Concerto For Marimba And Percussion Ensemble (Buss)

Howard Buss

General Info

Year of Published: 2017
Publisher: Brixton Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:15:00
Cost: Score and Parts - $24.97   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Marimba

Ensemble

Player 1: Xylophone, chimes, suspended cymbal, 2 bongos, 2 agogo bells, castanets, vibraslap
Player 2: Vibraphone, snare drum
Player 3: Glockenspiel,suspended cymbal, 2 crash cymbals, hi hat, snare drum, castanets, maracas
Player 4: 4 timpani, tambourine, suspended cymbal, triangle

Program Notes

Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble is dedicated to Robert McCormick. This work is comprised of 3 continuous, unnamed movements that follow a haunting and somewhat mysterious introduction. References to the opening phrases of the introduction are made throughout the composition. The first movement is in two main parts: The first resembles a chain of joyous episodes, each flowing into the next as the musical narrative unfolds. This gives way to a series of passages that become increasingly developmental. Obvious references to the introduction are interspersed with elements of the first section as well as new material. The second movement is in a lively 6/8. It is in ternary form features a substantial marimba cadenza in the central section. The finale movement revives the joyful character of the first and includes a short intense passage influenced by jazz before building to a rousing finish.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Works

A Day In The City - Marimba
Concerto For Marimba And Percussion Ensemble (Buss)

Marimba Solo With Other Instruments Works

De La Madera - Marimba; Oboe
Impromptu - Marimba; Clarinet or Sop. Saxophone
Night Tide - Marimba; Trombone
Rite of Passage - Marimba; Flute
Stellar Visions - Marimba; Flute
Two Caprices - Marimba; Flute; Oboe
Wave Train - Marimba; Flute

Multiple Percussion Solo with Other Instrument Works

Atmospheres - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Behind The Invisible Mask - Multiple Percussion; Bassoon
Boom Time - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
Capriccio (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet; Trombone
Incantation - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Into Each Life - Multiple Percussion; Flute; Cello; Piano
Kaleidoscope (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Rendezvous (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet(4)
Scenes From The Holy Land - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sky Blossoms - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sonic Fables: "Lessons from Aesop" - Multiple Percussion; Brass Quintet

Percussion Ensemble With Other Instruments Works

American Pheonix - Percussion Quartet; Bass Trombone or Tuba
Coexistence - Percussion Quartet; Clarinet
Crossroads - Percussion Octet; Trombone Choir
Dream Sequence - Percussion Quartet; Trombone
Escapade - Percussion Quartet; Saxophone
Modern Times - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo; Narrator
Mysterious Exit - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo
Spanish Memoirs - Percussion Quartet; Trumpet
There Is A Season - Percussion Duo; Clarinet
Where Now Rusts The Iron? - Percussion Quartet; Soprano; Flute; Cello

Percussion Ensemble Works

Currents (Buss) - Percussion Quartet
Overture for Percussion - (Buss) - Percussion Ensemble
Sci-Fi Percussives - Percussion Ensemble(12)
The Big Bang (Buss) - Percussion Sextet; Piano