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Henry Cowell

General Info

Year: 1939
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: 3 woodblocks (high, med, low), 3 dragonmouths, pane of glass
Player II: 3 gongs (high, med, low), small bells, Japanese wind-glasses, 3 tom-toms (high, med, low)
Player III: 3 Japanese cup gongs (high, med, low), 3 dr (high, med, low)
Player IV: (Wailer): A headnote comforts the producer: the wailer may be one of the percussers if desired (and if, presumably, his union card permits).

Program Notes

Paired with Pulse (preceding entry) at the Cornish School, Seattle, 19 May 1939, by John Cage and his Percussion Group

Great side note: (Wailer): A headnote comforts the producer: the wailer may be one of the percussers if desired (and if, presumably, his union card permits).

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Cowell) - Percussion Quartet
Ostinato Pianissimo - Percussion Octet
Pulse - Percussion Quintet
Return - Percussion Trio; Wailer
Set of Five - Multiple Percussion; Violin; Piano
Trickster (Coyote) - Multiple Percussion; Flute; Oboe; Dance