Three Phases
General Info
Year: 1996
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Columbia
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I: Marimba
Player II: Marimba
Player III: Marimba
Player IV: Marimba
Program Notes
Review
The "three phases" of this marimba quartet for college-level students (revealed in the titles to its three movements) are "distress," "melancholy" and "relief." The entire first movement is developed contrapuntally using an eight-note bass melody set in octaves and presented in fugue-like fashion. This eight-note "theme" is heard in various voices and guises (including inversions) throughout the movement. In the second movement, several chromatic motives are woven into a polyphonic fabric. The third movement features a two-bar ostinato and a lilting rhythm pattern set in 5/8 meter. The work is effectively scored, and should display the full tonal spectrum of the marimba ensemble. The publication contributes to the substantive literature for a genre that is not overburdened with good material. - John R. Raush, April 1997[1]
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