Desperate Attitudes

Gordon Stout

General Info

Publisher: Keyboard Percussion Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:13:00
Cost: $60.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel & Steel Drum
Player 2: Xylophone & Crotales
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba 1
Player 5: Marimba 2
Player 6: Marimba 3
Player 7: Marimba 4
Player 8: Djembe
Player 9: 8 Roto-Toms / Concert Tom-toms & Log Drums
Player 10: 3 Snare Drums
Player 11: Timpani & Suspended Cymbal

Description

Desperate Attitudes was commissioned by Michael Burritt and the Northwestern University percussion ensemble, and was premiered in May of 1998, Michael Burritt directing. The original musical ideas for the composition were created the day after the death of Princess Diana. The title refers to attitudes which cause many negative and unnecessary things to happen. There seems to be a great appetite for these kinds of things in our society today. The music bears no resemblance to the original ideas that I composed on that dark day. Instead, as the music progressed, it took on a more happy, vital, and dance like spirit .

WOrks for Percussion by this Composer

Marimba Solo Works

Andante and Allegro – Piano; Marimba
Astral Dance – Marimba
Elegy – Marimba
Etudes for Marimba, Book III – Marimba
Five Etudes for Marimba, Book 1 – Marimba
Five Etudes for Marimba, Book 2 – Marimba
Four Episodes – Marimba
Nocturnes, op.36 – Marimba
Ode for Marimba – Marimba
Reverie – Marimba
Rivers of Wood – Marimba; Piano
Rumble Strips – Marimba
Sedimental Structures – Marimba
Triptych – Percussion Duet; Marimba
Two Mexican Dances – Marimba
Wood That Sings – Marimba

Percussion Ensemble Works

Desperate Attitudes – Percussion (11)
Eisenhower's Rondo – Percussion Quartet; Flute; Viola
Emerald Romp - Percussion Trio
Incoming – Percussion Duet; Marimba; Drumset
Laruci in the Sky – Percussion Duet; Marimba
Look Forward With Your Feet
Outgoing - Percussion Quartet; Piano
Outgoing 2 - Percussion 12
Prolific Platitudes - Percussion Quartet
Sarah's Dance
Seeking Pacific Waters - Percussion Sextet
Something To Do With Grace - Marimba & Percussion Octet
Three Movements for Marimba and Wind Ensemble – Marimba; Wind Ensemble

Marimba Ensemble Works

Endless Mountains Wooden
New York Triptych
Dream-Awakening and Dance
Sinfonietta
Wailing Song

Diptych Series

Diptych No. 1 – Multiple Percussion
Diptych No. 2 – Percussion Ensemble
Diptych No. 3 – Percussion Duet; Marimba
Diptych No. 4 – Percussion Duet; Marimba

Duo Series

Duo (Dance Song) – Marimba; Saxophone
Duo (Dance Song) – Marimba; Trumpet
Duo (Dance Song) – Marimba; Bassoon
Duo Concertante – Percussion Duet; Wind Ensemble