Time for Marimba - Revision history

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 Minoru MIKI composed this piece during the summer of 1968 for Ms. Keiko Abe's first marimba recital. Before that year, Miki had listened to many marimba performances, but many of the pieces which he heard were arrangements of famous Western instrumental pieces. He also found that tremolo was used too often. When he agreed to compose this piece, therefore, he was determined to avoid the use of tremolo except in very limited cases. From an early age Miki loved the special feeling of Indonesian Gamelan ensemble music. There are very different mechanisms at work in the Gamelan and marimba. For example, the marimba has fixed well-tempered pitches while Gamelan scales are very special in comparison. Regardless of these differences, he wanted to create a unique, fantastic music using just one marimba. A six tone series consisting of C,B,Eb,G,E,Ab, along with variable quintuplet rhythm constructions are very important for this purpose. However, the general atmosphere through the work should be very free, almost like an improvisation. Many years later, Miki was surprised when he read a doctoral dissertation written by a Japanese marimba player, This dissertation, an analysis of "Time for Marimba", discussed the composer's careful mathematical plan in realizing the form of this work. The composer very moved by this analysis, but in fact, the piece was through-composed during a brief one week period during the hot summer.
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	== General Info ==		== General Info ==

	'''Year''': 20<br /-->		'''Year''': 1968<br /-->
	'''Duration''': c. <br /-->		'''Duration''': c. 10:20 <br /-->
	'''Difficulty''': ~~(see [[Ratings]] for explanation)~~<br /-->		'''Difficulty''': Advanced <br /-->
	'''Publisher''': [[~~Title Publisher~~]]<br /-->		'''Publisher''': [[Norsk ]]<br /-->
	'''Cost''': Score and Parts - $0.00   \|   Score Only - $0.00<br /-->		'''Cost''': Score and Parts - £10.95   \|   Score Only - $0.00<br /-->


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	== Instrumentation ==		== Instrumentation ==
			[[Marimba]]


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	== Program Notes ==		== Program Notes ==
			Minoru MIKI composed this piece during the summer of 1968 for Ms. Keiko Abe's first marimba recital. Before that year, Miki had listened to many marimba performances, but many of the pieces which he heard were arrangements of famous Western instrumental pieces. He also found that tremolo was used too often. When he agreed to compose this piece, therefore, he was determined to avoid the use of tremolo except in very limited cases. From an early age Miki loved the special feeling of Indonesian Gamelan ensemble music. There are very different mechanisms at work in the Gamelan and marimba. For example, the marimba has fixed well-tempered pitches while Gamelan scales are very special in comparison. Regardless of these differences, he wanted to create a unique, fantastic music using just one marimba. A six tone series consisting of C,B,Eb,G,E,Ab, along with variable quintuplet rhythm constructions are very important for this purpose. However, the general atmosphere through the work should be very free, almost like an improvisation. Many years later, Miki was surprised when he read a doctoral dissertation written by a Japanese marimba player, This dissertation, an analysis of "Time for Marimba", discussed the composer's careful mathematical plan in realizing the form of this work. The composer very moved by this analysis, but in fact, the piece was through-composed during a brief one week period during the hot summer.

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	===Online Recordings===		===Online Recordings===

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	== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==		== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
	{{~~Lastname~~, ~~Firstname~~ Works}}<br>		{{Miki, Minoru Works}}<br>


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	== Additional Resources ==		== Additional Resources ==

			Dissertation on [[Time for Marimba]] and Concerto for Marimba by Minoru Miki - Brian Zator [https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9716/ https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9716/]<Br>

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	[[~~Miki Minoru~~]]
	~~== General Info ==~~
	~~Publisher:~~ [[~~Norsk Musikforlag]] <br/>~~
	~~Difficulty~~: ~~Advanced <br/>~~
	~~Duration: 00:10:20 <br/>~~
	~~Cost: £10.95 <br/>~~

	~~== Instrumentation ==~~
	~~[[Marimba~~]]

	~~== Description ==~~
	Minoru MIKI composed this piece during the summer of 1968 for Ms. Keiko Abe's first marimba recital. Before that year, Miki had listened to many marimba performances, but many of the pieces which he heard were arrangements of famous Western instrumental pieces. He also found that tremolo was used too often. When he agreed to compose this piece, therefore, he was determined to avoid the use of tremolo except in very limited cases. From an early age Miki loved the special feeling of Indonesian Gamelan ensemble music. There are very different mechanisms at work in the Gamelan and marimba. For example, the marimba has fixed well-tempered pitches while Gamelan scales are very special in comparison. Regardless of these differences, he wanted to create a unique, fantastic music using just one marimba. A six tone series consisting of C,B,Eb,G,E,Ab, along with variable quintuplet rhythm constructions are very important for this purpose. However, the general atmosphere through the work should be very free, almost like an improvisation. Many years later, Miki was surprised when he read a doctoral dissertation written by a Japanese marimba player, This dissertation, an analysis of "Time for Marimba", discussed the composer's careful mathematical plan in realizing the form of this work. The composer very moved by this analysis, but in fact, the piece was through-composed during a brief one week period during the hot summer.

	~~== Recent Performance ==~~
	~~<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfzurAG5yB4 </embedvideo>~~

	~~== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==~~
	~~{{Minoru, Miki Works}}~~

	~~== Reference ==~~

	[[Category: ~~Solo~~ Works]]
	[[Category: ~~Marimba~~ Works]]
	[[Category: Examination Materials]]		[[Category: Examination Materials]]
	[[Category: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Percussion Examination Materials]]		[[Category: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Percussion Examination Materials]]
	Dissertation on [[Time for Marimba]] and Concerto for Marimba by Minoru Miki - Brian Zator [https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9716/ https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9716/]<Br>

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	== General Info ==		== General Info ==
	Publisher: [[Norsk Musikforlag]]		Publisher: [[Norsk Musikforlag]] <br/>
	Duration: 00:10:20		Difficulty: Advanced <br/>
			Duration: 00:10:20 <br/>
			Cost: £10.95 <br/>

			== Instrumentation ==
			[[Marimba]]

	== Description ==		== Description ==

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[[Miki Minoru]]
== General Info ==
Publisher: [[Norsk Musikforlag]]
Duration: 00:10:20

== Description ==
Minoru MIKI composed this piece during the summer of 1968 for Ms. Keiko Abe's first marimba recital. Before that year, Miki had listened to many marimba performances, but many of the pieces which he heard were arrangements of famous Western instrumental pieces. He also found that tremolo was used too often. When he agreed to compose this piece, therefore, he was determined to avoid the use of tremolo except in very limited cases. From an early age Miki loved the special feeling of Indonesian Gamelan ensemble music. There are very different mechanisms at work in the Gamelan and marimba. For example, the marimba has fixed well-tempered pitches while Gamelan scales are very special in comparison. Regardless of these differences, he wanted to create a unique, fantastic music using just one marimba. A six tone series consisting of C,B,Eb,G,E,Ab, along with variable quintuplet rhythm constructions are very important for this purpose. However, the general atmosphere through the work should be very free, almost like an improvisation. Many years later, Miki was surprised when he read a doctoral dissertation written by a Japanese marimba player, This dissertation, an analysis of "Time for Marimba", discussed the composer's careful mathematical plan in realizing the form of this work. The composer very moved by this analysis, but in fact, the piece was through-composed during a brief one week period during the hot summer.

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfzurAG5yB4 </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Minoru, Miki Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Solo Works]]
[[Category: Marimba Works]]
[[Category: Examination Materials]]
[[Category: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Percussion Examination Materials]]