Changing Tensions
General Info
Year: 1939
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Media Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
I. Moderately Fast 1:39
II. Slow 1:48
Instrumentation
P1. 5 temple blocks, Burmese gong, Chinese gong, Italian gong, African bell, gong, tom tom (edge)
P2. maracas, 3 small tom toms (tops/edges)
P3. 3 gongs, xylophone (3 notes), Turkish cymbal, 5 gongs
P4. 4 low drums
Program Notes
Review
Errata
Awards
Commercial Discography
ORIGINS: forgotten percussion works, vol. 1 https://percussionartensemble.bandcamp.com/album/origins-forgotten-percussion-works-vol-1
Online Recordings
Recent Performances
April 3, 2011 (Carbondale, IL)at the 5th Annual Outside the Box New Music Festival; Southern Illinois University Carbondale Percussion Group (SIUCPG), conducted by Ron Coulter. That program also included world premiers of Beyer’s PERCUSSION, Strive, Horizons, and Daniel Kessner’s A Knocktet. As well as rare performances of Colin McPhee’s Kachapi Mas, Lou Harrison’s Oriental, and Jose Ardevol’s Preludio a 11.
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Changing Tensions - Percussion Quartet
Additional Resources
References
Changing Tensions (c. 1939) for percussion quartet
Published by Media Press (Copied and edited by Ron Coulter)
Duration: I. Moderately Fast 1:39, II. Slow 1:48
Instrumentation
P1. 5 temple blocks, Burmese gong, Chinese gong, Italian gong, African bell, gong, tom tom (edge)
P2. maracas, 3 small tom toms (tops/edges)
P3. 3 gongs, xylophone (3 notes), Turkish cymbal, 5 gongs
P4. 4 low drums
Performances
Recordings
ORIGINS: forgotten percussion works, vol. 1 https://percussionartensemble.bandcamp.com/album/origins-forgotten-percussion-works-vol-1