Silent Opera No.6
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General Info
Year of Publication: 1992
Level: Advanced
Duration: 00:09:00
Cost: $18.00
Commissioned by: Kim & Robert McCormick
Description
Silent Opera #6 by Hilton Jones is a programmatic piece of musical substance for a duo of solo flute and solo multiple percussion. Based on a play by the radical 17th century Chinese playwright, Li Yu. This piece evokes images of the ancient orient.
Instrumentation
Player 1: Flute
Player 2: 3 roto-toms, glockenspiel, vibraphone, chime (G), triangles, pitched button gong (E), wood block, log drum, bass drum, metal shaker, 2 timpani