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== General Info == | == General Info == | ||
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| − | + | I - Allegro moderate (♩ = 108) - Presto - Tempo I - Allegro - Tempo I, p3-21<br> | |
| + | II - Allegretto quasi andante (♩ = 84), p22-29<br> | ||
| + | III - Moderate con moto (♩ =96), p30-46<br> | ||
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| + | Player I: [[xylophone]], [[glockenspiel]], [[vibraphone]], [[gongs]], [[marimba]]<br> | ||
| + | Player II: 8 tuned high drums (or 8 tom-toms of different indeterminate pitches), 5 [[temple blocks]], gongs, glock, marimba<br> | ||
| + | Player III: 5 metal sounds (not tuned but ringing in nature), glockenspiel, 5 temple blocks, [[susp cym]], [[tenor drum]]<br> | ||
| + | Player IV: 5 [[porcelain bowls]] (of different indeterminate pitches), [[bass drum]], gongs, vibraphone<br> | ||
| + | In the aggregate, those instruments required that at times are assigned as above among different players total one each of a set of gongs, temple blocks, glock, vib, and mrmb. The others are for only the one player named. | ||
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== Program Notes == | == Program Notes == | ||
| − | + | Premiered in Kansas City, MO, in the Temple B'nai Jehudah, at Connoisseur Concert of Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Hans Schwieger, 7 Jan 1961. The 5 percussion soloists, including timpanist, were: Head Percussionist Vera McNary Daehlin; Assts. Ben Uedell, Karen Kay Bichie, Judi Duffin, and Vincent Bilardo. | |
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| − | + | [[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]] | |
| + | [[Category: Percussion Quartet Works]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:40, 25 April 2022
General Info
Year: 1958
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
I - Allegro moderate (♩ = 108) - Presto - Tempo I - Allegro - Tempo I, p3-21
II - Allegretto quasi andante (♩ = 84), p22-29
III - Moderate con moto (♩ =96), p30-46
Instrumentation
Soloist
Ensemble
Player I: xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone, gongs, marimba
Player II: 8 tuned high drums (or 8 tom-toms of different indeterminate pitches), 5 temple blocks, gongs, glock, marimba
Player III: 5 metal sounds (not tuned but ringing in nature), glockenspiel, 5 temple blocks, susp cym, tenor drum
Player IV: 5 porcelain bowls (of different indeterminate pitches), bass drum, gongs, vibraphone
In the aggregate, those instruments required that at times are assigned as above among different players total one each of a set of gongs, temple blocks, glock, vib, and mrmb. The others are for only the one player named.
Program Notes
Premiered in Kansas City, MO, in the Temple B'nai Jehudah, at Connoisseur Concert of Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Hans Schwieger, 7 Jan 1961. The 5 percussion soloists, including timpanist, were: Head Percussionist Vera McNary Daehlin; Assts. Ben Uedell, Karen Kay Bichie, Judi Duffin, and Vincent Bilardo.
Review
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Commercial Discography
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Recent Performances
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Cowell) - Percussion Quartet
Ostinato Pianissimo - Percussion Octet
Pulse - Percussion Quintet
Return - Percussion Trio; Wailer
Set of Five - Multiple Percussion; Violin; Piano
Trickster (Coyote) - Multiple Percussion; Flute; Oboe; Dance
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