Drum Ceremony - Revision history

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	== Program Notes ==		== Program Notes ==
			commission: for the 125th anniversary of Coe College; premiere: 4 December 1976, Coe College, composer as guest conductor ("Drum Ceremony" is the introductory movement from Husa's An American Te Deum)

			=== Review ===
			This quintet is the introductory movement of Husa's An American Te Deum, commissioned in 1976 for the 125th anniversary of Coe College. The complete work for mixed chorus, baritone solo, and orchestra/wind ensemble includes text from Latin, Moravian, Swedish, and German song texts, as well as from poems in English and Czech. Drum Ceremony was influenced by American-Indian styles of war ceremonial drumming. The 2:00 piece is scored for 3 timpani, 6 torn toms, 3 wood blocks and 5 temple blocks. The opening 13 measures are in a rather free "2 /4" (dotted barlines). The main body of music is in a precise 2/4 at quarter = 72-76 (rhythmic precision is an absolute necessity for a successful rendition). Sixteenth-triplets are the overwhelming rhythmic pattern, combined with a dotted-sixteenth and thirty-second pattern in the temple blocks and an eighth and dottedeighth and sixteenth pattern in the timpani and low torn torn parts. While the parts have independent crescendos and diminuendos, the overall dynamic level increases gradually from ppp to ff. Only single strokes and a few rolls are used. The printing is quite legible; mallet hardnesses are plainly indicated throughout the piece; page turns for some players are questionable, but mostly possible. Drum Ceremony would be suitable for performance by an intermediate ensemble, especially as an opening work on a percussion ensemble concert. - John Baldwin, Summer 1990<ref>http://www.pas.org/Learn/compresearch.aspx</ref>

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	== General Info ==		== General Info ==

	'''Year''': ~~197~~ <br /-->		'''Year''': 1976<br /-->
	'''Duration''': c. :00 <br /-->		'''Duration''': c. 2:00 <br /-->
	'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->		'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
	'''Publisher''': [[AMP]]<br /-->		'''Publisher''': [[AMP]]<br /-->
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	== Instrumentation ==		== Instrumentation ==
	Player I: ~~<br>~~		Player I - VI: [[timpani]](3), [[tom-toms]](6), [[wood blocks]](3), [[temple blocks]](5)<br>
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[[Karel Husa]]



== General Info ==

'''Year''': 197 
'''Duration''': c. :00 
'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation) 
'''Publisher''': [[AMP]] 
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00 

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