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Revision as of 01:33, 17 January 2024
General Info
Year: 1990
Duration: c.12:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Oklahoma University Percussion Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & Snare Drum & castanets & Sandpaper blocks
Player 2: 8 Roto-toms & Crotales & cowbell & Tambourine & Mark tree & Suspended Cymbal
Player 3: Chimes & Snare Drum & maracas
Player 4: Xylophone & Woodblock
Player 5: Xylophone & Snare Drum
Player 6: Vibraphone & Bass Drum & Bongos & slapstick & gong
Player 7: Vibraphone & Tam tam & Tambourine & Triangle & Suspended Cymbal & Tom-toms & Gong
Player 8: Marimba & Brake Drum & Sleigh Bells
Player 9: Marimba & Temple Blocks & Claves
Player 10: Marimba
Player 11: Marimba & Bass Drum & Slit drum
Player 12: 5 Timpani & Guiro & Field Drum & Vibra-slap
Program Notes
This twelve minute work for twelve players will bring a sense of mystery and illusion to its audience. Based on a poem by Walt Whitman, this percussion ensemble is another fine addition to the literature of Michael Hennagin. Hennagin has created a rhythmical and visual masterpiece through the use of syncopation, hemiola, and phantom gestures. [1]
Commission: University of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble; premiere: 8 November 1990, PASIC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Univ. of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble, Richard Gipson, conductor - See more at: http://www.pas.org/Learn/compresearch.aspx#sthash.Wu78FxCL.dpuf
Composer info
Composer of twentieth-century classical music Michael Hennagin was born in The Dalles, Oregon, on September 17, 1936. He studied at Los Angeles City College, at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1963, and with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood. Hennagin also studied electronic music at Southern Illinois University in 1968. His teaching career began in public schools in the mid-1960s and continued at Kansas State Teachers College from 1966 to 1972.
He served as the University of Oklahoma's composer-in-residence and professor of music theory and composition from 1972 to 1991. His work included music for chorus, piano, chamber orchestra, and band. He composed in a variety of modern, rather than traditional, styles which places him in the company of other Oklahoma twentieth-century composers of "new music," including Ray Luke of Oklahoma City University and Samuel Magrill of the University of Central Oklahoma. Like them, he was rewarded by having his music performed publicly in Oklahoma and also in national venues.
Hennagin's compositions include the ballet The Barren Song (1968), the symphonic essay A Summer Overture (1963), the chamber piece Four Etudes for Clarinet Choir (1978), Dance Scene (1977), and Jubilee (1967), which remains a staple for college bands. Proud Music, a choral-orchestral work derived from a Walt Whitman poem, was composed in 1993 and performed that summer by the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.
Ten times from 1976 through 1992 the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers accorded Hennagin its Annual Award recognizing the quality and performance record of original works by American composers. He was named Oklahoma Musician of the Year in 1975 and National Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association in 1976. He also wrote scores for motion picture, television, and stage productions.[2]
Errata
Awards
Commercial Discography
Recent Performances
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Duo Chopinesque - Percussion Ensemble (10 Players)
The Phantom Dances - Percussion Ensemble (12 Players)
Additional Resources
References