In Praise of Johnny Appleseed (for Dance and Percussion)
General Info
Year: 1942
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: WarnerBros
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I: Pipe claves, wood claves, pipe lengths, bamboo flute
Player II: Sistrums, maracas, marimba, cowbells(5), wooden box
Player III: Tom-toms(5), bass drum, coils(2)
with flute (variable duration)
Program Notes
Online Review
"In Praise of Johnny Appleseed," an original ballet in eight movements for three percussionists and dancers, is at long last available. Although scored as a trio, Harrison suggests that using multiple players on each part is an option. Marimba and vibraphone have been substituted in this version for the original's marimba and handmade flute. Descriptions for the construction of items such as "pipe claves" and "wooden boxes" are provided, along with suggestions for substitutions for instruments such as "sistrums" and "clock coils." The work features an "elastic" formal structure in which performers can order the arrangement of phrases at their discretion. I commend Warner Bros. for making accessible this work by one of the most significant figures in 20th-century percussion music. - John R. Raush, April 2000[1]
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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. 3 - with Ocarina & Guitar
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
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"
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