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PERC10a Piano reduction (solo part included)
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PERC10b Orchestra score
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PERC10c Orchestra parts
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Mark Lanz Weiser (*1968)
Originally from eastern Pennsylvania, USA, Mark Lanz Weiser, born in 1968, holds degrees in composition and piano performance from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. Weiser discovered a passion for composing while taking music theory courses at Peabody and began writing seriously by his junior year. At that time Weiser composed a song cycle using poetry of Wilfred Owen and...
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About Concerto for Marimba
This Concerto for Marimba takes advantage of the various timbre possible on this beautiful percussion instrument. From the woody, mellow qualities of the lower and middle range to the bright higher notes, the concerto features a wide spectrum of sounds on the instrument. The string orchestra not only provides a supple accompaniment to the various solo passages, but is itself featured in music that is at various times lyric, wistful, and determined.
Product details
- Instrumentation
- marimba solo, violins 1-2, viola, cello, contrabass
- Composed
- 1996
- Genre
- contemporary
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Editions Bim
- Movements
- 1. With a steady rhythmic pulse (6')
2. Still (5')
3. Driving (3')
