Preludio a 11

José Ardévol

General Info

Year: 1942
Duration: c. 3:43
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unpublished

Instrumentation

Player 1 - Triángulo - Triangle
Player 2 - Clave - Claves
Player 3 - Güiro
Player 4 - Maracas
Player 5 - Bongó - Bongos
Player 6 - Yunque (con dos martillos) - Anvil (with two hammers)
Player 7 - Tambour Africano - African Drum
Player 8 - Platillo (sempre con baqueta) - Cymbal (always with stick)
Player 9 - Redoblante - Snare Drum
Player 10 - Bombo - Bass Drum
Player 11 - Piano

Program Notes

"Preludio á 11" composed in 1942 for John Cage.

Commercial Discography

ORIGINS: forgotten percussion works, vol. 1 https://percussionartensemble.bandcamp.com/album/origins-forgotten-percussion-works-vol-1

Recent Performances

April 3, 2011 (Carbondale, IL)at the 5th Annual Outside the Box New Music Festival; Southern Illinois University Carbondale Percussion Group (SIUCPG), conducted by Ron Coulter. That program also included world premiers of Beyer’s PERCUSSION, Strive, Horizons, and Daniel Kessner’s A Knocktet. As well as rare performances of Colin McPhee’s Kachapi Mas, Lou Harrison’s Oriental, and Franziska Boas’ Changing Tensions. To submit a performance please join the TEK Percussion Database

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Study in the form of Prelude and Fugue for 14 percussionists and piano (1933)
Suite, para 30 instrumentos de percusion, fricción, y silbido for 14 percussionists and piano (1934)
Preludio a 11 for 10 percussionists and piano (1942)