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Latest revision as of 23:39, 8 August 2026
General Info
Year of Published: 1962
Publisher: Title Publisher
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:21:00
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $76.95
Movements
1. Invocation
2. Contemplation
3. Declaration
Instrumentation
Percussion Ensemble
Tuned Percussion: Timpani & Glockenspiel &Xylophone & Vibraphone & Chimes Drums: Snare Drum & Field Drum & 3 Tom Tom & Bass Drum Cymbals: 2 Suspended Cymbal & 2 Gong Auxiliary Percussion: Tambourine & Triangle (Small and Large) & Sleigh Bells
Wind Orchestra
Woodwinds: Piccolo & 2 Flutes & 2 Oboes & 2 Clarinets & Bass Clarinet Brass: 2 French Horns & 4 Trumpets & 2 Tenor Trombones & 2 Bass Trombones & Tuba Strings: Double Bass & 2 Harp
Program Notes
Commissioned (by William MacLean) and premiered by the American Wind Symphony under conductor Robert Boudreau in 1964, Warren Benson’s Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra (1962) has been hailed as “pioneering”, “significant”, “landmark”, and “a tour de force of percussion writing that has been imitated by numerous other composers since.” The work has been compared to the music of Edgard Varèse, and is certainly one of the very few musical statements of its time to approach the wind and percussion orchestra with both a radical sense of timbral exploitation and a classical sense of form.
Review
Errata
Awards
Commercial Discography
Online Recordings
Recent Performances
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
The Red Lion - Vibraphone; with piano
Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum - Snare Drum
Percussion Ensemble
Streams (Benson) - 7 Players
Three Pieces for Percussion Quartet - 4 Players
Trio for Percussion - (Benson) - 3 Players
Winter Bittersweet - 6 Players
With Other Instruments
Canon - Hand Drum with tuba
Concertino for Flute, Strings and Percussion - Multiple Percussion with flute (solo) and strings
How do I Love Thee - Marimba with soprano
Largo Tah - Marimba with bass trombone
Nara - Percussion Duo with soprano; flute; piano
Polyphony for Percussion - Percussion Quartet with wind ensemble
Songs for the End of the World - Marimba; with horn; cello; English horn; mezzo-soprano
Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra - Percussion Sextet with Wind Ensemble
Thorgard's Song - Percussion Ensemble with horn
Additional Resources
References