Animal Cracker Rag

Brian Slawson

General Info

Year of Published: 2017
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:02:30
Cost: $13.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Xylophone
Player 2: Piano

Description

Animal Cracker Rag is a perfect solo for a young, outgoing, and potentially crazy performer looking for an opportunity to schowcase their talent and sense of humor. This piece harks back to music from the 1910's and 20's, where polka and ragtime were the dominant musical styles. As composer Brian Slawson puts it in his own words, "written with a tip of the hat to Russian composers Dmitri Kabalevsky and Aram Khachaturian, Animal Cracker Rag is the kind of campy, two-beat fare often heard at circuses." This piece also includes an optional piano accompaniment geared toward percussionists who are looking to gain some experience on the instrument.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solos

Two-Beat Tango
Cricket
Animal Cracker Rag

Chamber Percussion Ensemble

Candlesticks - 8 Players
Füm Drum - 9 Players
Odd Duck - 4 Players
Song of All Seasons - 8 Players
Pelican - 9 Players
Rockbox - 9 Players
Tangito - 9 Players
Top Tank - 3 Players
Winterland - 8 Players

Large Percussion Ensemble

Angels in the Moonlight
Animals
Bongito - 13 Players
Book Bash - 10 Players
Christmas Day
Dreams From the Dark Forest - 13 Players
Jokers Wild - 13 Players
La Vida de la Noche (Percussion Ensemble) - 15 Players
Little Lullabies
Nanigo Navidad - 11 Players
Opa! - 10 Players
Pistoleros - 13 Players
Roundup - 10 Players
Santa's Strut - 11 Players
Strum - 10 Players
Tale of the Dragon - 12 Players
Tank Time - 10 Players
The Three Buccaneers
When You Hear the Drum - 10 Players

Mallet Ensemble

A Little Malletmusik
El Paso Waltz
La Vida de la Noche (Mallet Ensemble)

Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument

An American Dream - Percussion Ensemble & Trumpet

Indeterminate Percussion Ensemble

Pop Drop - 3 or more Players
Yes & No - 5 or 6 Players