Fünfzehn Etüden

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Composer Name

Karl Bartos

General Info

Year: 1984
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Zimmerman
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

snare drums(2)

Program Notes

Remember those nice, functional Morris Goldenberg duets from that enduring "bible" of percussion The Modern School for Snare Drum we all played in beginning our percussion careers? Add a little mixed meter and some rolls here and there and viola-Karl Banos' Funfzehn Etuden from Siegfried Fink's Duo for Percussion published by Musikverlag Zimmerman in Frankfurt. The publication format itself is in actuality a teacher's edition/student text in that the publisher provides us with a "score" of Kleine Trommel I and 11, and then a separate part only for the first snare drummer (top line of the fifteen duets included). Nothing strikingly different or difficult here for that matter-but thankfully the classical snare drum gets serious treatment for a change in some "medium difficulty" duets. Most conceivable time signatures (including 7/4 and 5/8 are included, with refreshingly abnormal mixes of misplaced (read: offbeat) accents, rolls, and embellishments. "Funfzehn Etuden" would make excellent upper level sightreading exercises, or playable as weekly high school percussionist assignments. The quality of paper, print, and hard binding is typically flawless-as expected from this German publisher.

Reviewed By: Larry White

Review Originally Published: February 1992

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