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	== General Info ==		== General Info ==
	Year ~~of Published~~: 1995 <br/>		Year: 1995 <br/>
	Publisher: C. Alan Publications <br/>		Publisher: C. Alan Publications <br/>
	Difficulty: Intermediate <br/>		Difficulty: Intermediate <br/>

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[[David Gillingham]]
== General Info ==
Year of Published: 1995 
Publisher: C. Alan Publications 
Difficulty: Intermediate 
Duration: 00:08:00 
Cost: Scores & Parts: $36.00 | Score only:$12.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Marimba]] 1 
Player 2: [[Marimba]] 2 
Player 3: [[Marimba]] 3 
Player 4: [[Bass Marimba]] 
Player 5: [[Vibraphone]] & [[Anvil]] & [[Tam-Tam]] 
Player 6: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & 4 [[Tom-Tom]]s 

== Description ==
On June 6, 1944, at dawn, British and American forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in an elaborate amphibious operation. A total of 425,000 American, British and German men lost their lives in the ensuing conflict. Normandy Beach 1944 was composed by [[David Gillingham]] in commemoration of this important, yet tragic day that changed the course of World War II. The work is cast in three sections. The first section is dark and mysterious and slow in tempo, characterizing the preparation and eve of D-Day. There are long pedal points mixed with poignant dissonance. Small two-note utterances by bowed marimba can be heard within this section which allude to distant bugle calls. Gathering pitch density and motion, the movement segues into the second section, which depicts the tragic conflict on D-Day, beginning with much motion and counterpoint between the four [[marimba]]s. Underlying this agitation in the marimbas are explosive articulations by [[tom-tom]]s and [[anvil]]. The low marimbas settle into an ostinato of running sixteenth notes with the high marimbas playing a haunting motive reminiscent of the bowed bugle calls of the first section. Ensuing is a repetitive and hammered rhythm in the upper marimbas under which the low marimbas allude to the second phrase of the "Star Spangled Banner." The hammered rhythm becomes incessant and finally subsides into a dark and mysterious presentation of the first phrase of "America, the Beautiful" in chorale style. All motion ceases and the final section or epilogue follows. Beginning in a similar fashion to the first section, a sad and plaintive chorale transpires in the marimbas, suggesting the aftermath of this tragic day on June 6, 1944. Motivic remnants of "America, the Beautiful" intercede with the chorale and the work ends on dark dischord over a pedal F-sharp.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8qvt4i03E0 </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Gillingham, David Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion Sextet Works]]

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Admin: Text replacement - "Year of Published" to "Year"

Rubyng2004: Created page with "David Gillingham == General Info == Year of Published: 1995 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Difficulty: Intermediate Duration: 00:08:00 Cost: Scor..."

Rubyng2004: Created page with "David Gillingham == General Info == Year of Published: 1995
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:08:00
Cost: Scor..."