21 Grams

General Info

Year: 20
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Title Publisher
Cost: Score and Parts - $36.00.00 | Score Only - $0.00

Movements

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel & Crotales
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Marimba
Player 6: Marimba
Player 7: Marimba
Player 8: Timpani
Player 9: Piano
Player 10: Bass Drum & Crash Cymbal & Tam-Tam & Triangle & Field Drum & Brake Drum
Player 11: 3 Concert Tom-toms (suggested 16", 14", 12"), Concert Snare Drum & Suspended Cymbal & Crash Cymbal & Bell Tree

Program Notes

21 Grams refers to the hypothesized "weight of the human soul," as described by Dr. Duncan Macdougall in his 1907 medical experiments. Dr. Macdougall conducted several experiments measuring the weight of his patients before, during, and after their deaths. This work is abstractly programmatic in that it follows a general interpretation of seeing what lies beyond our existence on earth, both good and bad. The main themes include an original hymn melody in the style of diatonic chant, and the famous Christian Passion hymn "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded."

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo with Ensemble

Berserker - Marimba; Percussion Quintet

Keyboard Percussion Ensemble

Bloodworks - Marimba Trio
Pop-Psyche - Marimba Quartet
Powder Keg - Mallet Quartet
Psychopomp - Marimba Quartet
Technobabble - Mallet Duo

Percussion Ensemble

21 Grams - Percussion 10
Beneath - Percussion Nonet
Bright Light - Dark Shadows - Percussion Nonet
Carve into me what you call love - Percussion Nonet
Dreadnought - Percussion 11
Electro-Phantasm - Percussion sextet
Post-Sunrise - Percussion Quintet
Suadela - Percussion Sextet

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