Alea, A game of chance for percussion ensemble
General Info
Year: 1967
Duration: c. 8:40
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: GMP
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I: Snare drums(3), bongos, tambourine, wood blocks(3), suspended cymbals(3)
Player II: Snare drums(2), timbales, temple blocks(4), suspended cymbals(2), vibraphone
Player III: Snare drum, tenor drum, sizzle cymbal, suspended cymbals(3), tam tam, castanets, claves
Player IV: Snare drum, tenor drum, maracas, cowbells(3), suspended cymbal, cymbals α2, gong, glockenspiel
Player V: Snare drum, bass drum with cymbal attached, triangle, anvils(2), crotales(5), wind chimes, tambourine, glockenspiel
Player VI: Timpani(5), snare drum, whip
Program Notes
premiere: 5 February 1967, Potsdam, New York, Crane Perc. Ensemble, S. Feldstein, cond.
Online Review
An ensemble for 6 players using both metric and proportional notation. Some definitely notated passages and passages of an improvised nature are included in this work that would require experienced players to fully realize the composers intent. - Fall 1970[1]
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