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== General Info == | == General Info == | ||
| − | '''Year''': | + | '''Year''': 1999<br /--> |
'''Duration''': c. <br /--> | '''Duration''': c. <br /--> | ||
| − | '''Difficulty''': | + | '''Difficulty''': Intermediate<br /--> |
| − | '''Publisher''': [[ | + | '''Publisher''': [[Rhythmscape Publishing Australia]]<br /--> |
| − | '''Cost''': | + | '''Cost''': $30.45<br /--> |
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== Instrumentation == | == Instrumentation == | ||
| − | + | Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]]<br /--> | |
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| − | + | Player 3: [[Xylophone]]<br /--> | |
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== Program Notes == | == Program Notes == | ||
| − | + | Skye Dance is a series of variations based loosely around the harmonic outline of the traditional folk melody 'The Skye Boat Song' This work revels in the bright timbre of the xylophone and glockenspiel and will leave you with a spring in your step. This exciting work for two mallet ensemble has a mixture of easy and intermediate parts to suit a secondary college percussion ensemble. | |
=== Review === | === Review === | ||
| − | + | Percussive Arts Society (USA) ‘Percussive Notes’ review (Jason Baker) <br/> | |
| + | "...Australian composer, Gordon Hughes has created a piece that delivers maximum effect with minimal resources. Based on the traditional folk melody “The Skye Boat Song,” the piece is tonal and alternates between jubilant, fanfare sections and groove-like hocket passages. Far from being a simple novelty piece, “Skye Dance” displays sincere musical integrity with limited instrumentation." | ||
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== Works for Percussion by this Composer == | == Works for Percussion by this Composer == | ||
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Revision as of 02:10, 8 September 2022
General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: Rhythmscape Publishing Australia
Cost: $30.45
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Glockenspiel
Player 3: Xylophone
Player 4: Xylophone
Player 5: Xylophone
Player 6: Xylophone
Program Notes
Skye Dance is a series of variations based loosely around the harmonic outline of the traditional folk melody 'The Skye Boat Song' This work revels in the bright timbre of the xylophone and glockenspiel and will leave you with a spring in your step. This exciting work for two mallet ensemble has a mixture of easy and intermediate parts to suit a secondary college percussion ensemble.
Review
Percussive Arts Society (USA) ‘Percussive Notes’ review (Jason Baker)
"...Australian composer, Gordon Hughes has created a piece that delivers maximum effect with minimal resources. Based on the traditional folk melody “The Skye Boat Song,” the piece is tonal and alternates between jubilant, fanfare sections and groove-like hocket passages. Far from being a simple novelty piece, “Skye Dance” displays sincere musical integrity with limited instrumentation."
Errata
Awards
Commercial Discography
Online Recordings
Recent Performances
To submit a performance please join the TEK Percussion Database
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Tuned Percussion Solo
Graded Pieces for Tuned Percussion (Book 1)
Vibraphone Solo
Drum Kit Solo
Associative Grooves
Carter's Dream for Solo Drum Kit and Backing Track
Eight Pieces for Drum Kit and Piano
Three Red for Solo Drum Kit
Percussion Ensemble
Elysium (Hughes) - Percussion Sextet
FIRE - Percussion Quartet
First Transformation - Percussion Septet
Four Trios for Untuned Percussion - Percussion Trio
FUSE - Percussion Quartet
Midnight for Percussion Ensemble - Percussion Octet
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations - Percussion Sextet
Skye Dance - Percussion Sextet
Symphony of Palms - Percussion Septet
Reflex - Fanfare Prelude - Mallet Trio
Urban Phase - Percussion Septet
Indeterminate Percussion Ensemble
Bang (Volume 3)
Bang (Volume 4)
Additional Resources
References