Little Fantasia

Little Fantasia (circa 1940s) for percussion quartet and piano. Total duration: 3:07

Notes

Meyer Kupferman’s originally untitled and undated work, marked “Allegro,” is scored for four percussionists and one pianist. The title Little Fantasia was suggested by the Meyer Kupferman Estate Executor, Carson Cooman when the composition was published in 2019 by Media Press, Inc. (Ron Coulter copyist and editor). The manuscript resides in the Franziska Boas collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. where there is a manuscript in Kupferman’s handwriting and a set of parts in Boas’ handwriting, suggesting that Boas had performed the work at some point.

Instrumentation

P1. 3 turkish cymbals, 2 steel hoops, 6 temple blocks
P2. chinese cymbal, sleigh bells, G# gong, chinese gong (A), B-flat gong, gong, burmese gong, italian gong (E), bolon.(sic) gong
P3. tom tom, 2 timpani, 2 temple blocks
P4. african drum, 2 chinese tom toms, F# gong, chinese cymbal, cymbal (turkish)
P5. Piano

Recordings

ORIGINS2 : forgotten percussion works, vol. 2 https://percussionartensemble.bandcamp.com/album/origins2-forgotten-percussion-works-vol-2