Rip-Off

Richard Kvistad

General Info

Year: 1978
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Title Publisher
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: Multiple Percussion
Player II: Multiple Percussion

can be done with a quartet
Player III: Multiple Percussion
Player IV: Multiple Percussion

Program Notes

For the past 2 seasons the ESU Percussion Ensemble has championed a series of percussion quartets written for the famed Blackearth Percussion Group. Rip–Off has been a staple of the BPG over the past 45 years. It can be performed on drum sets, or timpani/tom toms, using either two or four players. Kvistad states in his performance notes: “This piece is performed as a “strip-tease” with players removing articles of clothing…” In this composition, Kvistad borrows, steals (or “rips off”) drum licks from two previous pieces: Lift-Off by Russell Peck, and Take That! by William Albright, in a game of one-upmanship. This piece mixes classical percussion improvisatory material with strictly written music, allowing a creative outlet for each player.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Accent Studies for Drummers - Snare Drum, Percussion Quartet
Amicus - Percussion Quartet
Compositions for Two Percussionists - Percussion Duo
Concert Jazz Piece - Drum set; Brass Ensemble
Concerto for Timpani - Timpani; Band
Concerto for Timpani and Chamber Orchestra - Timpani; Orchestra
Gending Bali - Percussion Sextet
Kotrab - Percussion Septet
Miles East - Percussion Sextet
Rip-Off - Percussion Duo
Sonata for Marimba and String Quartet - Marimba; String Quartet
The Woodstock Beat - Percussion Quartet