Dance Rhythms (Humphrey)

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Composer Name

Doris Humphrey

General Info

Year: 1936
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: New Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: Drums(2), tambourine, gongs(2), cymbal, drums(2), bass drum, tom-tom
Player II: Gong, cymbal, blocks(3), tom-tom, bass drum, tambourine

Program Notes

commission: Bennington School of the Dance; premiere: August 1936, Bennington Vermont by the Bennington School of the Dance, Pauline Lawrence cond.. (composer's note: "This is a part of a ballet composition by Wallingford Reigger for me. All other parts (7 in all) were for piano (4 hands and percussion composed by Reigger. Part 3 was composed only for percussion by me and notated by Reigger, then incorporated in the score. The name of the entire work is 'New Dance.')

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

"in honorem..." op.98a - Multiple Percussion; Organ
5 Aspekte, op.88d - Percussion Trio
8 Klangbilder, op.99a - Multiple Percussion
Due á Due, op.88a - Multiple Percussion; Saxophone
Duettino für Vibrafon und Klavier, op.82b - Vibraphone; Piano
Fresken 70 für Schlagzeugquartett, op.38 - Percussion Quartet
Fünf Anrufungen, op.81b - Multiple Percussion
Fünf Szenen für zwei Schlagzeuger, op.58 - Percussion Duo - 2 Vibraphones, 2 Marimba
Ikonen, op.57a - Vibraphone
In Memoriam, op.74 - Multiple Percussion; Organ
Konzertante Musik, op.86 - Vibraphone/Marimba; Orchestra
Ludi A Tre, op.29 - Multiple Percussion; Oboe; Piano
Marimbana, op.95d - Marimba
Pentafonia, op.53a&b - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Quattro Pezzi, op.92 - Multiple Percussion
Schlagzeugkonzert (Percussion Concerto), op.70 - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
Tempo Di Valse, op.76c - Vibraphone
Trio für Trompete, Schlagzeug und Klavier, op.82a - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet; Piano
Widmung für Peter Sadlo, op.87g - Multiple Percussion