Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments

Morris Goldenberg

General Info

Year:
Arranger: Ben Hans & Tom Schneller & Jim Sewrey
Difficulty: Elementary to Advanced
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 978-0-7935-1938-5
Cost: $19.99

Instrumentation

Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Chimes
Xylophone
Marimba

Program Notes

Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments contains materials for the development of technique, performance skill, reading ability and musicianship on marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel and chimes. Compiled by experienced teachers and performers Jim Sewrey, Ben Hans and Tom Schneller, this book includes scalular materials, technical studies, selected excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire, etudes by the legendary Morris Goldenberg, melodic studies, and solos appropriate for recitals, juries, and auditions at the high school, college, and professional levels. This book addresses musical literacy, musicianship, performance, and technique as applied to two-mallet and four-mallet playing.

Content

Etudes

• 12/8 Etude in A Major
• 12/8 Etude in D Major
• 2/4 Etude in Bb Major
• 2/4 Etude in E Major
• 2/4 Etude in G Major
• 2/4 Etude in G Minor
• 2/4 Etudes in F Major
• 3/4 Etude in Bb Major
• 3/4 Etude in D Minor
• 4/4 Etude in Bb Major
• 4/4 Etude in C Major
• 4/4 Etude in Eb Major
• 5/4 Etude in Eb Major
• Etude in A Major
• Etude in Ab Major - I
• Etude in Ab Major - II
• Etude in B Major - I
• Etude in B Major - II
• Etude in Bb Major - I
• Etude in Bb Major - II
• Etude in Bb Minor
• Etude in C Major - I
• Etude in C Major II
• Etude in C# Major
• Etude in D Major - I
• Etude in D Major - II
• Etude in D Minor
• Etude in Db Major
• Etude in E Major
• Etude in F Major
• Etude in F Minor
• Etude in F# Minor
• Etude in G Major

Study

• Study for Double Stroke Technique
• Study in 9/8
• Study in B Major
• Study in Eb Major
• Syncopated Study in Db

