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== General Info == | == General Info == | ||
− | Year of Published: 2020 | + | Year of Published: 2020 <br/> |
− | Publisher: OU Percussion Press | + | Publisher: OU Percussion Press <br/> |
− | Difficulty: Advanced | + | Difficulty: Advanced <br/> |
− | Duration: 00:13:10 | + | Duration: 00:13:10 <br/> |
− | Cost: $60.00 | + | Cost: $60.00 <br/> |
== Instrumentation == | == Instrumentation == |
Latest revision as of 02:22, 22 September 2023
General Info
Year of Published: 2020
Publisher: OU Percussion Press
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:13:10
Cost: $60.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Crotales
Player 3: Xylophone & Splash Cymbal & 3 Tom Tom
Player 4: Vibraphone 1 & Tam-Tam(shared)
Player 5: Vibraphone 2 & Tam-Tam(shared)
Player 6: Marimba 1 (5-octave)
Player 7: Marimba 2 (5-octave)
Player 8: Marimba 3 (5-octave)
Player 9: Marimba 4 (5-octave)
Player 10: Chimes & Bass Drum
Player 11: Claves & Bell Tree
Player 12: Suspended Cymbal
Player 13: Mark Tree & Egg Shaker & Suspended Cymbal
Player 14: Triangle & Suspended Cymbal & 3 Timpani
Program Notes
Cyclus is a product of my long-standing interest in musical canons, puzzles, fractals, and mathematical patterns. I'm fascinated with musical ideas that seem to go somewhere only to begin again where they started, and I admire music that grows organically out of a single, small idea into something larger than itself. Cyclus comprises five sections played without pause, each centered around a portion of a single musical canon. This canon, which I wrote beforehand, is never explicitly state in the piece, but each movement explores a section of its melody. The melody itself has some interesting characteristics: when played backwards and upside-down, it harmonizes itself. Additionally, as the melody progresses, it gradually cycles through every key before ending back where it started, like a musical Möbius strip. This canon is the seed from which the rest of the piece grows. I hope that the interested musician will look for the numerous musical "games" and canonic constructions in the piece, but I trust that the music stands quite strongly in its own right – no audience should need to know its logic to perceive its heart.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
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