By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by Brian Slawson. Mallet Sextet. For glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, 2 small marimbas (4 octaves), 4.3 octave (low A) marimba. NOTE: Two marimba players can also share a 4.3 octave (low A) marimba if ins. score and parts on CD-ROM.

By Stevie Wonder. By Stevie Wonder. Edited by Rick Mattingly. Arranged by Diane Downs. For Percussion Ensemble (Score and Parts). Leopard Percussion Ensemble. Grade 3. Published by Hal Leonard

Percussion Ensemble

SKU: HL.14041798

A Light Hour 2008. Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Set. Composed 2013. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH30964A. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14041798).

ISBN 9788759818077. 12.5x16.5x1.13 inches.

Set of parts for Per Nørgård's En Lys Time / A Light Hour (2008-09) for a variable Percussion Ensemble (min. 10 players).

In A Light Hour everything - rhythms and motifs – is based on Nørgård´s special infinity series.

Score: WH30964

Programme note

A Light Hour is for ‘any number of percussion musicians’ (but a minimum of ten). The duration is about 60 minutes. The instrumentation is in principle open, as long as percussion is used within the three types specified in the score: skin, metal and wood. Each musicianuses two sound sources with two different sounds, one of which is bright (or light) and the other dark. Certain passages also include tuned percussion instruments – vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, gamelan, glockenspiel, steel drums, crotales and the like. 

The work integrates and combines a number of rhythms that Nørgård has used in percussion works since the 1970s, for example in Early Spring Dance (for choir and percussion), and percussion works like I Ching, Easy Beats, Whirls, Zigzag, Nemo Dynamo and Echo Zone I-II-III. 

Special “tone-feasts” (the composer’s term) – followed by a rest – are an recognizable 
melodic feature of the work.: the first minute end with a short tone-feast (and a rest), the first four minutes end with a tone-feast lasting a minute (and a rest), the first quarter of an hour ends with a tone-feast of four minutes (and a rest) – and the work ends with a tone-feast lasting quarter of an hour (and a rest, when the work is over ...). 

The first 15 minutes have a bright, light character throughout, and alternate between 
rhythms and melodic play. The following 15 minutes are more insistent and decidedly 
percussion-based, Afro-Cuban, whereas the third quarter of A Light Hour moves in the.

By Brian S. Mason. Percussion Ensemble. For 3 vibraphones, 3 marimbas (low A), timpani, bass guitar, drum set, djembe, vibra slap, 4 suspended cymbals, crotales (1 octave), mark tree, triangle, African claves, 2 gong drums, 2 shekeres, woodblock. An additional marimba can be used for lead/solo setup. (10 or 11 players). Level: Advanced. Full score and CD-Rom (containing printable parts). Duration 4:00. Published by Tapspace Publications.

(for percussion ensemble and rhythm section). By Olin Johannessen. By Pat Metheny. Arranged by Olin Johannessen. 8. For Glockenspiel, two sets of basket shakers, two vibraphones, three triangles, Marimba (4-oct), 4.5 or 5 oct. marimba (low F or low C), guiro, bass guitar, mark tree, bongos, congas, drumset (8 players). This edition: Percussion ensemble. Concert Percussion Ensembles. Have You Heard is a popular piece by the musical legend, Pat Metheny. In this arrangement Olin Johannessen basically creates a mallet band to recapture the exuberance of the original. Mallet players are accompanied by a rhythm section of bass guitar, dr. Advanced. Folio parts on CD-Rom. 16 pages. Duration 4:00 - 6:00

(arranged for xylophone soloist and percussion accompaniment). Composed by Charles Owen. Arranged by Ralph Hicks. Percussion Ensembles. For Xylophone, 2 low-A marimbas (shared), 2 low-F marimbas (shared), tambourine, castanets, woodblock, triangle, maracas, snare drum, crash cymbals, hi-hat, bass drum, and 4 timpani (2-8 players). Difficulty: Medium. Folio and CD-ROM. 22 pages. Duration 4:00. Published by Tapspace Publications

(For Percussion Octet (and optional wind ensemble)). By Jim Casella. For Glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes, 4 timpani, bongos, congas, rainstick, vibra slap, suspended cymbal, woodblock, finger cymbal, snare drum, brake drum, hihat, ocean drum, 4 concert toms, cowbell, shaker, splash cymbal, china cymbal, tambourine, triangle, b (8 percussion players). This edition: Percussion ensemble and optional wind ensemble. Concert Percussion Ensembles. Optional Wind Ensemble Parts Included (divisi if applicable): Flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet (E-flat), bassoon, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone, tuba. Medium-Easy. Folio parts on CD-Rom. 32 pages. Duration 3:30. Published by Tapspace Publications