Song List

• America (God Save the Queen) (Henry Carey)
• Anitra's Dance (Edvard Grieg)
• Arabesque Op. 18 ( Robert Schumann)
• Awake My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve (G Handel)
• Bell Song (Leo Delibes)
• Can Can (Jacques Offenbach)
• Ch'ella Mi Creda (G Puccini)
• Chromatic Etude (M Goldenberg)
• Cielito Lindo (C. Fernandez)
• Concerto in A Minor, Movements. 1 & 3 (Bach)
• Cut-Time Etudes in C Major (M Goldenberg)
• Danse Chinoise (Chinese Dance) (Tchaikovsky)
• Dona Nobis Pacem
• Double Stop Study (Morris Goldenberg)
• Double Stop Study in E Major (Morris Goldenberg)
• Downfall of Paris, The
• Doxology
• Drum Tune No. 7 (Robert R Bennett)
• Ecossaise (Beethoven)
• Entry of the Gladiators/Thunder and Blazes (Julius Fucik)
• Finlandia (Jean Sibelius)
• Flight of the Bumblebee, The (Nicolai Korsakov)
• For All the Saints ( Ralph V Williams)
• Four Seasons, The (Antonio Vivaldi)
• Four Seasons, The (Antonio Vivaldi)
• Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 for Violin (Bach)
• German National Anthem (Franz J Haydn)
• Goldenberg Etudes 6/8 Etude in C Major
• Golliwog's Cake Walk (C Debussy)
• Herzliebster Jesu, Was Hast Du Verbrochen (Johannes Cruger)
• Hopak (Modest Musorgsky)
• Impromptu in Gb Major, Op. 90 (F Schubert)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King (E Grieg)
• Intermezzo in C# Minor (Johannes Brahms)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann S Bach)
• La Cumparsita (G Rodriguez)
• La Rejouissance (G Handel)
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
• Liberty Bell, The (John P Sousa)
• Londonderry Air (British Folksong)
• Lullaby (Johannes Brahms)
• Magic Flute, The (Mozart)
• Over the Waves (Juventino Rosas)
• Pavane (Gabriel Faure)
• Pie Jesu (Gabriel Faure)
• Pizzicato Polka (Leo Delibes)
• Poeme (Zdenek Fibich)
• Polka from the Age of Gold, Op. 22 - Ballet (Shostakovich)
• Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Joachim Neanderngbuch, Erneuerten Gesangbuch)
• Prelude from Partita No. 3 for Violin Solo (Bach)
• Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 (Chopin)
• Procession of the Sardar (M. Ivanov)
• Raggedy Ragtime Rag (Leroy Napier)
• Rakoczy March (Hector Berlioz)
• Ride of the Valkyries (Richard Wagner)
• Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture (Mikhail Glinka)
• Scarf Dance (Cecile Chaminade)
• Scherzo (Felix Mendelssohn)
• Semper Fidelis (John Philip Sousa)
• Sleeping Beauty's Pavane (Maurice Ravel)
• Sonata No. 3 for Violin Solo (Bach)
• Sorcerer's Apprentice, The (Paul Dukas)
• Suite No. 2 for Flute and Strings (Johann Bach)
• Theme (G P Telemann)
• Theme from A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture (F Mendelssohn)
• Theme from Academic Festival Overture (Brahms)
• Theme from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, Mvt. 3 (Johann S Bach)
• Theme from Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, Mvt 1 (Johann S Bach)
• Theme from Che Gelida Manina (G Puccini)
• Theme from Choral Fantasy, Op 80 (Beethoven)
• Theme from Danse Macabre (Camille Saint-Saens)
• Theme from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mvt. 4 (Mozart)
• Theme from Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb Major, K. 450, Mvt 3 (Wolfgang A Mozart)
• Theme from Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466, Mvt 2 (Wolfgang A Mozart)
• Theme from Piano Concerto No 3, Mvt. 1 (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
• Theme from Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op 16, Mvt. 1 (Edvard Grieg)
• Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 1 (Chopin)
• Theme from Piano Concerto No. 23, Mvt. 3 (Mozart)
• Theme from Piano Concerto No. 22, Mvt 3 (Mozart)
• Theme from Prelude in C# Minor (S Rachmaninoff)
• Theme from Roman Carnival Overture (Berlioz)
• Theme from Sonata in C Major, Mvt. 2 (Mozart)
• Theme from Sonatine, Mvt. 1 (M Ravel)
• Theme from Symphony No. 40, Mvt 4 (Mozart)
• Theme from Symphony No. 3, Op. 90, Mvt 3 (Brahms)
• Theme from Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 3 (Brahms)
• Theme from Symphony No. 3, Op. 90, Mvt. 2 (Brahms)
• Theme from Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 2 (F Schubert)
• Theme from The Humming Chorus (Giacomo Puccini)
• Theme from William Tell Overture (G Rossini)
• Themes from Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 1 (J Sibelius)
• Three Camps
• To a Wild Rose (Edward Mac Dowell)
• Toreador Son (from Carmen) (G Bizet)
• Treasure Waltzes (J Strauss, Jr.)
• Turkish Rondo (Rondo alla Turca) (Mozart)
• Two-Part Invention in A Minor (Bach)
• Two-Part Invention in C Major (Johann S Bach)
• Una Voce Poco Fa (G Rossini)
• Valse Triste (Jean Sibelius)
• Vocalise (S Rachmaninoff)
• Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2 (Chopin)
• Zigeunerweisen (Pablo de Sarasate)

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Books for Percussion by this Composer

Goldenberg, Morris. Classic Overtures for Timpani. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Co., 1981.
Goldenberg, Morris. Classic Symphonies for Timpani. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Co., 1981.
Goldenberg, Morris. Modern School for Snare Drum. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music Co., 1955, 2002.
Goldenberg, Morris. Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music Co., 1950, 2002.
Goldenberg, Morris. Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Co.,
Goldenberg, Morris. Romantic Symphonies for Timpani. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Co., 1981.
Goldenberg, Morris. Standard Concertos for Timpani. New York: Chappell, 1969.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

A Little Suite for Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Concerto in A Minor (Bach/Goldenberg) - Marimba; Xylophone
Farfel's Gavotte - Snare Drum
Five/Eight Romp - Snare Drum
Graduation Etude - Snare Drum
Left Light March - Snare Drum
Lucy's Riff - Percussion Sextet
March for Two Drums - Snare Drum
Marching Drum Sticks - Snare Drum
No Roll Etude - Snare Drum
Ramble Rumble - Snare Drum
Rim Shot March - Snare Drum
Seven/Eight Romp - Snare Drum
Simpel Minuet - Snare Drum
Simple Simon March - Snare Drum
Six/Eight Etude - Snare Drum
Soldier's March - Snare Drum
Sticks and Skins - Snare Drum
Studies in Solo Percussion - Multiple Percussion
Twelve Progressive Solos for Snare Drum - Snare Drum