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Big Country
For Percussion Ensemble
by Béla Fleck, arr. Olin Johannessen
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 8-10 players
Our price: $40.00
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Big Country is a catchy and inspired composition by world renowned banjo picker and jazz musician Béla Fleck from the album Left of Cool by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Its simple melody encapsulates the folksy sound of Americana, and Olin Johannessen's arrangement wonderfully captures this through his scoring for percussion ensemble. As he states in the performance notes,...
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Cavatina (downloadable)
Theme to "The Deer Hunter" for Solo Marimba
by Stanley Myers, arr. Gifford Howarth
Level: Medium-advanced
Our price: $7.00
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Cavatina by Stanley Myers is the theme song to the award-winning 1971 Universal Pictures and EMI Films presentation of The Deer Hunter. Gifford Howarth's arrangement for marimba utilizes a one-handed roll to help bring out the melody line while leaving the other hand to play the moving bass line.
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Concerto in A Minor
From Concerto for 4 Harpsichords & Strings (as heard on “Bach on Wood”)
by J.S. Bach, arr. Brian Slawson
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 6 players
Our price: $35.00
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This “Allegro” is from Bach’s Concerto for 4 Harpsichords & Strings (BWV 1065). . This sextet arrangement for "Concerto in A Minor" has been heard worldwide on the popular CD, "Bach on Wood" which helped garner Brian Slawson a Grammy nomination of “Best New Classical Artist.”
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Cop Drama
for Percussion Ensemble and Rhythm Section
by Jim Casella
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 16 players
Our price: $45.00
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Cop Drama is an homage to the groovy, retro sounds of classic American TV cop shows such as "S.W.A.T," "The Mod Squad," and "The Streets of San Francisco." With a large ensemble of colorful sounds and stylized interpretation, Cop Drama is an enjoyable piece for medium to advanced percussion ensembles.
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Dystopia
For percussion ensemble
by Jim Casella
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 15 players
Our price: $45.00
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Written by Jim Casella, "Dystopia" was designed to imitate a tense, action-packed, horror soundtrack within the percussion ensemble setting. Using a fairly large instrumentation including piano, a variety of percussive effects are used to create an eerie, creepy atmosphere.
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Goldberg Variation 28
For mallet duo
by J.S. Bach, arr. Brian Slawson
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 2 players
Our price: $25.00
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This duet of "Goldberg Variation 28" provides a flashy duet to feature two players, primarily playing with two mallets. The trading interaction between players 1 and 2 keeps this piece moving at a brisk tempo which will prove challenging when factoring some of the quick interval changes during 32nd note passages.
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Have You Heard
For Percussion Ensemble
by Pat Metheny, arr. Olin Johannessen
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 8 players
Our price: $40.00
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Have You Heard is a popular piece by the musical legend, Pat Metheny. Mallet players are accompanied by a rhythm section of bass guitar, drumset, and auxilliary percussion. This is an upbeat and crowd-pleasing piece which allows for an extended solo section in the middle. It would be a great closer for any percussion ensemble concert, or a great way to highlight your...
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Integrated Elements No. 2 - "Not a Haiku"
Solo for Multiple-Percussion and Pre-Recorded Sound.
by Robert McClure
Level: Medium-advanced
Our price: $20.00
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Using sounds created by instruments, digital audio, and sounds made by the human voice, "Integrated Elements No. 2" bears a resemblance to the Japanese "haiku" form of poetry with its 5-7-5 metric scheme. This ambitious multi-percussion solo is, however, "not a haiku."
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La Forza del Destino
for Percussion Ensemble
by Giuseppi Verdi, arr. Luke Aylsworth
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 13 or 14 players
Our price: $45.00
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This percussion ensemble arrangement of Verdi's famed overture to La Forza del Destino ("The Force of Destiny") makes for a very exciting piece that explores the classical music possibilities of the modern percussion ensemble. It can be performed with 13 or 14 players and would work equally well in a concert performance or in an indoor "arena" style performance. The piece...
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Leyenda
for Marimba Soloist and Percussion Ensemble
by Isaac Albéniz, arr. Gifford Howarth
Level: Medium-advanced
Personnel: 1 soloist + 13 players
Our price: $35.00
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As one of the most famous Spanish classical guitar pieces of the 20th century, Asturias-Leyenda by Albéniz has found its way to the rosewood bars of the marimba in many different renditions. Gifford Howarth's new arrangement can stand alone as its own marimba solo, or better yet can feature a large ensemble of mostly beginning-level accompaniment. This works very well to...
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