Chamber Piece for Percussion Quintet
General Info
Year of Published: 1962
Publisher: Music For Percussion
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: $10.75
Instrumentation
Player 1: 4 Timp-Toms & Tambourine (5")
Player 2: 3 High Pitched Tom Tom & Suspended Cymbal (12")
Player 3: 3 Medium Pitched Tom Tom & Triangle & Xylophone
Player 4: 3 Low Pitched Tom Tom & Tambourine & Finger Cymbals
Player 5: Bass Drum & Timpani & Tam Tam
Description
Chamber Piece for Percussion Quintet was written in sonata form with an introduction, theme, development section and recapitulation. Colgrass had studied sonata form with Lukas Foss at Tanglewood and was profoundly affected by its logic and power. He wanted to write an elegant piece for percussion in a style similar to Mozart or Haydn.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
A Flute in the Kingdom of Drums and Bells – Percussion Quartet; Flute
Chamber Music – Multiple Percussion; Strings
Chamber Piece for Percussion Quintet – Percussion Quintet
Chant for Vibes and Chorus – Vibraphone; Chorus
Concertino for Timpani – Percussion Ensemble; Timpani
Concertino for Timpani with Brass & Percussion; Brass Ensemble; Timpani; Percussion Duo
Divertimento for Eight Drums, Harp and String Orchestra – Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
DΘjα Vu – Percussion Quartet; Orchestra
Fantasy - Variations – Percussion Ensemble; Multiple Percussion; Celesta
Fantasy Variations – Percussion Sextet: Roto-Toms
Hammer and Bow: A Fantasy for Violin and Marimba – Marimba; Violin
Improvisation (Timpani) – Percussion Ensemble (11); Timpani
Improvisation (Multi-Perc. – Percussion Ensemble; Multiple Percussion
Inventions on a Motive – Percussion Quartet
Percussion Music – Percussion Quartet
Rhapsodic Fantasy – Orchestra; Multiple Percussion
Six Allegro Duets – Percussion Duo;
Six Easy Timpani Solos for Contest – Timpani
Six Unaccompanied Solos for Snare Drum – Snare Drum
Te Tuma Te Papa – Multiple Percussion
Three Brothers – Percussion Nonet
Twelve Advanced Snare Drum Exercises – Snare Drum
Variations for Four Drums and Viola – Rototom; Viola