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer is a one-shot comic book (one-issue limited series) published by Marvel Comics. It is the first non-sequential comic book limited series based on Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series of novels. It is plotted and scripted by Robin Furth, with illustrations by Richard Isanove. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The issue was published on April 15, 2009. Unlike the previous three story arcs, which follow Roland Deschain and his ka-tet, "The Sorcerer" follows the life and motives of "The Dark Tower" villain Marten Broadcloak.