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[[Lou Harrison]]
  
 
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== General Info ==
 
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'''Year''': <br /-->
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'''Year''': 1939<br /-->
'''Duration''':  c. <br /-->
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'''Duration''':  c. 2'40" <br /-->
'''Difficulty''': (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
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'''Difficulty''': 4 (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
'''Publisher''': <br /-->
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'''Publisher''': [[WarnerBros]] <br /-->
'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $0.00 &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; Score Only - $0.00<br /-->
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'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $9.95 <br /-->
 
 
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Player I: [[maraca]]s, 3 [[flower pot]]s<br /-->
 
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Player II: [[metal rattle]]s, 3 muted [[brake drum]]s, 3 suspended brake drums<br /-->
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Player III: [[thunder sheet]], 3 [[temple block]]s<br /-->
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Player IV: [[rasp]], 3 [[Chinese wood block]]s<br /-->
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Player V: [[tam-tam]], [[bass drum]]<br /-->
  
 
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Credit must be given to Warner Bros. Publications for including "Bomba," a percussion quintet, and "Simfony #13," a percussion quartet, in a "Master Percussion Ensemble Series." No one deserves this honor more than Lou Harrison, one of the significant composers of the 20th century, particularly important for his interest in non-Western source material and his contributions to music for percussion instruments. Both pieces reflect his interest in unconventional instruments. "Bomba" is scored for three flower pots, brake drums, thundersheet, metal rattle, and rasp, in addition to more conventional concert instruments. In "Simfony #13," each player confronts a large setup including five woodblocks, six water buffalo bells, seven cowbells, five temple blocks, ten brake drums, and elephant bell, plus triangle, suspended cymbal, gong, tam tam, seven toms and a "contra bass drum." Much of the music in these two works is written in a contrapuntal style and treats the instruments in a melodic manner, with patterns often phrased over barlines, setting up rhythmic dissonances between parts, not unlike the writing found in pieces such as Cage's "Third Construction." These two works can be considered "classics," along with the contributions of composers such as Cage, Varèse, and Stockhausen. - John R. Raush, December 1998 <ref> [http://www.pas.org PAS.ORG] Retrieved 06/14/2012</ref>
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==Recent Performances==
 
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Emporia State University Percussion Ensemble - November 29, 2017 - Albert Taylor Concert Hall - "Doomsday" Concert<br>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:47, 30 November 2017

Lou Harrison


General Info

Year: 1939
Duration: c. 2'40"
Difficulty: 4 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: WarnerBros
Cost: Score and Parts - $9.95


Instrumentation

Player I: maracas, 3 flower pots
Player II: metal rattles, 3 muted brake drums, 3 suspended brake drums
Player III: thunder sheet, 3 temple blocks
Player IV: rasp, 3 Chinese wood blocks
Player V: tam-tam, bass drum

Errata

Program Notes

Online Review

Credit must be given to Warner Bros. Publications for including "Bomba," a percussion quintet, and "Simfony #13," a percussion quartet, in a "Master Percussion Ensemble Series." No one deserves this honor more than Lou Harrison, one of the significant composers of the 20th century, particularly important for his interest in non-Western source material and his contributions to music for percussion instruments. Both pieces reflect his interest in unconventional instruments. "Bomba" is scored for three flower pots, brake drums, thundersheet, metal rattle, and rasp, in addition to more conventional concert instruments. In "Simfony #13," each player confronts a large setup including five woodblocks, six water buffalo bells, seven cowbells, five temple blocks, ten brake drums, and elephant bell, plus triangle, suspended cymbal, gong, tam tam, seven toms and a "contra bass drum." Much of the music in these two works is written in a contrapuntal style and treats the instruments in a melodic manner, with patterns often phrased over barlines, setting up rhythmic dissonances between parts, not unlike the writing found in pieces such as Cage's "Third Construction." These two works can be considered "classics," along with the contributions of composers such as Cage, Varèse, and Stockhausen. - John R. Raush, December 1998 [1]



Awards

Commercial Discography

Recent Performances

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Emporia State University Percussion Ensemble - November 29, 2017 - Albert Taylor Concert Hall - "Doomsday" Concert


Works for Percussion by this Composer

Concerto Works

Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra: with Violin
Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra - Percussion Octet; Organ, Piano
First Concerto - Percussion Duo and Flute

Percussion Trio Works

Tributes to Charon (Passage Through Darkness/Counterdance in the Spring)
In Praise of Johnny Appleseed (for Dance and Percussion) - with Flute & Dancer
Oriental

Percussion Quartet Works

Canticle No. 3 - with Ocarina & Guitar
Canticle No. 5
Double Music - Cage/Harrison
Fifth Simfony
Fugue (Harrison)
Simfony No. 13
The Song of Queztecoatl

Percussion Quintet Works

Bomba (Harrison)
Canticle No. 1
Suite

Large Percussion Ensemble Works

Double Fanfare - 12 Players
Labyrinth No. 3 - 11 Players
Orpheus - for the Singer to the Dance - 15 Players with Solo Voice & Chorus

Others

Ariadne - Solo Percussion and Flute acc.
Beverly's Troubadour Piece - Percussion and Harp
Serenade - Percussion; Guitar
Suite No. 1 - Percussion; Guitar
The Drums of Orpheus - from the ballet "Orpheus"

Additional Resources



  1. PAS.ORG Retrieved 06/14/2012