Canticle No. 1

Lou Harrison

General Info

Year: 1939
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: MFP
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: Tambourine(or sistrum), wood blocks(3), high bells(3)
Player II: Gourd rattle, dragon's mouths(3), glass bells(3) (or temple gongs)
Player III: Wooden rattle, clay bells(3), cow bells(3), morache(or guiro)
Player IV: Glass windbell, triangle, suspended cymbal, large bell (or auto brake drum), tam tam, thunder sheet
Player V: High drums(3), muted gongs(3), low drums(3)

Program Notes

premiere: 18 July 1940, Lisser Hall, Mills College, Oakland, California

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Concerto Works

Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra: with Violin
Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra - Percussion Octet; Organ, Piano
First Concerto - Percussion Duo and Flute

Percussion Trio Works

Tributes to Charon (Passage Through Darkness/Counterdance in the Spring)
In Praise of Johnny Appleseed (for Dance and Percussion) - with Flute & Dancer
Oriental

Percussion Quartet Works

Canticle No. 5
Double Music - Cage/Harrison
Fifth Simfony
Fugue (Harrison)
Simfony No. 13
The Song of Queztecoatl

Percussion Quintet Works

Bomba (Harrison)
Canticle No. 1
Canticle No. 3 - with Ocarina & Guitar
Suite

Large Percussion Ensemble Works

Double Fanfare - 12 Players
Labyrinth No. 3 - 11 Players
Orpheus - for the Singer to the Dance - 15 Players with Solo Voice & Chorus

Others

Ariadne - Solo Percussion and Flute acc.
Beverly's Troubadour Piece - Percussion and Harp
Serenade - Percussion; Guitar
Suite No. 1 - Percussion; Guitar
The Drums of Orpheus - from the ballet "Orpheus"