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== General Info ==
 
== General Info ==
  
'''Year''': 19 <br /-->
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'''Year''': 1987/88 <br /-->
'''Duration''':  c. <br /-->
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'''Duration''':  c. 65:00<br /-->
 
'''Difficulty''':  (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
 
'''Difficulty''':  (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
 
'''Publisher''': [[James Wood Edition]]<br /-->
 
'''Publisher''': [[James Wood Edition]]<br /-->
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $0.00 &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; Score Only - $0.00<br /-->
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'''Cost''': Score and Parts - Contact Composer &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; Score Only - $125.00<br /-->
  
 
==Movements==
 
==Movements==
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== Instrumentation ==
 
== Instrumentation ==
Player I: <br>  
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Earth Group: <br>
Player II: <br>  
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2 solo percussionists <br>
Player III: <br>
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percussion ensemble of 6 players<br>
Player IV: <br>
 
Player V: <br>
 
Player VI: <br>
 
  
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Constellation Group: <br>
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percussion ensemble of 7 players<br>
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4 MIDI keyboards<br>
  
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Tape and amplification
 
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== Program Notes ==
 
== Program Notes ==
  
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=== Review ===
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...a work that needs to be experienced live, since it relies much on the spatial distribution of its forces and, moreover, on a very special ritualistic, communal atmosphere and metaphysical aesthetic. Stoicheia owes little to traditional Western forms, procedures or ideas and yet, after a single hearing, it draws you into its unique world.'
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Antony Bye, Tempo, March 91<ref>http://www.choroi.net/percens.htm</ref>
  
 
== Errata ==
 
== Errata ==

Revision as of 17:12, 24 November 2014

James Wood


General Info

Year: 1987/88
Duration: c. 65:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: James Wood Edition
Cost: Score and Parts - Contact Composer   |   Score Only - $125.00

Movements

Instrumentation

Earth Group:
2 solo percussionists
percussion ensemble of 6 players

Constellation Group:
percussion ensemble of 7 players
4 MIDI keyboards

Tape and amplification

Program Notes

Review

...a work that needs to be experienced live, since it relies much on the spatial distribution of its forces and, moreover, on a very special ritualistic, communal atmosphere and metaphysical aesthetic. Stoicheia owes little to traditional Western forms, procedures or ideas and yet, after a single hearing, it draws you into its unique world.' Antony Bye, Tempo, March 91[1]

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Barong - Percussion Duo; Pianos (2)
Cart-wheels - Multiple Percussion; Bass Clarinet
Choroi kai Thaliai (Revels and Dances) - Multiple Percussion; Voice - Soprano; Electronics
Cloud-Polyphonies - Percussion Sextet
Déploration - Marimba; String Quartet
Elanga N'Kake singing to his craft - Multiple Percussion - Narrator
Ho shang Yao (Songs by the River) - Multiple Percussion; Voice - Soprano
Jôdo - Multiple Percussion; Voice - Soprano; Electronics
Journey of the Magi - Percussion Septet; Chamber Ensemble
Le Petit Bossu (The Little Hunchback) - Percussion Trio; Reciter
Marsyapollonomachia - Multiple Percussion; Oboe
Mountain Language - Multiple Percussion; Alphorn; Live Electronics
Phaedrus - Multiple Percussion; Percussion Sextet; Voice - Baritone; Chorus; Wind Ensemble
Rogosanti - Multiple Percussion
Sea Dances - Percussion Trio
Séance - Vibraphone; Voice - Soprano; Chorus; Electronics
Secret Dialogues - Marimba
Shrine of Stored Incense - Multiple Percussion
Spirit Festival with Lamentations - Marimba (Quartertone); Percussion Quartet
Stoicheia - Percussion Duo; 2 Percussion Ensembles Sextet and Septet; 4 MIDI Keyboards; Tape and Amplification
T'ien chung Yao (Songs from the Fields) - Percussion Duo; Voice - Soprano; Cimbalom
The Priest of Shiga Temple - Marimba; Electronics
Two men meet, each presuming the other to be from a distant planet - Multiple Percussion; Chamber Ensemble
Venancio Mbande talking with the trees - Marimba (Quartertone); Chamber Ensemble
Village Burial with Fire - Percussion Quartet



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