Sonata for Bass Drum

Geary Larrick

General Info

Year: 1974
Publisher: G&L
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Duration: c.
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

Part 1: Dynamic (THE BIG BANG)
Part 2: Colors (THE PLANCK CONSTANT)
Part 3: Scherzo (EARTH)
Part 4: Organic (CONTACT)

Instrumentation

Bass Drum

Program Notes

This four movement work was composed in summer, 1974, in Aspen, Colorado. Musicians in Aspen that summer included Fred Hinger, Charles Owen, Barry Jekowsky, Earle Brown, Elliott Carter and George Crumb. I published it in 1985 with G and L Publishing in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and it has been performed in Poland by John Beck, in Idaho by John Baldwin, by a student at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, in London at The Warehouse, and by the composer at the University of Wisconsin campuses in Stevens Point and Milwaukee.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Glockenspiel Works

The Temple Garden

Xylophone Works

Cadenza for Xylophone

Vibraphone Works

Aeolian
Ballad for Joey (Vibraphone)
Dance in Time
Episode (Larrick)
My Lydia
Variations on
Variations on Handel's

Marimba Works

Andante
Ballad for Joey (Marimba)
Ecclesiasticus
Elegie
Elegy and Meditation
Everything's Up to Date in Junction City
February
Flute Piece
Hymn without Words
Jingle by Sulina Larrick
Marie
Romantic Etude
Rondo Etude
Scott's Tune
Sonata No. 8
Rag's Rag

Mallets Works

Ballad for JB

Timpani Works

Sonata No. 7

Snare Drum Works

Composition for Snare Drum
Composition No. 2 for Snare Drum
Composition No. 3 for Snare Drum

Bass Drum Works

Sonata for Bass Drum - Bass Drum

Multiple Percussion Works

A Musical Joke-composition for a car
Etude for JB
Improvisational Suite
Sonatina for Percussion

Percussion Duo Works

A Musical Joke-composition for a car (Duo)
Ballad for JB (Duo)
Drum Cadence No. 1

Percussion Trio Works

Chamber Symphony for Percussion
Trio for Tambourines
Trio Sonata

Percussion Quartet Works

A Song of Moses
Chorale with Variations

Percussion Quintet Works

March for Drumline
Quintet for Drum Line
The Three Daughters

With Other Instrument Works

Adagio with Accompaniment - Hand drum; Violin
Ballad for Angklung Choir and Organ - Percussion Nonet; Organ
Boston - Marimba; Violin
Duo Sonata (Larrick) - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
Exclamation! - Multiple Percussion; Cello; Reader
Lyric Piece - Mallets; Recorder
Melody for Abraham Lincoln - Multiple Percussion; Oboe
Ode to a Menominee - Percussion Quartet; Flute
Piece for Flute and Drums - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Piece No. 2 - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Poem with Accompaniment - Timpani; Viola
Quintet for Trumpets and Timpani - Timpani; Trumpets (4)
Repertory List II - Multiple Percussion; Reader
Sonata for Trombone and Percussion - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
The Story of Punkin Person - Multiple Percussion; Brass Quintet
Two Jazz - Vibraphone; Trumpet
Vivo Duo - Vibraphone; Trumpet
Waiting and Accompaniment - Marimba; Cello