Batterie Diabolique

Jon Metzger

General Info

Year: 2002
Duration: c. 9:50
Difficulty: Medium
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $40.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I - IX: 4 wooden keyboard percussion instruments (marimba, xylophone)
4 metallic keyboard percussion instruments (crotales, bells, vibraphone)
dry metals sounds (i.e. brake drum)
drum sounds (i.e. tom-toms)
ringing metal sounds (i.e. cymbals)
hand drums (high, medium, low)

Program Notes

You enjoy a lot of freedom when performing Batterie Diabolique. Instrument choice is intentionally indeterminate, plus there is room for improvisation should you wish. One possible solution includes using brake drums for the dry metal sounds (anvils would also suffice), tom-toms with snare sticks for the drum sounds, and cymbals with snare sticks for the ringing metal sounds. The high, medium, and low hand drum parts also use hand drums of your choice and the articulation of each part is at your discretion. The mallet parts will be fine on marimbas and bells; yet, if possible, Mallet 1 will be especially effective on crotales at letter E and on kalimba at letter J.

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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