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Allegro | glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, timpani (4-5 pedal) | 5′ | 1972 |
| Order This» | Colorful, rhythmic, motive-rich etude unfolding the potential of the pitched percussion quartet. Varied sonata form in diminished scale, built around opening motives; dance-like B tune in vibraphone. Bouncy changing meters and interweaving scale passages. First Prize, Aspen Festival Composition Competition 1972. | Notes» | |||
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Chiaroscuro | glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, timpani (4-5 pedal) | 5′ | 1958/63 |
| Order This» | Ringing monothematic etude in whole-tone scale, moderate speed; fugal middle. | Notes» | |||
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Concerto con Timpani (Battaglia) | timpani soli (6-7), strings, harpsichord continuo | 14′ | 1992 |
| Order This» | Concerto, early 18th-century concertato style. May use hand-tuned drums. Fun to play and hear. Available in a style-edited version and “Urtext” version with Baroque performance guidelines. (Written under the nom de plume G. F. Salomon) | Notes» | |||
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I. Intrada, Grave/ Allegro | 3’40 | |||
| Ouverture (slow/fast/slow). Regal fanfare start/end. Rhythmic passages alternating between showy, busy soloist and ripieno, flashy drumming near the end. | |||||
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II. Largo sostenuto | 5’35 | |||
| Slow, elegant, affect of mourning. | |||||
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III. Presto | 3’40 | |||
| #colspan# | Rattling fast movement with longer solo passages, flashy wrap-up, echo ending. | ||||
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Diversion | violin, 5 pedal timpani | 5′ | 1966 |
| Order This» | Dancy etude in repeating polymeters that unfolds from a bouncing, rhythmic motif. Simple, tonal, and popular. ABA form; lyrical middle with drums on the melody; brash ending. Written for my Harvard senior recital. See on YouTube | Notes» | |||
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Drum Row | 5-8 unpitched percussion | 2′ | 1980 |
| Order This» | Final variation from Lifeboat Variations. Rhythmic chain of micro-variations on the pitch shape of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” showing off the non-pitched percussion. Smash ending. Finalist, Korg contest 1989. | ||||
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Glockenspiel March | Band w/solo glockenspiel (or bell lyra) section (3) | 2’20 | 2002 |
| Order This» | Sprightly, simple, honest, fun, old-fashioned gazebo novelty march. Big start, contrasts of choirs, soft-shoe sandpaper break, reprise given to the 3 glockenspiels (or bell lyras). Playfully pompous “I Love Lucy/Til Eulenspiegel” ending. | Notes» | |||
PERCUSSION ARRANGEMENTS
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Schumann | Prophet Bird | 5 pitched percussion (glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, timpani; optional chime) | 3′ | Order This» |
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Bach | Sinfonia, Cantata 129 | marimba solo with concertband | 3’15 | Order This» |
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Debussy | Feu d’artifice | 10-12 percussion, mostly pitched | 5′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Grasshopper’s Wedding | 6 percussion | 1’45 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Song of the Feast | 5 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Bear Dance | 6 percussion | 1’45 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Interrupted Melody (Mikrokosmos 83) | 5 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Notturno (Mikrokosmos 97) | vibraphone (or marimba), timpani | 1’45 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Melody in the Mist (Mikrokosmos 107) | 5 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | From the Island of Bali (Mikrokosmos 109) | 5 percussion | 2′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Clashing Sounds (Mikrokosmos 110) | vibraphone, marimba | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Variations on a Folk Tune (Mikrokosmos 112) | 5 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Bulgarian Rhythm (Mikrokosmos 113) | 6-8 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Triplets in 9/8 (Mikrokosmos 118) | vibraphone, marimba | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Fifth Chords (Mikrokosmos 120) | 5 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Staccato (Mikrokosmos 124) | timpani, vibraphone, marimba | 1’15 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Boating (Mikrokosmos 125) | timpani, vibraphone, marimba | 1’25 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Time Change (Mikrokosmos 126) | 6 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Alternating 3rds (Mikrokosmos 129) | 5 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Unison (Mikrokosmos 137) | 6 percussion | 1’25 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Bagpipe (Mikrokosmos 138) | 6 percussion | 1’20 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Merry Andrew (Mikrokosmos 139) | vibraphone, marimba | 1′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | 2nds & 7ths (Mikrokosmos 144) | 6 percussion | 4′ | Order This» |
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Bartok | Ostinato (Mikrokosmos 146) | 6 percussion | 2’15 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Bulgarian Rhythm 1 (Mikrokosmos 148) | 6 percussion | 1’45 | Order This» |
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Bartok | Bulgarian Rhythm 6 (Mikrokosmos 153) | 6 percussion | 2′ | Order This» |
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Schoenberg | Op. 19 no. 1 | 4-5 percussion | 0’45 | Order This» |
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Schoenberg | Op. 19 no. 2 | 4-5 percussion | 0’46 | Order This» |
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Schoenberg | Op. 19 no. 4 | 4 percussion | 0’30 | Order This» | |
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Schoenberg | Op. 19 no. 5 | 4 percussion | 0’20 | Order This» | |
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Schoenberg | Op. 19 no. 6 | 6 percussion | 1′ | Order This» |