13 Morceaux is a wonderful set of three selections from the original collection of solo piano pieces by Sibelius - Etude, Carillon ("Bells") & Humoresque. Great piano transcriptions are hard to come by, so take advantage of this one.Program Notes13…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jean Sibelius, Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Claude Debussy's timeless masterpiece Clair de Lune finds new life on the marimba in this beautiful yet challenging arrangement.Program NotesI wanted to play Clair de Lune on marimba because my dog, Blue, loved the marimba and loved this piece of music. Blue…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Justin McConchie
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Janissary Band is imagined music for percussion patterned after the music and rhythms played by a Turkish Mehter Band.Program NotesJanissary Band is imagined music for percussion patterned after the music and rhythms played by a Turkish Mehter Band. The…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stanley Leonard
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The word Kymbalon in Greek can be translated as cymbal. Many cymbals and gongs are used in the music along with other percussion instruments to allow for a melody.Program NotesThe word Kymbalon in Greek can be translated as cymbal. I have always been…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stanley Leonard
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Melisande's Death is the final movement of Sibelius' beautiful eight-movement tone poem Pelleas et Melisande, op. 46. This passionate and sorrowful music is scored for marimba choir (including bass marimba), and vibraphone.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1994…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Jean Sibelius, Richard Gipson
Publisher:
OU Percussion Press
Timpani Feature
Recitative and Scherzo is a celebration of the view of percussion instruments in their own right as musical instruments.Program NotesRecitative and Scherzo was commissioned and premiered by Ronald Horner with the Percussion Ensemble of Indiana…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stanley Leonard
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Rhythmix is a work that features the timpani in a dramatic, solo role. It is an imagined music in which the timpanist is the spokesperson, leading the ensemble in a variety of moods and rhythms that utilize melodies and harmonic tunings of Japanese origin.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stanley Leonard
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Stone is sacred because it is a part of mother earth; seperated, hewn, sculpted, relocated, it continues to be a fragment of her existence. Stone provides a dynamic connection between human life and the marvelous sphere that is our home. Sacred Stones is an…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stanley Leonard
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Multi-Percussion Feature
A spirited multi percussion feature with mallet ensemble. With contrasting sections of mysterious melodies and rhythmic ferocity, this work has it all.Program NotesShadows is based on a poem of the same name by Stanley Leonard: Moon…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stanley Leonard
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Six Bagatelles was written in 1986 for and premiered by Frank Epstein and the percussion ensemble of the New England Conservatory of Music. This is a newly revised and edited version of the original. It may be performed in its entirety or in various…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Stanley Leonard
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications