After a brief chorale-like introduction, Beaty's Brain transforms the calming main theme into a rollicking circus march.Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2009 Number...
from Quatre Pièces Caractéristiques, Op. 5, No. 2
Caprice à la Boléro combines a driving rhythmic undercurrent with lyrical melodicism, and as a marimba duet...
Style: Percussion, Chamber
Arranger / Composer: Schumann, Clara; Blessinger, Martin
In three movements of differing textures and moods, this work aims to exploit spatial movement of sound sources as well as the timbral blend of the instruments...
Burladingen beim ersten Schneefall ("Burladingen upon the first snowfall")
Commissioned by the Brian A. West TCU Percussion Orchestra for their performance at...
Set in four movements – Legend, Satiesque, Spanish Dance, and In Moto Perpetuo – Legend Suite is a lovely intermediate duet for clarinet and marimba that...
Music for Marimba is a perpetual motion composition set primarily in D minor. A fugal section in the middle of the piece challenges the performer to keep track...
After a brief 4-bar chorale intro, Prelude for Marimba becomes a bouncy, jovial romp based on the simple chord progression set forth in the opening measures....
Sacred Favorites includes arrangements of three favorite church hymns. Often times, marimbists have found themselves preparing to perform a recital at a church...
This tour-de-force for solo 5-octave marimba features ever-changing complex meters and moods. Blessinger utilizes the full range of the instrument, showcasing...
A Simple Prelude is a short work written for the wedding ceremony of my friends Darrin and Julie May Hicks, to whom the piece is dedicated. This prelude exists...
