Little Fantasia

Meyer Kupferman

General Info

Year: c. 1940's
Duration: 3:06
Publisher: Media Press Inc. (Copied and edited by Ron Coulter)

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

Program 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.

Commercial Discography

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

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

A Crucible for the Moon - Percussion Sextet; Voice; Saxophone
Flavors of the Stars - Percussion (2)
Little Fantasia - Percussion Quartet & Piano
Moonjazz, Babyface - Drum Set; Cello
Moonsticks - Marimba
Percussion Symphony: On Tibet and Tienanmen Square - Percussion Sextet
Poetics - Vibraphone; Amplified Guitar
Prometheus - Percussion Sextet
Sitting Bull - Vibraphone; Trumpet
Sound Phantoms #5 - Percussion (8)
Sound Phantoms #7 - Percussion; Saxophpne
Sound Phantoms #9 - Percussion Quartet; Flute; String Bass
The Stone Tears of Ixtaccihuatl - Timpani