Difference between revisions of "Bomba (Harrison)"
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
==Recent Performances== | ==Recent Performances== | ||
| − | {{performances}} | + | {{performances}}<br> |
| + | Emporia State University Percussion Ensemble - November 29, 2017 - Albert Taylor Concert Hall - "Doomsday" Concert<br> | ||
<!-- Enter any recent performances, but leave the above template to encourage further submissions. You may delete this text once this is done. --> | <!-- Enter any recent performances, but leave the above template to encourage further submissions. You may delete this text once this is done. --> | ||
| − | |||
== Works for Percussion by this Composer == | == Works for Percussion by this Composer == | ||
Latest revision as of 21:47, 30 November 2017
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
To submit a performance please join the TEK Percussion Database
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