Pastoral Music

Thomas Briggs

General Info

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Duration: c.
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Publisher: Studio4
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Marimba

Program Notes

Review

This three-movement work for solo marimba is ideal for developing the four-mallet skills of an intermediate-level college marimbist. Briggs does an exceptional job of keeping his score free of awkward technical problems, and molds his musical ideas from patterns that "lie" very comfortably on the keyboard. He is also successful in keeping his music interesting and varied, moving from "quiet and reflective in mood" found in the first movement, through a second movement aptly titled "Lyrical," to some up-tempo sections in the third movement. Any or all of the three movements of this publication would be an excellent selection for a student marimbist's four-mallet repertoire list. - John R. Raush, October 1998

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Concerto for Marimba and Band (Briggs) - Marimba; Band
Concerto for Vibraphone and Band (Briggs) - Vibraphone; Band
Duo for Marimba and Piano - Marimba; Piano
Duo for Marimba and Vibraphone - Marimba; Vibraphone
Festival - Marimba; Saxophone
Interplay for two percussionists - Percussion Duo
Montage - Vibraphone; Saxophone
Motions - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet
Pastoral Music - Marimba
Percussion Quartet No.1 - Percussion Quartet
Reminiscence (Briggs) - Vibraphone
Sketches for Mallet Percussion - Percussion Trio
Sonata for Trombone and Timpani - Multiple Percussion; Trombone