Glacier
General Info
Year of Published: 2013
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:05:50
Cost: $45.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Xylophone & Crotales
Player 2: Glockenspiel
Player 3: Chimes
Player 4: Vibraphone 1
Player 5: Vibraphone 2
Player 6: Marimba 1
Player 7: Marimba 2
Player 8: Marimba 3
Player 9: Marimba 4
Player 10: Timpani
Player 11: 4 Tom Toms (Medium) & Suspended Cymbal (Large & Small) & Brake Drum (High)
Player 12: 4 Tom Toms (Low) & Sizzle Cymbal & Brake Drum (Medium) & Finger Cymbals
Player 13: Bass Drum & Triangle (Medium) & [[Brake Drum (Low)
Description
Through a variety of smooth blended keyboard textures, juxtaposed angular percussive motives, and cold metallic punctuation, Glacier by Benjamin Finley tells the story of a typical geologic “day” in the life of a glacier. Written for 13 players at an advanced level, balance in the ensemble and within the full dynamic spectrum is key to the success of this programmatic work, which bears the subtitle “In Memoriam: John Muir.” America’s most famous and influential naturalist and conservationist, Muir and his supporters formed the Sierra Club “to make the mountains glad.” This work written in his honor is sure to make players and listeners glad too.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
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