Legacies
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: 8:00
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: C. Alan Publication
Commission: NC Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society
Movements
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel & crotales & high woodblock
Player 2: Vibraphone & sizzle cymbal & medium woodblock
Player 3: Vibraphone & low woodblock
Player 4: Chimes & xylophone & claves
Player 5: Marimba & medium tom tom
Player 6: Marimba & medium low tom tom
Player 7: Marimba & low tom tom
Player 8: Timpani(4) & slapstick
Player 9: Snare Drum & bongos & bell tree & splash cymbal & suspended cymbal & China cymbal
Player 10: concert bass Drum & pedal bass Drum laid flat & tam-tam
Program Notes
Legacies was commissioned by the North Carolina Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society to honor renowned composer/percussionist/educator Lynn Glassock, who recently retired from his position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This commission has a particularly special meaning to me, as Lynn's percussion octet "Layers" that was the first percussion ensemble work Nathan Daughtrey ever played. The impact his music has had on the world of percussion is immense, not to mention the impact it has had on Nathan Daughtrey own compositions.
As a starting point, Nathan Daughtrey used very similar instrumentation to Lynn’s piece “Factions” for 10 percussionists. Driven primarily by keyboard percussion, each performer additionally plays a battery or accessory instrument. The opening unison rhythm from “Factions” is also quoted and fragmented throughout “Legacies.” All of the melodic and harmonic material was derived from chromatically spelling out the name LYNN GLASSOCK with pitches.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Mallet Ensemble
- Immortal Dream - Mallet Septet
- Spun - Mallet Octet
- A Yuletide Celebration
- Azul
Small Ensemble
- Almost Beyond
- Blaze - Percussion Septet
- Black Rainbow - Percussion Octet
- Ellipsis - Percussion Octet
- Fever Dream - Percussion Quartet
- Fidget - Percussion Octet
- Lost Souls - Percussion Quintet
- Mercury Rising - Percussion Septet
- Power Struggle - Percussion Octet
- StarDancer - Percussion Octet
- Sunward/Onward - Percussion Nonet
Medium Ensemble
- Adaptation - Percussion (11)
- Chasing Infinity- Percussion Ensemble (13)
- Edge of the World - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Firefly (Nathan Daughtrey) - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- Jötenheim - Percussion (13)
- Legacies - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Limerick Daydream - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Luminescence - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- The Cry - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- The Dreamers of Dreams - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- Till the Stars Come Down - Percussion Ensemble (10)
- Topsy Turvy - Percussion Ensemble (12)
- What Lies Within - Percussion Ensemble (10)
Large Ensemble
- DrakenVuur - Percussion Ensemble 20+
- Luna, Luna - Percussion (15)
- The Heroes Around Us - Percussion (16)
Percussion Concerto
- Concerto for Vibraphone & Percussion Ensemble
- Halcyon Days
- Irish Washerwoman
- The Foggy Dew
- Water Spirits
Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument
- As Above, So Below - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Piano
- Bounce - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Solo Trumpet
- Coming Home - Percussion Quintet with Solo Euphonium
- Spitfire II - Percussion Nonet with Solo Euphonium
- Twitch - Percussion Ensemble (11) with Solo Clarinet
- The Wexford Carol - Percussion Nonet with Solo Soprano Saxophone