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== General Info ==
 
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==Movements==
 
==Movements==
 
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I - Allegro moderate (♩ = 108) - Presto - Tempo I - Allegro - Tempo I, p3-21<br>
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II - Allegretto quasi andante (♩ = 84), p22-29<br>
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III - Moderate con moto (♩ =96), p30-46<br>
 
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== Instrumentation ==
 
== Instrumentation ==
[[Steel Pan]]<br>  
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Solo perc: [[timpani]]
 
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Player I: [[xylophone]], [[glockenspiel]], [[vibraphone]], [[gongs]], [[marimba]]<br>
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Player II: 8 tuned high drums (or 8 tom-toms of different indeterminate pitches), 5 [[temple blocks]], gongs, glock, marimba<br>
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Player III: 5 metal sounds (not tuned but ringing in nature), glockenspiel, 5 temple blocks, [[susp cym]], [[tenor drum]]<br>  
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Player IV: 5 [[porcelain bowls]] (of different indeterminate pitches), [[bass drum]], gongs, vibraphone<br>
  
  
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In the aggregate, those instruments required that at times are assigned as above among different players total one each of a set of gongs, temple blocks, glock, vib, and mrmb. The others are for only the one player named.
 
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== Program Notes ==
 
== Program Notes ==
 
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Premiered in Kansas City, MO, in the Temple B'nai Jehudah, at Connoisseur Concert of Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Hans Schwieger, 7 Jan 1961. The 5 percussion soloists, including timpanist, were: Head Percussionist Vera McNary Daehlin; Assts. Ben Uedell, Karen Kay Bichie, Judi Duffin, and Vincent Bilardo.
  
 
=== Review ===
 
=== Review ===

Revision as of 10:29, 25 August 2016

Henry Cowell


General Info

Year: 1958
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00


Movements

I - Allegro moderate (♩ = 108) - Presto - Tempo I - Allegro - Tempo I, p3-21
II - Allegretto quasi andante (♩ = 84), p22-29
III - Moderate con moto (♩ =96), p30-46


Instrumentation

Solo perc: timpani Player I: xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone, gongs, marimba
Player II: 8 tuned high drums (or 8 tom-toms of different indeterminate pitches), 5 temple blocks, gongs, glock, marimba
Player III: 5 metal sounds (not tuned but ringing in nature), glockenspiel, 5 temple blocks, susp cym, tenor drum
Player IV: 5 porcelain bowls (of different indeterminate pitches), bass drum, gongs, vibraphone


In the aggregate, those instruments required that at times are assigned as above among different players total one each of a set of gongs, temple blocks, glock, vib, and mrmb. The others are for only the one player named.

Program Notes

Premiered in Kansas City, MO, in the Temple B'nai Jehudah, at Connoisseur Concert of Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Hans Schwieger, 7 Jan 1961. The 5 percussion soloists, including timpanist, were: Head Percussionist Vera McNary Daehlin; Assts. Ben Uedell, Karen Kay Bichie, Judi Duffin, and Vincent Bilardo.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

21 (Steel Pan or Marimba, + Cello Version) - Marimba, Cello
Aka - Tenor Pan
Beneath Lighted Coffers - Steel Pan, Orchestra
Daidai Iro - Tenor Pan
Deciduous - Steel Pan, Violin
Hadairo (Beige) - Tenor Pan
Hip-hopracy - Percussion Nonet
I Fallen Two - Steel Pan, String Quartet
Intuition Expectation - Marimba, Trumpet
Ligneous 1 - Marimba, String Quartet
Ligneous 2 - Marimba, String Quartet
Ligneous 3 - Marimba, String Quartet
Macqueripe - Tenor Pan
Momo Iro - Tenor Pan
Murasaki (Purple) - Tenor Pan
Omnipresent - Tenor Pan
Phatamachickenlick - Percussion Duo Snare Drum Duo
Percussion Concerto (Ahiko)
Stop Speaking - Snare Drum, Digital Playback
to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem - Percussion Octet

Seven Pillars

Pillar I - Percussion Quartet
Pillar II - Percussion Quartet
Pillar III - Percussion Quartet
Pillar IV - Percussion Quartet
Pillar V - Percussion Quartet
Pillar VI - Percussion Quartet
Pillar Vii
Amethyst - Vibraphone
carTogRAPh - Percussion
mARImbA - Glockenspiel
Spiel - Glockenspiel



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