Difference between revisions of "Black Elk"

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General Info

Year of Published: 2005
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Duration: 00:08:00
Cost: Score and Parts - $48.00 | Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Narrator
Player 2: Marimba 1 (5-octave)
Player 3: Marimba 2 (4.3-octave)
Player 4: Xylophone & High Suspended Cymbal & Chimes
Player 5: Vibraphone & Low Suspended Cymbal
Player 6: Crotales & Tambourine
Player 7: Glockenspiel & Snare Drum
Player 8: Timpani & Bongos
Player 9: Tambourine & Suspended Cymbal & Slapstick & Bass Drum & Tom Tom (Medium)
Player 10: 2 Low Tom Toms & Flexatone
Player 11: 2 Low Tom Toms & Ratchet & Triangle & Suspended Cymbal & Tambourine & Tenor Drum
Player 12: 4 Tom Toms & Castanets & Triangle & Frame Drum & Bass Drum

Program Notes

Inspired by the book "Black Elk Speaks" by John Neihardt (an oral history of Black Elk, a Sioux medicine man or Shaman), this dramatic work for 11 percussionists culminates in narrator reciting a passage from the book:

"I looked up at the clouds, and two men were coming there, headfirst like arrows slanting down; and as they came, they sang a sacred song, and the thunder was like drumming. I will sing it for you. The song and the drumming were like this: "Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; all over the sky, a sacred voice is calling."

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Percussion Solo Works

Double East - Marimba
Imageries - Vibraphone
Just Ask - Vibraphone
Riversong - Vibraphone
Spiral Passages - Marimba

Percussion Ensemble Works

Batterie Diabolique - 7 to 9 Players
Elephant Walk - 2 Players
Jazz Bis - Vibraphone, 5 Players
On Verchiel's Wings - Vibraphone, 3 Players

With Other Instruments Works

Absence of Color - Percussion Sextet, Narrator
Black Elk - Percussion Ensemble (11), Narrator
Four Flights - Multiple Percussion, Flute
Moral Compass - Percussion Trio, Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone
Stories - Percussion Quartet, voice, Piano
Zoroastrian Thunder - Percussion Octet, Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Bass

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+'''Year of Published''': 2005 <br /-->
-'''Year''': 2005 <br /-->
+'''Publisher''': [[C. Alan Publications]]<br /-->
-'''Duration''':  c. 8:00<br /-->
 '''Difficulty''':  (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
-'''Publisher''': [[C. Alan Publications]]<br /-->
+'''Duration''':  00:08:00<br /-->
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 == Instrumentation ==
-Narrator<br>
+Player 1: Narrator<br>
-Marimba 1 (5-octave)<br>
+Player 2: [[Marimba]] 1 (5-octave)<br>
-Marimba 2 (4.3-octave)<br>
+Player 3: [[Marimba]] 2 (4.3-octave)<br>
-Xylophone (High Suspended Cymbal, Chimes)<br>
+Player 4: [[Xylophone]] & High [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Chimes]]<br>
-Vibraphone (Low Suspended Cymbal)<br>
+Player 5: [[Vibraphone]] & Low [[Suspended Cymbal]]<br>
-Crotales (Tambourine)<br>
+Player 6: [[Crotales]] & [[Tambourine]]<br>
-Bells (Snare Drum<br>
+Player 7: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Snare Drum]]<br>
-Timpani (Bongos)<br>
+Player 8: [[Timpani]] & [[Bongos]]<br>
-Percussion 1 (Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, Slapstick, Bass Drum, Medium Tom)<br>
+Player 9: [[Tambourine]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Slapstick]] & [[Bass Drum]] & [[Tom Tom]] (Medium)<br>
-Percussion 2 (2 Low Toms, Flexatone)<br>
+Player 10: 2 Low [[Tom Toms]] & [[Flexatone]]<br>
-Percussion 3 (2 Low Toms, Ratchet, Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, Tambourine, Tenor Drum)<br>
+Player 11: 2 Low [[Tom Toms]] & [[Ratchet]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Tambourine]] & [[Tenor Drum]]<br>
-Percussion 4 (4 Toms, Castanets, Triangle, Frame Drum, Bass Drum)<br>
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