Japanese Impressions
General Info
Year: 1968
Duration: c. 5:35
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Columbia
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I: Orchestra bells, temple blocks(2), bamboo sticks
Player II: Xylophone, woodblocks(2), bamboo sticks
Player III: Tom-toms(3), bongos
Player IV: Suspended cymbal, finger cymbals, bass drum, bamboo windchimes
Player V: Timpani(4)
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Reviews
This new printing of Cirone's quintet is very readable, with all markings in the score and parts quite clear. The work is scored for orchestra bells, temple blocks, bamboo sticks, xylophone, two woodblocks, three tom- toms, bongos, suspended cymbal, finger cymbals, bass drum, bamboo wind chimes and four timpani. The A section features pentatonic keyboard phrases, and soloistic tom-tom and timpani passages. The B section uses mixed meters (2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8) and features the bamboo sticks, center-of-head timpani playing, and the woodblocks and temple blocks. After a return of the A material, a quiet largo molto (eighth note = 60) for soft mallets and hands concludes the work. Both mallet parts include some double-stops as well as rapid single strokes. The bongo part includes some timbale-like shell-and-head patterns. The timpani part includes only one pitch change. The work is as effective now as it was in 1971, and certainly deserves to be a part of the concert repertoire for accomplished high school and young university-level percussion ensembles. - John Baldwin, April 1998[1]
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