Dialogue (Firth)
General Info
Year: 1978
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost:£3.50
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I: 4 Timpani, 4 Roto-toms
Player II: Drum set
Program Notes
Review
This composition, a duet scored for four timpani, four roto-toms (12" & 14" & 16" & 18") and drumset, is exactly what its title says. The first two sections of the work involve an intricate interplay of rhythmic and melodic figures with many changes in dynamic markings between the two parts. A short cadenza by the timpani/roto-toms player ushers in the final Afro-Latin six eight section. Here the timpani/roto-toms part has a solo accompanied by the drumset. This work is a welcome addition to the college level recital literature for percussion. Both parts are fairly equal in difficulty and require good reading ability of thirty-second note patterns, sixteenth and thirty-second note triplets, while moving around the drums. Performers and audience alike will find this piece very rewarding. - Frank Shaffer, February 1982[1]
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Dialogue (Firth) - Percussion Duo - Timpani, Drumset
Encore in Jazz - Percussion Septet
Jazz Waltz - Percussion Duo - Timpani, Drumset
Roll-Off Rhumba - Percussion Septet
Six Little Indians - Percussion Sextet
Solo Impression for Four Timpani - Timpani; Piano
Solo Impression for Three Timpani - Timpani; Piano
Solo Impression for Two Timpani - Timpani; Piano
Suite for 4 Timpani, 4 Roto-toms and Drum Set - Percussion Duo - Timpani, Drumset
The Thirteenth Street Rag - Percussion Duo - Timpani, Drumset
Vic Firth Timpani Solo Series: Advanced - Timpani; Piano
Vic Firth Timpani Solo Series: Elementary - Timpani; Piano
Vic Firth Timpani Solo Series: Intermediate - Timpani; Piano
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